diff --git a/src/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/spawner_pysqa.py b/src/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/spawner_pysqa.py
index 3d5b9db5..6366089e 100644
--- a/src/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/spawner_pysqa.py
+++ b/src/executorlib/task_scheduler/interactive/spawner_pysqa.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def _start_process_helper(
         if self._cwd is not None:
             working_directory = os.path.join(self._cwd, hash)
         else:
-            working_directory = os.path.abspath(hash)
+            working_directory = os.path.join(os.path.abspath("executorlib_cache"), hash)
         set_current_directory_in_environment()
         return queue_adapter.submit_job(
             command=" ".join(self.generate_command(command_lst=command_lst)),