diff --git a/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/util/Natives.java b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/util/Natives.java
index 7e4f05e97..e63c87c20 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/util/Natives.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/util/Natives.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 
 public class Natives {
@@ -24,12 +25,12 @@ public class Natives {
   private static Runnable copyAndLoadNative(String path) {
     return () -> {
       try {
-        Path tempFile = Files.createTempFile("native-", path.substring(path.lastIndexOf('.')));
         InputStream nativeLib = Natives.class.getResourceAsStream(path);
         if (nativeLib == null) {
           throw new IllegalStateException("Native library " + path + " not found.");
         }
 
+        Path tempFile = createTemporaryNativeFilename(path.substring(path.lastIndexOf('.')));
         Files.copy(nativeLib, tempFile, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(() -> {
           try {
@@ -38,13 +39,27 @@ public class Natives {
             // Well, it doesn't matter...
           }
         }));
-        System.load(tempFile.toAbsolutePath().toString());
+
+        try {
+          System.load(tempFile.toAbsolutePath().toString());
+        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
+          throw new NativeSetupException("Unable to load native " + tempFile.toAbsolutePath(), e);
+        }
       } catch (IOException e) {
         throw new NativeSetupException("Unable to copy natives", e);
       }
     };
   }
 
+  private static Path createTemporaryNativeFilename(String ext) throws IOException {
+    String temporaryFolderPath = System.getProperty("velocity.natives-tmpdir");
+    if (temporaryFolderPath != null) {
+      return Files.createTempFile(Paths.get(temporaryFolderPath), "native-", ext);
+    } else {
+      return Files.createTempFile("native-", ext);
+    }
+  }
+
   public static final NativeCodeLoader<VelocityCompressorFactory> compress = new NativeCodeLoader<>(
       ImmutableList.of(
           new NativeCodeLoader.Variant<>(NativeConstraints.MACOS,
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/Velocity.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/Velocity.java
index d00274735..1a7e33c65 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/Velocity.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/Velocity.java
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ public class Velocity {
     if (System.getProperty("io.netty.allocator.maxOrder") == null) {
       System.setProperty("io.netty.allocator.maxOrder", "9");
     }
+
+    // If Velocity's natives are being extracted to a different temporary directory, make sure the
+    // Netty natives are extracted there as well
+    if (System.getProperty("velocity.natives-tmpdir") != null) {
+      System.setProperty("io.netty.native.workdir", System.getProperty("velocity.natives-tmpdir"));
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/netty/DnsAddressResolverGroupNameResolverAdapter.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/netty/DnsAddressResolverGroupNameResolverAdapter.java
index f76a160c9..169b60a49 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/netty/DnsAddressResolverGroupNameResolverAdapter.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/netty/DnsAddressResolverGroupNameResolverAdapter.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import io.netty.util.concurrent.EventExecutor;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.FutureListener;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.ImmediateEventExecutor;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;
+import io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -61,13 +62,7 @@ public class DnsAddressResolverGroupNameResolverAdapter extends InetNameResolver
   }
 
   private EventExecutor findExecutor() {
-    for (EventExecutor executor : group) {
-      if (executor.inEventLoop()) {
-        return executor;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // otherwise, pick one
-    return group.next();
+    EventExecutor current = ThreadExecutorMap.currentExecutor();
+    return current == null ? group.next() : current;
   }
 }