diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
index 670e179f81..20ca5c94d4 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
@@ -2524,10 +2524,11 @@ bool DomainServer::processPendingContent(HTTPConnection* connection, QString ite
         const auto peerAddressHash = qHash(connection->socket()->peerAddress());
 
         if (_pendingContentFiles.find(peerAddressHash) == _pendingContentFiles.end()) {
-            _pendingContentFiles.emplace(peerAddressHash, TEMPORARY_CONTENT_FILEPATH);
+            std::unique_ptr<QTemporaryFile> newTemp(new QTemporaryFile(TEMPORARY_CONTENT_FILEPATH));
+            _pendingContentFiles[peerAddressHash] = std::move(newTemp);
         }
 
-        QTemporaryFile& _pendingFileContent = _pendingContentFiles[peerAddressHash];
+        QTemporaryFile& _pendingFileContent = *_pendingContentFiles[peerAddressHash];
         if (!_pendingFileContent.open()) {
             _pendingContentFiles.erase(peerAddressHash);
             connection->respond(HTTPConnection::StatusCode400);
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.h b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.h
index 2d5729be59..5d6cd4e5f9 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.h
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.h
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ private:
     QHash<QUuid, QPointer<HTTPSConnection>> _pendingOAuthConnections;
 
     std::unordered_map<uint, QByteArray> _pendingUploadedContents;
-    std::unordered_map<uint, QTemporaryFile> _pendingContentFiles;
+    std::unordered_map<uint, std::unique_ptr<QTemporaryFile>> _pendingContentFiles;
 
     QThread _assetClientThread;
 };