diff --git a/ipfs-cluster-service/main.go b/ipfs-cluster-service/main.go
index 80561f6..7144a35 100644
--- a/ipfs-cluster-service/main.go
+++ b/ipfs-cluster-service/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
-	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"syscall"
 
@@ -116,12 +115,8 @@ func init() {
 	// Set the right commit. The only way I could make this work
 	ipfscluster.Commit = commit
 
-	usr, err := user.Current()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic("cannot guess the current user")
-	}
 	DefaultPath = filepath.Join(
-		usr.HomeDir,
+		os.Getenv("HOME"),
 		".ipfs-cluster")
 }