diff --git a/extension/fileupload/src/main/java/cloud/piranha/extension/fileupload/FileUploadMultiPartInitializer.java b/extension/fileupload/src/main/java/cloud/piranha/extension/fileupload/FileUploadMultiPartInitializer.java
index 3a38b2bfa..1af604ba0 100644
--- a/extension/fileupload/src/main/java/cloud/piranha/extension/fileupload/FileUploadMultiPartInitializer.java
+++ b/extension/fileupload/src/main/java/cloud/piranha/extension/fileupload/FileUploadMultiPartInitializer.java
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@
  * </p>
  *
  * <ol>
- * <li>Sets the MultiPartManager to an instance of FileUploadMultiPartManager.</li>
- * <li>Adds the JakartaFileCleaner listener that cleans up the temporary files.</li>
+ * <li>Sets the MultiPartManager to an instance of
+ * FileUploadMultiPartManager.</li>
+ * <li>Adds the JakartaFileCleaner listener that cleans up the temporary
+ * files.</li>
  * </ol>
  *
  * @author Manfred Riem (mriem@manorrock.com)
@@ -62,13 +64,17 @@ public class FileUploadMultiPartInitializer implements ServletContainerInitializ
      */
     public FileUploadMultiPartInitializer() {
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void onStartup(Set<Class<?>> classes, ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
         WebApplication webApplication = (WebApplication) servletContext;
-        LOGGER.log(TRACE, "Setting the MultiPartManager");
+        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(TRACE)) {
+            LOGGER.log(TRACE, "Setting the MultiPartManager");
+        }
         webApplication.getManager().setMultiPartManager(new FileUploadMultiPartManager());
-        LOGGER.log(TRACE, "Adding the listener used to cleanup temporary files");
+        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(TRACE)) {
+            LOGGER.log(TRACE, "Adding the listener used to cleanup temporary files");
+        }
         webApplication.addListener("org.apache.commons.fileupload2.jakarta.servlet6.JakartaFileCleaner");
     }
 }
diff --git a/extension/fileupload/src/main/java/cloud/piranha/extension/fileupload/FileUploadMultiPartManager.java b/extension/fileupload/src/main/java/cloud/piranha/extension/fileupload/FileUploadMultiPartManager.java
index 44d875549..520d8f9bb 100644
--- a/extension/fileupload/src/main/java/cloud/piranha/extension/fileupload/FileUploadMultiPartManager.java
+++ b/extension/fileupload/src/main/java/cloud/piranha/extension/fileupload/FileUploadMultiPartManager.java
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ public class FileUploadMultiPartManager implements MultiPartManager {
     private static final String FILE_SIZE_THRESHOLD_NAME
             = "cloud.piranha.extension.fileupload.fileSizeTreshold";
 
+    /**
+     * Stores the constant for the output directory.
+     */
+    private static final String OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_NAME
+            = "cloud.piranha.extension.fileupload.outputDirectory";
+
     /**
      * Stores the logger.
      */
@@ -142,17 +148,40 @@ public Part getPart(WebApplication webApplication, WebApplicationRequest request
     private synchronized JakartaServletFileUpload setupFileUpload(WebApplication webApplication, MultipartConfigElement multipartConfig) {
         JakartaServletFileUpload upload = (JakartaServletFileUpload) webApplication.getAttribute(FileUploadMultiPartManager.class.getName());
         if (upload == null) {
-            File outputDirectory;
-            if (multipartConfig.getLocation() == null || multipartConfig.getLocation().isEmpty()) {
-                outputDirectory = (File) webApplication.getAttribute(TEMPDIR);
-            } else {
+            /*
+             * Default to TEMPDIR.
+             */
+            File outputDirectory = (File) webApplication.getAttribute(TEMPDIR);
+            /*
+             * If the multipart config has a location use it. If it is relative
+             * use the TEMPDIR as the parent directory.
+             */
+            if (multipartConfig.getLocation() != null && !multipartConfig.getLocation().isEmpty()) {
                 File location = new File(multipartConfig.getLocation());
                 if (!location.isAbsolute()) {
                     location = ((File) webApplication.getAttribute(TEMPDIR)).toPath().resolve(location.toPath()).toFile();
                 }
                 outputDirectory = location;
             }
+            /*
+             * If OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_NAME is set use it.
+             */
+            if (webApplication.getInitParameter(OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_NAME) != null) {
+                outputDirectory = new File(webApplication.getInitParameter(OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_NAME));
+            }
+            /*
+             * Default to 10240 (10 KB).
+             */
             int sizeThreshold = 10240;
+            /*
+             * If the multipart config has a size > 0 use it.
+             */
+            if (multipartConfig.getFileSizeThreshold() != 0) {
+                sizeThreshold = multipartConfig.getFileSizeThreshold();
+            }
+            /*
+             * If FILE_SIZE_THRESHOLD_NAME is set use it.
+             */
             if (webApplication.getInitParameter(FILE_SIZE_THRESHOLD_NAME) != null) {
                 try {
                     sizeThreshold = Integer.parseInt(webApplication.getInitParameter("cloud.piranha.extension.fileupload.fileSizeTreshold"));
@@ -160,9 +189,6 @@ private synchronized JakartaServletFileUpload setupFileUpload(WebApplication web
                     // ignore and let defaults apply.
                 }
             }
-            if (multipartConfig.getFileSizeThreshold() != 0) {
-                sizeThreshold = multipartConfig.getFileSizeThreshold();
-            }
             DiskFileItemFactory factory = DiskFileItemFactory
                     .builder()
                     .setBufferSize(sizeThreshold)
diff --git a/extension/fileupload/src/site/markdown/index.md b/extension/fileupload/src/site/markdown/index.md
index aae3e1032..7afd6dac6 100644
--- a/extension/fileupload/src/site/markdown/index.md
+++ b/extension/fileupload/src/site/markdown/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ The following configuration parameters are available:
 
 1. `cloud.piranha.extension.fileupload.outputDirectory` - the directory where
    the file upload will store temporary files. The default is the location as
-   of the ServletContext TEMPDIR.
    
 1. `cloud.piranha.extension.fileupload.fileSizeTreshold` - the file size
    threshold (in bytes) before the runtime will create a temporary file on the