diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/Api/ServiceController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/Api/ServiceController.php
index 2151e181c..93f6e1a41 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/Api/ServiceController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/Api/ServiceController.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class ServiceController extends ApiControllerBase
                 // strip defaults and unchanged files from template (standard js libs, etc)
                 $backend = new Backend();
                 $response = $backend->configdpRun("captiveportal strip_template", array($temp_filename));
-                unlink($temp_filename);
+                unlink('/tmp/'.$temp_filename);
                 $result = json_decode($response, true);
                 if ($result != null && !array_key_exists('error', $result)) {
                     $template->content = $result['payload'];