diff --git a/robocode.battle/src/main/java/net/sf/robocode/recording/RecordManager.java b/robocode.battle/src/main/java/net/sf/robocode/recording/RecordManager.java
index 02307c149..7c3c61aa7 100644
--- a/robocode.battle/src/main/java/net/sf/robocode/recording/RecordManager.java
+++ b/robocode.battle/src/main/java/net/sf/robocode/recording/RecordManager.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 import net.sf.robocode.battle.snapshot.TurnSnapshot;
 import net.sf.robocode.io.FileUtil;
 import net.sf.robocode.io.Logger;
-import static net.sf.robocode.io.Logger.logError;
-
 import net.sf.robocode.serialization.*;
 import net.sf.robocode.settings.ISettingsManager;
 import net.sf.robocode.version.IVersionManager;
@@ -29,6 +27,8 @@
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
+import static net.sf.robocode.io.Logger.logError;
+
 
 /**
  * @author Pavel Savara (original)
@@ -111,22 +113,25 @@ public void detachRecorder() {
     }
 
     private void createTempFile() {
-        try {
-            if (tempFile == null) {
-                tempFile = File.createTempFile("robocode-battle-records", ".tmp");
-                tempFile.deleteOnExit();
-            } else {
-                if (!tempFile.delete()) {
-                    Logger.logError("Could not delete temp file");
-                }
-                if (!tempFile.createNewFile()) {
-                    throw new Error("Temp file creation failed");
+        AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Void>) () -> {
+            try {
+                if (tempFile == null) {
+                    tempFile = File.createTempFile("robocode-battle-records", ".tmp");
+                    tempFile.deleteOnExit();
+                } else {
+                    if (!tempFile.delete()) {
+                        logError("Could not delete temp file");
+                    }
+                    if (!tempFile.createNewFile()) {
+                        throw new Error("Temp file creation failed");
+                    }
                 }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                logError(e);
+                throw new Error("Temp file creation failed", e);
             }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            logError(e);
-            throw new Error("Temp file creation failed", e);
-        }
+            return null;
+        });
     }
 
     void prepareInputStream() {