diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ac915aa..e617025 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -225,6 +225,22 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "534c5cf6194dfab3db3242765c03bbe257cf92f22b38f6bc0c58d59108a820ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9fc0510504f03c51ada170672ac806f1f105a88aa97a5281117e1ddc3368e51a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "filetime"
 version = "0.2.23"
@@ -339,6 +355,12 @@ version = "0.2.155"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78b3ae25bc7c8c38cec158d1f2757ee79e9b3740fbc7ccf0e59e4b08d793fa89"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.12"
@@ -513,6 +535,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustlings"
 version = "6.1.0"
@@ -526,6 +561,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustlings-macros",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "tempfile",
  "toml_edit",
 ]
 
@@ -697,6 +733,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04cbcdd0c794ebb0d4cf35e88edd2f7d2c4c3e9a5a6dab322839b321c6a87a64"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_datetime"
 version = "0.6.8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e76077d..316879e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ serde_json = "1.0.122"
 serde.workspace = true
 toml_edit.workspace = true
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3.12.0"
+
 [profile.release]
 panic = "abort"
 
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 3ab54f9..d821e20 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -155,28 +155,28 @@ fn hint() {
 
 #[test]
 fn init() {
-    let _ = fs::remove_dir_all("tests/rustlings");
+    let test_dir = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let initialized_dir = test_dir.path().join("rustlings");
+    let test_dir = test_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
 
-    Cmd::default().current_dir("tests").fail();
+    Cmd::default().current_dir(test_dir).fail();
 
     Cmd::default()
-        .current_dir("tests")
+        .current_dir(test_dir)
         .args(&["init"])
         .success();
 
     // Running `init` after a successful initialization.
     Cmd::default()
-        .current_dir("tests")
+        .current_dir(test_dir)
         .args(&["init"])
         .output(PartialStderr("`cd rustlings`"))
         .fail();
 
     // Running `init` in the initialized directory.
     Cmd::default()
-        .current_dir("tests/rustlings")
+        .current_dir(initialized_dir.to_str().unwrap())
         .args(&["init"])
         .output(PartialStderr("already initialized"))
         .fail();
-
-    fs::remove_dir_all("tests/rustlings").unwrap();
 }