diff --git a/src/debugAdapter/goDebug.ts b/src/debugAdapter/goDebug.ts
index 1bbfb52b9..6228da103 100644
--- a/src/debugAdapter/goDebug.ts
+++ b/src/debugAdapter/goDebug.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { basename, dirname, extname } from 'path';
 import { spawn, ChildProcess, execSync, spawnSync, execFile } from 'child_process';
 import { Client, RPCConnection } from 'json-rpc2';
 import { parseEnvFile, getBinPathWithPreferredGopath, resolveHomeDir, getInferredGopath, getCurrentGoWorkspaceFromGOPATH, envPath, fixDriveCasingInWindows } from '../goPath';
-import { getTempFile } from '../util';
 import * as logger from 'vscode-debug-logger';
 
 require('console-stamp')(console);
@@ -532,7 +531,7 @@ class GoDebugSession extends DebugSession {
 		this.delve = null;
 		this.breakpoints = new Map<string, DebugBreakpoint[]>();
 
-		const logPath = getTempFile('vscode-go-debug.txt');
+		const logPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'vscode-go-debug.txt');
 		logger.init(e => this.sendEvent(e), logPath, isServer);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/goBuild.ts b/src/goBuild.ts
index fa5d6a46a..6fb94a02b 100644
--- a/src/goBuild.ts
+++ b/src/goBuild.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path = require('path');
 import vscode = require('vscode');
-import { getToolsEnvVars, runTool, ICheckResult, handleDiagnosticErrors, getWorkspaceFolderPath, getCurrentGoPath, getUserNameHash, getTempFile } from './util';
+import { getToolsEnvVars, runTool, ICheckResult, handleDiagnosticErrors, getWorkspaceFolderPath, getCurrentGoPath, TempFileProvider } from './util';
 import { outputChannel } from './goStatus';
 import os = require('os');
 import { getNonVendorPackages } from './goPackages';
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function goBuild(fileUri: vscode.Uri, goConfig: vscode.WorkspaceConfigura
 	}
 
 	const buildEnv = Object.assign({}, getToolsEnvVars());
-	const tmpPath = getTempFile('go-code-check.' + getUserNameHash());
+	const tmpPath = TempFileProvider.getFilePath('go-code-check');
 	const isTestFile = fileUri && fileUri.fsPath.endsWith('_test.go');
 	const buildFlags: string[] = isTestFile ? getTestFlags(goConfig, null) : (Array.isArray(goConfig['buildFlags']) ? [...goConfig['buildFlags']] : []);
 	const buildArgs: string[] = isTestFile ? ['test', '-c'] : ['build'];
diff --git a/src/goCheck.ts b/src/goCheck.ts
index 2e099b1e3..d15d9e553 100644
--- a/src/goCheck.ts
+++ b/src/goCheck.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import os = require('os');
 import { getCoverage } from './goCover';
 import { outputChannel, diagnosticsStatusBarItem } from './goStatus';
 import { goTest } from './testUtils';
-import { ICheckResult, getBinPath, getTempFile } from './util';
+import { ICheckResult, getBinPath, TempFileProvider } from './util';
 import { goLint } from './goLint';
 import { goVet } from './goVet';
 import { goBuild } from './goBuild';
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export function check(fileUri: vscode.Uri, goConfig: vscode.WorkspaceConfigurati
 
 		let args = [...buildFlags];
 		if (goConfig['coverOnSave']) {
-			tmpCoverPath = getTempFile('go-code-cover');
+			tmpCoverPath = TempFileProvider.getFilePath('go-code-cover');
 			args = ['-coverprofile=' + tmpCoverPath, ...buildFlags];
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/goCover.ts b/src/goCover.ts
index 12d45fa3f..8bc0d02d4 100644
--- a/src/goCover.ts
+++ b/src/goCover.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import vscode = require('vscode');
 import path = require('path');
 import os = require('os');
 import fs = require('fs');
-import { getTempFile } from './util';
+import { TempFileProvider } from './util';
 import { showTestOutput, goTest } from './testUtils';
 import rl = require('readline');
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export function toggleCoverageCurrentPackage() {
 	let cwd = path.dirname(editor.document.uri.fsPath);
 
