diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.conf b/src/main/resources/application.conf
index 1c8dbc843..1a6ffc0df 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -932,5 +932,13 @@ opencomputers {
       # Logs information about malformed glyphs (i.e. glyphs that deviate in
       # width from what wcwidth says).
       logUnifontErrors: false
+
+      # Extract the native library with Lua into the system's temporary
+      # directory instead of the game directory (e.g. /tmp on Linux). The
+      # default is to extract into the game directory, to avoid issues when
+      # the temporary directory is mounted as noexec (meaning the lib cannot)
+      # be loaded. There is also less of a chance of conflicts when running
+      # multiple servers or server and client on the same machine.
+      nativeInTmpDir: false
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/OpenComputers.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/OpenComputers.scala
index f440730e4..7dda2cdc1 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/OpenComputers.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/OpenComputers.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ object OpenComputers {
 
   final val Fingerprint = "@FINGERPRINT@"
 
-  val log = LogManager.getLogger("OpenComputers")
+  var log = LogManager.getLogger("OpenComputers")
 
   @SidedProxy(clientSide = "li.cil.oc.client.Proxy", serverSide = "li.cil.oc.server.Proxy")
   var proxy: Proxy = null
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ object OpenComputers {
 //  def invalidFingerprint(e: FMLFingerprintViolationEvent) = tampered = Some(e)
 
   @EventHandler
-  def preInit(e: FMLPreInitializationEvent) = proxy.preInit(e)
+  def preInit(e: FMLPreInitializationEvent) {
+    proxy.preInit(e)
+    log = e.getModLog
+  }
 
   @EventHandler
   def init(e: FMLInitializationEvent) = proxy.init(e)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/Settings.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/Settings.scala
index c1c025ed9..00c570058 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/Settings.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/Settings.scala
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ class Settings(config: Config) {
   val logUnifontErrors = config.getBoolean("debug.logUnifontErrors")
   val alwaysTryNative = config.getBoolean("debug.alwaysTryNative")
   val debugPersistence = config.getBoolean("debug.verbosePersistenceErrors")
+  val nativeInTmpDir = config.getBoolean("debug.nativeInTmpDir")
 }
 
 object Settings {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/util/LuaStateFactory.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/util/LuaStateFactory.scala
index 7fae9d64f..d40cb9b58 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/util/LuaStateFactory.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/util/LuaStateFactory.scala
@@ -95,11 +95,15 @@ object LuaStateFactory {
       return
     }
 
-    val tmpLibFile = new File({
+    val tmpLibName = "OpenComputersMod-" + OpenComputers.Version + "-" + libraryName
+    val tmpBasePath = if (Settings.get.nativeInTmpDir) {
       val path = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
-      if (path.endsWith("/") || path.endsWith("\\")) path
+      if (path == null) ""
+      else if (path.endsWith("/") || path.endsWith("\\")) path
       else path + "/"
-    } + "OpenComputersMod-" + OpenComputers.Version + "-" + libraryName)
+    }
+    else ""
+    val tmpLibFile = new File(tmpBasePath + tmpLibName)
 
     // If the file, already exists, make sure it's the same we need, if it's
     // not disable use of the natives.