@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@
 	     (tasks:open-db numretries (- numretries 1)))
 	   (begin
 	     (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
 	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
 	     (debug:print 5 *default-log-port* " exn=" (condition->list exn))))
-       (let* ((dbpath        (db:dbfile-path )) ;; (tasks:get-task-db-path))
+       (let* ((dbpath        (common:get-db-tmp-area *alldat*)) ;; (tasks:get-task-db-path))
 	      (dbfile       (conc dbpath "/monitor.db"))
 	      (avail        (tasks:wait-on-journal dbpath 10)) ;; wait up to about 10 seconds for the journal to go away
 	      (exists       (common:file-exists? dbpath))
 	      (write-access (file-write-access? dbpath))
 	      (mdb          (cond ;; what the hek is *toppath* doing here?
@@ -283,11 +283,11 @@
 ;; 
 (define (tasks:start-monitor db mdb)
   (if (> (tasks:get-num-alive-monitors mdb) 2) ;; have two running, no need for more
       (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Not starting monitor, already have more than two running")
       (let* ((megatestdb     (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db"))
-	     (monitordbf     (conc (db:dbfile-path #f) "/monitor.db"))
+	     (monitordbf     (conc (common:get-db-tmp-area *alldat*) "/monitor.db"))
 	     (last-db-update 0)) ;; (file-modification-time megatestdb)))
 	(task:register-monitor mdb)
 	(let loop ((count      0)
 		   (next-touch 0)) ;; next-touch is the time where we need to update last_update
 	  ;; if the db has been modified we'd best look at the task queue