diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.cpp
index b2d391fea3..c424290b9b 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.cpp
@@ -126,3 +126,14 @@ bool writeOBJToFile(QString path, QList<MeshPointer> meshes) {
     file.close();
     return success;
 }
+
+QString writeOBJToString(QList<MeshPointer> meshes) {
+    QString result;
+    QTextStream outStream(&result, QIODevice::ReadWrite);
+    bool success;
+    success = writeOBJToTextStream(outStream, meshes);
+    if (success) {
+        return result;
+    }
+    return QString("");
+}
diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.h b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.h
index dcf5a3ee39..b6e20e1ae6 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.h
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.h
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ using MeshPointer = std::shared_ptr<model::Mesh>;
 
 bool writeOBJToTextStream(QTextStream& out, QList<MeshPointer> meshes);
 bool writeOBJToFile(QString path, QList<MeshPointer> meshes);
-
+QString writeOBJToString(QList<MeshPointer> meshes);
 
 #endif // hifi_objwriter_h
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.cpp
index 922dee2e8f..4ba82edf7d 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -44,17 +44,10 @@ void meshesFromScriptValue(const QScriptValue& value, MeshProxyList &out) {
 }
 
 QString ModelScriptingInterface::meshToOBJ(MeshProxyList in) {
-    bool success;
-    QString filename = "/tmp/okokok.obj";
-
     QList<MeshPointer> meshes;
     foreach (const MeshProxy* meshProxy, in) {
         meshes.append(meshProxy->getMeshPointer());
     }
 
-    success = writeOBJToFile(filename, meshes);
-    if (!success) {
-        return "";
-    }
-    return filename;
+    return writeOBJToString(meshes);
 }