diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 7c71df4..aeb15d6 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Revision history for Mojolicious::Plugin::TtRenderer
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+        - silenced a few annoying warnings during test
+        - use temp directory for COMPILE_DIR in tests to avoid failures if the
+          default compile directory already exists and is owned by someone else.
+
+1.31    December 26, 2012
         - Set locale "C" in tests that rely on it
 
 1.30    December 22, 2012
diff --git a/t/00-load.t b/t/00-load.t
index bd18b0a..99bdb96 100644
--- a/t/00-load.t
+++ b/t/00-load.t
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ BEGIN {
 	use_ok( 'Mojolicious::Plugin::TtRenderer::Engine' );
 }
 
-diag( "Testing Mojolicious::Plugin::TtRenderer::Engine $Mojolicious::Plugin::TtRenderer::Engine::VERSION, Perl $], $^X" );
diff --git a/t/deep_recursion.t b/t/deep_recursion.t
index 27f30bf..32a392d 100644
--- a/t/deep_recursion.t
+++ b/t/deep_recursion.t
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ use Test::More tests => 3;
 
 use Mojolicious::Lite;
 use Test::Mojo;
+use File::Temp qw( tempdir tempfile );
 
+my($fh_log,$filename_log) = tempfile('fooXXXXX', TMPDIR => 1, UNLINK => 1);
 # Silence
 app->log->level('fatal');
+app->log->path($filename_log);
 
-plugin 'tt_renderer';
+plugin 'tt_renderer' => {template_options => { COMPILE_DIR => tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 ) }};
 
 get '/exception' => sub { die };
 
diff --git a/t/default_template.t b/t/default_template.t
index 7f5ca9b..f61b584 100644
--- a/t/default_template.t
+++ b/t/default_template.t
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Test::More tests => 3;
 use Test::Mojo;
+use File::Temp qw( tempdir );
 
 use Mojolicious::Lite;
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ app->plugin(
         template_options => {
             # These options are specific to TT
             INCLUDE_PATH => 'templates',
-            COMPILE_DIR  => 'templates_c',
+            COMPILE_DIR  => tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 ),
             COMPILE_EXT  => '.ttc',
             # ... anything else to be passed on to TT should go here
         },
diff --git a/t/lite_app.t b/t/lite_app.t
index 800aa47..0ca0c7e 100644
--- a/t/lite_app.t
+++ b/t/lite_app.t
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ use Test::More tests => 39;
 use Mojolicious::Lite;
 use Mojo::ByteStream 'b';
 use Test::Mojo;
+use File::Temp qw( tempdir );
 
 # Silence
 app->log->level('fatal');
 
 use_ok('Mojolicious::Plugin::TtRenderer::Engine');
 
-plugin 'tt_renderer' => {template_options => {PRE_CHOMP => 1, POST_CHOMP => 1, TRIM => 1}};
+plugin 'tt_renderer' => {template_options => {PRE_CHOMP => 1, POST_CHOMP => 1, TRIM => 1, COMPILE_DIR => tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 ) }};
 
 get '/exception' => 'error';
 
diff --git a/t/multiple_paths.t b/t/multiple_paths.t
index a245cd2..746ae5e 100644
--- a/t/multiple_paths.t
+++ b/t/multiple_paths.t
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Test::More tests => 6;
 
 use Mojolicious::Lite;
 use Test::Mojo;
+use File::Temp qw( tempdir );
 
 # Silence
 app->log->level('fatal');
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ app->log->level('fatal');
 my @paths = map { app->home->rel_dir($_) } "templates/multiple_first", "templates/multiple_second";
 app->renderer->paths([@paths]);
 
-plugin 'TtRenderer';
+plugin 'TtRenderer' => {template_options => { COMPILE_DIR => tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 ) }};
 
 get '/first' => 'first';
 get '/second' => 'second';
diff --git a/t/tt_plugin_lite_app.t b/t/tt_plugin_lite_app.t
index 6735752..298253f 100644
--- a/t/tt_plugin_lite_app.t
+++ b/t/tt_plugin_lite_app.t
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ BEGIN {
   }
 }
 
-use File::Temp;
+use File::Temp qw( tempdir );
 use Mojo::IOLoop;
 use Test::More;
 
 # Use a clean temporary directory
-BEGIN { $ENV{MOJO_TMPDIR} ||= File::Temp::tempdir }
+BEGIN { $ENV{MOJO_TMPDIR} ||= tempdir( CLEANUP => 1) }
 
 # Make sure sockets are working
 plan skip_all => 'working sockets required for this test!'
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use Mojolicious::Lite;
 use Test::Mojo;
 
 # POD renderer plugin
-plugin 'tt_renderer';
+plugin 'tt_renderer' => {template_options => { COMPILE_DIR => tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 ) }};
 
 # Silence
 app->log->level('error');
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ $t->get_ok('/blow')->status_is(500)->content_like(qr/file error - doesnotexist\.
 
 if(eval q{ use Devel::Cycle; 1 })
 {
+  # ignore warnings coming from Devel::Cycle
+  local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { };
   Devel::Cycle::find_cycle(app, sub {
     my $arg = shift;
     # Template::Provider (from which M::P::T::Provider inherits) has some cycles which are freed manaully by
diff --git a/t/two_data.t b/t/two_data.t
index 9113272..938be9a 100644
--- a/t/two_data.t
+++ b/t/two_data.t
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use_ok 'Foo';
 
 push @{app->renderer->classes}, 'Foo';
 
-plugin 'tt_renderer' => {template_options => {PRE_CHOMP => 1, POST_CHOMP => 1, TRIM => 1}};
+plugin 'tt_renderer' => {template_options => {PRE_CHOMP => 1, POST_CHOMP => 1, TRIM => 1, COMPILE_DIR => tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 )}};
 
 app->log->level('fatal');