1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/blogc-git-receiver/shell.c b/src/blogc-git-receiver/shell.c
index 1ad8f20..eb859e8 100644
--- a/src/blogc-git-receiver/shell.c
+++ b/src/blogc-git-receiver/shell.c
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ bgr_shell(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
     // get home path
-    char *home = getenv("HOME");
+    char *home = getenv("BLOGC_GIT_RECEIVER_BASEDIR");
+    if (home == NULL) {
+        home = getenv("HOME");
+    }
     if (home == NULL) {
         fprintf(stderr, "error: failed to find user home path\n");
         rv = 3;