diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 76bd1ef93..bd300e17e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ RUN curl -sLO https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/download/$ARGO
     gzip -d < argo-linux-amd64.gz > /usr/local/bin/argo &&\
     chmod +x /usr/local/bin/argo
 
+COPY ./functions.sh ${HOME}/functions.sh
 COPY ./run_workflow_and_argo.sh ${HOME}/run_workflow_and_argo.sh
 
 # Baking in example configs for running tests, as docker.client.containers.run
diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..727f9fb23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function store_config {
+    config_path="$1"
+    if [[ -z "${MACHINE_CONFIG}" && -z "${GORDO_NAME}" ]]; then
+        cp /code/config_crd.yml "$config_path"
+    elif [[ -z "${MACHINE_CONFIG}" ]]; then
+        # $GORDO_NAME is set
+        kubectl get gordos ${GORDO_NAME} -o json > "$config_path"
+    else
+        echo "$MACHINE_CONFIG" > "$config_path"
+    fi
+}
+
+function argo_submit { 
+    generated_config_path="$1"
+    argo lint "$generated_config_path"
+    if [ "$ARGO_SUBMIT" = true ] ; then
+        if [[ -n "$ARGO_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" ]]; then
+            argo submit --serviceaccount "$ARGO_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" "$generated_config_path"
+        else
+            argo submit "$generated_config_path"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/run_workflow_and_argo.sh b/run_workflow_and_argo.sh
index 85e6a93c1..177feb5da 100755
--- a/run_workflow_and_argo.sh
+++ b/run_workflow_and_argo.sh
@@ -1,34 +1,31 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 set -e
+
+functions_dir=$(dirname $0)
+. $functions_dir/functions.sh
+
 if [[ -n "${DEBUG_SHOW_WORKFLOW}" ]]; then
   set -x
 fi
-if [[ -z "${MACHINE_CONFIG}" && -z "${GORDO_NAME}" ]]; then
-    cp /code/config_crd.yml /tmp/config.yml
-elif [[ -z "${MACHINE_CONFIG}" ]]; then
-    # $GORDO_NAME is set
-    kubectl get gordos ${GORDO_NAME} -o json > /tmp/config.yml
-else
-    echo "$MACHINE_CONFIG" > /tmp/config.yml
-fi
+
+tmpdir="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
+
+config_path="$tmpdir/config.yml"
+generated_config_path="$tmpdir/generated-config.yml"
+
+store_config "$config_path"
 
 if [[ -n "${DEBUG_SHOW_WORKFLOW}" ]]; then
   echo "===CONFIG==="
-  cat /tmp/config.yml
+  cat "$config_path"
 fi
 
-gordo workflow generate --machine-config /tmp/config.yml --output-file /tmp/generated-config.yml
+gordo workflow generate --machine-config "$config_path" --output-file "$generated_config_path"
 
 if [[ -n "${DEBUG_SHOW_WORKFLOW}" ]]; then
   echo "===GENERATED CONFIG==="
-  cat /tmp/generated-config.yml
+  cat "$generated_config_path"
 fi
 
-argo lint /tmp/generated-config.yml
-if [ "$ARGO_SUBMIT" = true ] ; then
-    if [[ -n "$ARGO_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" ]]; then
-        argo submit --serviceaccount "$ARGO_SERVICE_ACCOUNT" /tmp/generated-config.yml
-    else
-        argo submit /tmp/generated-config.yml
-    fi
-fi
+argo_submit "$generated_config_path"