diff --git a/src/wanijo_pipeline/core.clj b/src/wanijo_pipeline/core.clj
index b8e36e2..2e30805 100644
--- a/src/wanijo_pipeline/core.clj
+++ b/src/wanijo_pipeline/core.clj
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
     [org.httpkit.server :as http-kit]
     [lambdacd.runners :as runners]
     [lambdacd.core :as lambdacd]
-    [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
-    [clojure.java.io :refer [as-file]])
+    [clojure.tools.logging :as log])
   (:import (java.nio.file.attribute FileAttribute)
     (java.nio.file Files LinkOption))
   (:gen-class))
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@
   (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 (as-file "/home/nonroot")
+        home-dir (str (System/getProperty "user.home") "/wanijo-pipeline")
         config   {:home-dir home-dir
                   :name     "wanijo pipeline"}
         ;; initialize and wire everything together