diff --git a/openplotterSettings/conf.py b/openplotterSettings/conf.py
index 48187f0..3c81171 100644
--- a/openplotterSettings/conf.py
+++ b/openplotterSettings/conf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 			except:
 				import pwd
 				self.user = pwd.getpwuid(int(os.environ["PKEXEC_UID"])).pw_name
-		self.home = '/home/'+self.user
+		self.home = os.path.expanduser('~'+self.user)
 
 		self.data_conf = configparser.ConfigParser()