diff --git a/misc/userscripts/view_in_mpv b/misc/userscripts/view_in_mpv
index e815d4ab8..0a4516c72 100755
--- a/misc/userscripts/view_in_mpv
+++ b/misc/userscripts/view_in_mpv
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ if [[ $USE_YTDLP_FOR_DOWNLOAD == "yes" ]]; then
   MPV_FLAGS="$MPV_FLAGS --audio-file=$tmpdir/ytdlp_audio"
   IFS=" " read -r -a video_command <<< "$MPV_COMMAND $MPV_FLAGS"
 
-  "${yt_dlp_video_command[@]}" -o - "$URL" | "${video_command[@]}" --title="$(yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chromium:~/.local/share/qutebrowser --get-title "$URL") - mpv" "$@" -
+  ( cd "$tmpdir" && "${yt_dlp_video_command[@]}" -o - "$URL" | "${video_command[@]}" --title="$(yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chromium:~/.local/share/qutebrowser --get-title "$URL") - mpv" "$@" - )
 
   ps $audio_ytdlp_pid >/dev/null && kill $audio_ytdlp_pid
   rm -rf "$tmpdir"