diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/taskvine.h b/taskvine/src/manager/taskvine.h
index f74e2d8f9a..a9f88b64b5 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/taskvine.h
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/taskvine.h
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ typedef enum {
 
 /** Control sharing and garbage collection behavior of file objects. **/
 typedef enum {
-	VINE_PEER_NOSHARE = 1,	  /**< Schedule this file to be shared between peers where available. See @ref
+	VINE_PEER_NOSHARE = 1,	   /**< Schedule this file to be shared between peers where available. See @ref
 				     vine_enable_peer_transfers **/
-	VINE_UNLINK_WHEN_DONE = 2 /**< Whether to delete the file when its reference count is 0. (Warning: Only use on
+	VINE_UNLINK_WHEN_DONE = 2, /**< Whether to delete the file when its reference count is 0. (Warning: Only use on
 				     files produced by the application, and never on irreplaceable input files.) */
+	VINE_LOCAL_TEMP = 4	   /**< A temp substitute created when peer transfers are not enabled **/
 } vine_file_flags_t;
 
 /** Select overall scheduling algorithm for matching tasks to workers. */
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_file.c b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_file.c
index c11be4355b..6d3af4425d 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_file.c
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_file.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct vine_file *vine_file_temp_no_peers()
 	cctools_uuid_create(&uuid);
 
 	char *name = string_format("temp-local-%s", uuid.str);
-	return vine_file_create(name, 0, 0, 0, VINE_FILE, 0, cache, VINE_UNLINK_WHEN_DONE);
+	return vine_file_create(name, 0, 0, 0, VINE_FILE, 0, cache, VINE_UNLINK_WHEN_DONE | VINE_LOCAL_TEMP);
 	free(name);
 }
 
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c
index bdc5aa4abb..9078e73749 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c
@@ -3253,7 +3253,7 @@ static int vine_manager_check_inputs_available(struct vine_manager *q, struct vi
 				all_available = 0;
 			}
 		} // this is probably a local-temp
-		else if (f->flags && VINE_UNLINK_WHEN_DONE) {
+		else if (f->flags & VINE_LOCAL_TEMP) {
 			struct stat info;
 			int result = lstat(f->source, &info);
 			if (result != 0) {