diff --git a/config/snekbox.cfg b/config/snekbox.cfg
index ecfc0b4a..b4055219 100644
--- a/config/snekbox.cfg
+++ b/config/snekbox.cfg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ envar: "PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=true"
 envar: "PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8:strict"
 envar: "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=true"
 envar: "PYTHONUSERBASE=/snekbox/user_base"
-envar: "HOME=home"
+envar: "HOME=/home"
 
 keep_caps: false