diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/family.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/family.py
index 163bca2ef6b..7554dd0f3cd 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/family.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/family.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import builtins
 import functools
 import itertools
+import tempfile
 from typing import Any
 from unittest import mock
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
 
 logger = setup_logger()
 
+pywikibot.config.base_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory().name
+
 
 @mock.patch.object(
     builtins, "print", lambda *args: logger.info("\t".join(map(str, args)))
diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/wiki.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/wiki.py
index 8a09fd6d500..27edea871dc 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/wiki.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/wiki.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import datetime
 import itertools
+import tempfile
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from typing import Any
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@
 
 logger = setup_logger()
 
+pywikibot.config.base_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory().name
+
 
 def pywikibot_timestamp_to_utc_datetime(
     timestamp: pywikibot.time.Timestamp,
@@ -121,7 +124,6 @@ def __init__(
         self.batch_size = batch_size
 
         # short names can only have ascii letters and digits
-
         self.family = family_class_dispatch(hostname, "WikipediaConnector")()
         self.site = pywikibot.Site(fam=self.family, code=language_code)
         self.categories = [
diff --git a/backend/tests/unit/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/test_wiki.py b/backend/tests/unit/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/test_wiki.py
index 9aaacfc1eae..6a1d3cd9111 100644
--- a/backend/tests/unit/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/test_wiki.py
+++ b/backend/tests/unit/danswer/connectors/mediawiki/test_wiki.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import datetime
+import tempfile
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 import pytest
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@
 
 from danswer.connectors.mediawiki import wiki
 
+pywikibot.config.base_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory().name
+
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def site() -> pywikibot.Site:
diff --git a/backend/throttle.ctrl b/backend/throttle.ctrl
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000