diff --git a/src/wanijo_pipeline/core.clj b/src/wanijo_pipeline/core.clj
index acd75a4..b8e36e2 100644
--- a/src/wanijo_pipeline/core.clj
+++ b/src/wanijo_pipeline/core.clj
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     [org.httpkit.server :as http-kit]
     [lambdacd.runners :as runners]
     [lambdacd.core :as lambdacd]
-    [clojure.tools.logging :as log])
+    [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
+    [clojure.java.io :refer [as-file]])
   (:import (java.nio.file.attribute FileAttribute)
     (java.nio.file Files LinkOption))
   (:gen-class))
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@
 (defn -main [& args]
   (let [;; the home dir is where LambdaCD saves all data.
         ;; point this to a particular directory to keep builds around after restarting
-        home-dir (create-temp-dir)
+        ;; home-dir (create-temp-dir)
+        home-dir (as-file "/home/nonroot")
         config   {:home-dir home-dir
                   :name     "wanijo pipeline"}
         ;; initialize and wire everything together