diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c990ec7..4d2964e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "devcert": "^1.2.2",
     "dockerode": "^3.3.5",
     "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
+    "env-paths": "^3.0.0",
     "event-source-polyfill": "^1.0.31",
     "eventsource": "^2.0.2",
     "exit-hook": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index cd863107..63942a20 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ importers:
       dotenv:
         specifier: ^16.3.1
         version: 16.3.1
+      env-paths:
+        specifier: ^3.0.0
+        version: 3.0.0
       event-source-polyfill:
         specifier: ^1.0.31
         version: 1.0.31
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 2ff34432..a7c8eed0 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 import { forEach } from '@s-libs/micro-dash'
 import devcert from 'devcert'
 import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+import envPaths from 'env-paths'
 import { findUpSync } from 'find-up'
 import { mkdirSync, realpathSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'path'
@@ -26,8 +27,7 @@ dotenv.config({ path: `.env` })
 
 const realScriptPath = realpathSync(process.argv[1]!)
 
-export const _PH_HOME =
-  process.env.PH_HOME || join(process.env.HOME || resolve(`~`), `.pockethost`)
+export const _PH_HOME = process.env.PH_HOME || envPaths(`pockethost`).data
 
 export const _SSL_HOME = join(_PH_HOME, `ssl`)