diff --git a/CubeMaster/pkg/templatecenter/template_image.go b/CubeMaster/pkg/templatecenter/template_image.go
index a1c9959..46e67b8 100644
--- a/CubeMaster/pkg/templatecenter/template_image.go
+++ b/CubeMaster/pkg/templatecenter/template_image.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ const (
 	fallbackArtifactStoreDir   = "cubemaster-rootfs-artifacts-store"
 	rootfsWritableVolumeName   = "cube_rootfs_rw"
 	defaultDistributionWorkers = 4
+	requiredExtractionSpace    = 20 << 30
 )
 
 var getTemplateImageConfig = config.GetConfig
@@ -2000,12 +2001,29 @@ func artifactModelToInfo(record *models.RootfsArtifact) *types.RootfsArtifactInf
 		LastError:               record.LastError,
 	}
 }
+func checkPartition(tempPath string) error {
+	var stat syscall.Statfs_t
+	err := syscall.Statfs(tempPath, &stat)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error! Failed to check disk space at %s: %w", tempPath, err)
+	}
+	available := stat.Bavail * uint64(stat.Bsize)
+	if available < requiredExtractionSpace {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error: not enough space on %s\nRequired 20GiB\n Available: %dGiB", tempPath, available>>30)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
 
 func artifactWorkRootDir() string {
+	tempDir := os.TempDir()
 	if value := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("CUBEMASTER_ROOTFS_ARTIFACT_DIR")); value != "" {
 		return value
 	}
-	return filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "cubemaster-rootfs-artifacts")
+	if err := checkPartition(tempDir); err == nil{
+		return filepath.Join(tempDir, "cubemaster-rootfs-artifacts")
+	}
+	fallbackDir := artifactStoreRootDir()
+	return filepath.Join(fallbackDir, "tmp", "cubemaster-rootfs-artifacts")
 }
 
 func artifactStoreRootDir() string {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de7758c..442f9aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ Cube Sandbox requires an x86_64 Linux environment with KVM support — **WSL 2**
 > - **Windows users**: run `wsl --install` in an admin PowerShell to set up WSL 2 (requires Windows 11 22H2+, with nested virtualization enabled in BIOS / WSL).
 > - **Bare-metal / physical machine users**: grab an x86_64 Linux physical machine, or rent a bare-metal server from a cloud provider.
 > - **Ordinary cloud VM users**: no bare-metal required — install the PVM host kernel to enable KVM on any standard cloud VM. See [PVM Deployment](./docs/guide/pvm-deploy.md).
+>
+> **NOTE on storage**: Ensure the partition hosting the CubeMaster storage directory (usually `/data`) has at least 20GiB of free space for template creation.
 
 Once your environment is ready, launch your first sandbox in four steps: