diff --git a/bin/create.contract b/bin/create.contract
index d3721cfa5ff5db8c42c63bc151e16f088050cd45..e75d2f39fcac667a90eae58c8c836b2a0ad408b2 100755
--- a/bin/create.contract
+++ b/bin/create.contract
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var pubcontract = mycontract.at(address)
 console.log( pubcontract.address )
 EOT
     echo '*** Creating contract. This will take at least 16 seconds.'
-    outfile=$(  bfamktemp )
+    outfile=$( mktemp )
     cleanup "$outfile"
     geth_exec_js $js > $outfile
     if [ ` wc -l < $outfile ` = 2 -a `tail -1 < $outfile` = "true" ]