--- arts-1.5.3/mcop/mcoputils.cc	2005-12-22 21:20:23.000000000 -0200
+++ arts-1.5.3/mcop/mcoputils.cc.new	2006-07-19 14:44:08.000000000 -0300
@@ -371,7 +371,9 @@
 	}
 	if (!mcop_dir)
 	{
-	   arts_fatal("can't create mcop directory");
+      return "Unable to create mcop directory";
+
+	   // arts_fatal("can't create mcop directory");
 	}
 	string tmpdir = mcop_dir;
 	return tmpdir+"/"+name;