diff --git a/app/models/rate.rb b/app/models/rate.rb
index 16fa7a3..a6d4303 100644
--- a/app/models/rate.rb
+++ b/app/models/rate.rb
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Rate < ActiveRecord::Base
     options = {:retries => 0, :suspend => 1}
     options[:max_age] = 1 if force
     
-    Lockfile(CACHING_LOCK_FILE_NAME, options) do
+    Lockfile(lock_file, options) do
       block.call
     end
   end
@@ -154,4 +154,8 @@ class Rate < ActiveRecord::Base
     public
     generator_for :date_in_effect => Date.today
   end
+
+  def self.lock_file
+    Rails.root + 'tmp' + Rate::CACHING_LOCK_FILE_NAME
+  end
 end