diff --git a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Find.hs b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Find.hs
index eb7d99d..b001e0d 100644
--- a/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Find.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/GhcMod/Find.hs
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ isOutdated db =
 -- | Looking up 'SymbolDb' with 'Symbol' to \['ModuleString'\]
 --   which will be concatenated. 'loadSymbolDb' is called internally.
 findSymbol :: IOish m => Symbol -> GhcModT m String
-findSymbol sym = loadSymbolDb >>= lookupSymbol sym
+findSymbol sym = do
+  tmpdir <- cradleTempDir <$> cradle
+  loadSymbolDb tmpdir >>= lookupSymbol sym
 
 -- | Looking up 'SymbolDb' with 'Symbol' to \['ModuleString'\]
 --   which will be concatenated.
@@ -69,12 +71,11 @@ lookupSym sym db = M.findWithDefault [] sym $ table db
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 -- | Loading a file and creates 'SymbolDb'.
-loadSymbolDb :: IOish m => GhcModT m SymbolDb
-loadSymbolDb = do
+loadSymbolDb :: IOish m => FilePath -> GhcModT m SymbolDb
+loadSymbolDb dir = do
   ghcMod <- liftIO ghcModExecutable
-  tmpdir <- cradleTempDir <$> cradle
   readProc <- gmReadProcess
-  file   <- liftIO $ chop <$> readProc ghcMod ["dumpsym", tmpdir] ""
+  file   <- liftIO $ chop <$> readProc ghcMod ["dumpsym", dir] ""
   !db    <- M.fromAscList . map conv . lines <$> liftIO (readFile file)
   return $ SymbolDb
     { table             = db
diff --git a/src/GHCMod.hs b/src/GHCMod.hs
index 7c738cc..540260a 100644
--- a/src/GHCMod.hs
+++ b/src/GHCMod.hs
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ legacyInteractive :: IOish m => GhcModT m ()
 legacyInteractive = do
     opt <- options
     prepareCabalHelper
-    symdbreq <- liftIO $ newSymDbReq opt
+    tmpdir <- cradleTempDir <$> cradle
+    symdbreq <- liftIO $ newSymDbReq opt tmpdir
     world <- getCurrentWorld
     legacyInteractiveLoop symdbreq world
 
diff --git a/src/Misc.hs b/src/Misc.hs
index 2064a7f..bc5ff9d 100644
--- a/src/Misc.hs
+++ b/src/Misc.hs
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import Language.Haskell.GhcMod.Internal hiding (MonadIO,liftIO)
 type SymDbReqAction = (Either GhcModError SymbolDb, GhcModLog)
 data SymDbReq = SymDbReq (IORef (Async SymDbReqAction)) (IO SymDbReqAction)
 
-newSymDbReq :: Options -> IO SymDbReq
-newSymDbReq opt = do
-    let act = runGhcModT opt loadSymbolDb
+newSymDbReq :: Options -> FilePath -> IO SymDbReq
+newSymDbReq opt dir = do
+    let act = runGhcModT opt $ loadSymbolDb dir
     req <- async act
     ref <- newIORef req
     return $ SymDbReq ref act