diff --git a/src/main/index.js b/src/main/index.js
index 26098df..341652c 100644
--- a/src/main/index.js
+++ b/src/main/index.js
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ const store = new Store();
 const fs = require('fs');
 const utils = require('electron-util');
 
-let homedir = (process.platform === 'win32') ? process.env.HOMEPATH : process.env.HOME;
+let homedir = process.env.HOME;
+if (process.platform == 'win32'){
+    homedir = process.env.HOMEPATH; // back-compat
+    if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(homedir, 'Wownero')))
+        homedir = process.env.USERPROFILE;
+}
 let wowdir = path.join(homedir, 'Wownero');
 
 if (!fs.existsSync(wowdir)){