diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index fd151b14d8..009c314d30 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Scalding #
 
+### Version 0.11.2 ###
+* hadoop.tmp.dir for snapshot in config
+
 ### Version 0.11.1 ###
 * Fixes bad release portion where code wasn't updated for new scalding version number.
 * use cascading-jdbc 2.5.3 for table exists fix and cascading 2.5.5: https://github.com/twitter/scalding/pull/951
diff --git a/scalding-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/package.scala b/scalding-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/package.scala
index 2caf86eb8b..817fd1b999 100644
--- a/scalding-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/package.scala
+++ b/scalding-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/package.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ package object scalding {
   /**
    * Make sure this is in sync with version.sbt
    */
-  val scaldingVersion: String = "0.11.1"
+  val scaldingVersion: String = "0.11.2"
 
   object RichPathFilter {
     implicit def toRichPathFilter(f: PathFilter) = new RichPathFilter(f)
diff --git a/scalding-repl/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/ReplImplicits.scala b/scalding-repl/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/ReplImplicits.scala
index 37f524fcaa..d3a46e8e41 100644
--- a/scalding-repl/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/ReplImplicits.scala
+++ b/scalding-repl/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/ReplImplicits.scala
@@ -49,45 +49,47 @@ object ReplImplicits extends FieldConversions {
     fd
   }
 
+  def replConfig = {
+    val conf = Config.default ++ {
+      mode match {
+        case h: HadoopMode => Config.fromHadoop(h.jobConf)
+        case _ => Config.empty
+      }
+    }
+    // Create a jar to hold compiled code for this REPL session in addition to
+    // "tempjars" which can be passed in from the command line, allowing code
+    // in the repl to be distributed for the Hadoop job to run.
+    val replCodeJar = ScaldingShell.createReplCodeJar()
+    val tmpJarsConfig: Map[String, String] =
+      replCodeJar match {
+        case Some(jar) =>
+          Map("tmpjars" -> {
+            // Use tmpjars already in the configuration.
+            conf.get("tmpjars").map(_ + ",").getOrElse("")
+              // And a jar of code compiled by the REPL.
+              .concat("file://" + jar.getAbsolutePath)
+          })
+        case None =>
+          // No need to add the tmpjars to the configuration
+          Map()
+      }
+
+    conf ++ tmpJarsConfig
+  }
+
   /**
    * Runs this pipe as a Scalding job.
    *
    * Automatically cleans up the flowDef to include only sources upstream from tails.
    */
-  def run(implicit fd: FlowDef, md: Mode): Option[JobStats] = {
-
-    def config = {
-      val conf = Config.default
-
-      // Create a jar to hold compiled code for this REPL session in addition to
-      // "tempjars" which can be passed in from the command line, allowing code
-      // in the repl to be distributed for the Hadoop job to run.
-      val replCodeJar = ScaldingShell.createReplCodeJar()
-      val tmpJarsConfig: Map[String, String] =
-        replCodeJar match {
-          case Some(jar) =>
-            Map("tmpjars" -> {
-              // Use tmpjars already in the configuration.
-              conf.get("tmpjars").map(_ + ",").getOrElse("")
-                // And a jar of code compiled by the REPL.
-                .concat("file://" + jar.getAbsolutePath)
-            })
-          case None =>
-            // No need to add the tmpjars to the configuration
-            Map()
-        }
-
-      conf ++ tmpJarsConfig
-    }
-
-    ExecutionContext.newContext(config)(fd, md).waitFor match {
+  def run(implicit fd: FlowDef, md: Mode): Option[JobStats] =
+    ExecutionContext.newContext(replConfig)(fd, md).waitFor match {
       case Success(stats) => Some(stats)
       case Failure(e) =>
         println("Flow execution failed!")
         e.printStackTrace()
         None
     }
-  }
 
   /**
    * Converts a Cascading Pipe to a Scalding RichPipe. This method permits implicit conversions from
diff --git a/scalding-repl/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/ShellPipe.scala b/scalding-repl/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/ShellPipe.scala
index 12305e168c..b9171835d6 100644
--- a/scalding-repl/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/ShellPipe.scala
+++ b/scalding-repl/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scalding/ShellPipe.scala
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@ class ShellTypedPipe[T](pipe: TypedPipe[T]) {
       case _: HadoopMode =>
         // come up with unique temporary filename
         // TODO: refactor into TemporarySequenceFile class
-        val tmpSeq = "/tmp/scalding-repl/snapshot-" + UUID.randomUUID + ".seq"
+        val conf = replConfig
+        val tmpDir = conf.get("hadoop.tmp.dir")
+          .orElse(conf.get("cascading.tmp.dir"))
+          .getOrElse("/tmp")
+
+        val tmpSeq = tmpDir + "/scalding-repl/snapshot-" + java.util.UUID.randomUUID + ".seq"
         val dest = TypedSequenceFile[T](tmpSeq)
         dest.writeFrom(p)(localFlow, md)
         run(localFlow, md)
diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
index 70a4e0c55f..798d1a1e01 100644
--- a/version.sbt
+++ b/version.sbt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-version in ThisBuild := "0.11.1"
+version in ThisBuild := "0.11.2"