From 848e5ee5fcd69a8cc1be7acb48e99c10ca2579ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Stirling <77850077+Frooodle@users.noreply.github.com.>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:33:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] merge fix

---
 .../stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java  | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java
index 2fca92ef6..22815b73e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class MergeController {
                 mergerUtility.addSource(tempFile); // Add source file to the merger utility
             }
 
-            mergedTempFile = File.createTempFile("merged-", ".pdf");
+            mergedTempFile = Files.createTempFile("merged-", ".pdf").toFile();
             mergerUtility.setDestinationFileName(mergedTempFile.getAbsolutePath());
 
             mergerUtility.mergeDocuments(