diff --git a/bootstrap/install_packages.sh b/bootstrap/install_packages.sh
index 86c1315..66ac563 100755
--- a/bootstrap/install_packages.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/install_packages.sh
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ install_paru() {
     fi
 
     # use tmp dir to make paru
-    target=$(mktemp -d)
-    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git "$target"
-    cd "$target" || exit
+    tempdir=".paru"
+    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git "$tempdir"
+    pushd "$tempdir" || exit 1
     makepkg -si
+    popd || exit 1
+    rm -rf "$tempdir"
 }
 
 update_repos() {