 	let buildFlags = goConfig['testFlags'] || goConfig['buildFlags'] || [];
-	let tmpCoverPath = getTempFile('go-code-cover');
+	let tmpCoverPath = TempFileProvider.getFilePath('go-code-cover');
 	let args = ['-coverprofile=' + tmpCoverPath, ...buildFlags];
 	return goTest({
 		goConfig: goConfig,
diff --git a/src/goMain.ts b/src/goMain.ts
index 7c411afaa..2d9823ef9 100644
--- a/src/goMain.ts
+++ b/src/goMain.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { showTestOutput, cancelRunningTests } from './testUtils';
 import * as goGenerateTests from './goGenerateTests';
 import { addImport, addImportToWorkspace } from './goImport';
 import { installAllTools, checkLanguageServer } from './goInstallTools';
-import { isGoPathSet, getBinPath, sendTelemetryEvent, getExtensionCommands, getGoVersion, getCurrentGoPath, getToolsGopath, handleDiagnosticErrors, disposeTelemetryReporter, getToolsEnvVars } from './util';
+import { isGoPathSet, getBinPath, sendTelemetryEvent, getExtensionCommands, getGoVersion, getCurrentGoPath, getToolsGopath, handleDiagnosticErrors, disposeTelemetryReporter, getToolsEnvVars, TempFileProvider } from './util';
 import { LanguageClient, RevealOutputChannelOn, FormattingOptions, ProvideDocumentFormattingEditsSignature, ProvideCompletionItemsSignature } from 'vscode-languageclient';
 import { clearCacheForTools, fixDriveCasingInWindows } from './goPath';
 import { addTags, removeTags } from './goModifytags';
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export function activate(ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
 			});
 		}
 		ctx.globalState.update('goroot', currentGoroot);
+		TempFileProvider.registerStore(ctx.globalState);
 
 		offerToInstallTools();
 		if (checkLanguageServer()) {
diff --git a/src/goTest.ts b/src/goTest.ts
index e9bd4d785..20dc7db39 100644
--- a/src/goTest.ts
+++ b/src/goTest.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import path = require('path');
 import vscode = require('vscode');
 import os = require('os');
-import { getTempFile } from './util';
+import { TempFileProvider } from './util';
 import { goTest, TestConfig, getTestFlags, getTestFunctions, getBenchmarkFunctions, extractInstanceTestName, findAllTestSuiteRuns } from './testUtils';
 import { getCoverage } from './goCover';
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function makeCoverData(goConfig: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration, confFlag: string
 	let tmpCoverPath = '';
 	let testFlags = getTestFlags(goConfig, args) || [];
 	if (goConfig[confFlag] === true) {
-		tmpCoverPath = getTempFile('go-code-cover');
+		tmpCoverPath = TempFileProvider.getFilePath('go-code-cover');
 		testFlags.push('-coverprofile=' + tmpCoverPath);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 60e4dae4e..3936d95e1 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -844,19 +844,32 @@ export function makeMemoizedByteOffsetConverter(buffer: Buffer): (byteOffset: nu
 	};
 }
 
-export const getTempDir = (() => {
-	let dir: string | undefined;
-	return (): string => {
-		if (!dir) {
-			dir = fs.mkdtempSync(os.tmpdir() + '/vscode-go');
-			if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-				fs.mkdirSync(dir);
-			}
+export class TempFileProvider {
+	private static globalState: vscode.Memento;
+
+	/**
+	 * register store to provider for persistance
+	 */
+	static registerStore(globalState: vscode.Memento) {
+		TempFileProvider.globalState = globalState;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * returns path to temp file with name
+	 */
+	static getFilePath(name: string): string {
+		let tempDir = TempFileProvider.globalState.get<string>('tempDir');
+		console.log(tempDir);
+
+		if (!tempDir) {
+			tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(os.tmpdir() + path.sep + 'vscode-go');
+			TempFileProvider.globalState.update('tempDir', tempDir);
 		}
-		return dir;
-	};
-})();
 
-export function getTempFile(name: string): string {
-	return path.normalize(path.join(getTempDir(), name));
+		if (!fs.existsSync(tempDir)) {
+			fs.mkdirSync(tempDir);
+		}
+
+		return path.normalize(path.join(tempDir, name));
+	}
 }