diff --git a/cmd.go b/cmd.go
index 2506a6ac..24e1ce0a 100644
--- a/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd.go
@@ -665,6 +665,10 @@ func passToPacman(args *arguments) error {
 	argArr = append(argArr, "pacman")
 	argArr = append(argArr, cmdArgs.formatGlobals()...)
 	argArr = append(argArr, args.formatArgs()...)
+	if config.NoConfirm {
+		argArr = append(argArr, "--noconfirm")
+	}
+
 	argArr = append(argArr, args.formatTargets()...)
 
 	cmd = exec.Command(argArr[0], argArr[1:]...)
@@ -676,6 +680,11 @@ func passToPacman(args *arguments) error {
 
 // passToMakepkg outsources execution to makepkg binary without modifications.
 func passToMakepkg(dir string, args ...string) (err error) {
+
+	if config.NoConfirm {
+		args = append(args)
+	}
+
 	cmd := exec.Command(config.MakepkgBin, args...)
 	cmd.Stdin, cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr
 	cmd.Dir = dir
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index c55bdee2..6646a0f6 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"os/user"
 
 	alpm "github.com/jguer/go-alpm"
 )
@@ -103,11 +102,7 @@ func (config *Configuration) saveConfig() error {
 }
 
 func defaultSettings(config *Configuration) {
-	u, err := user.Current()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	config.BuildDir = fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/yaytmp-%s/", u.Uid)
+	config.BuildDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/.cache/yay/", os.Getenv("HOME"))
 	config.CleanAfter = false
 	config.Editor = ""
 	config.Devel = false