1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/library/qpeapplication.cpp b/library/qpeapplication.cpp
index bdf67b9..533d7bd 100644
--- a/library/qpeapplication.cpp
+++ b/library/qpeapplication.cpp
@@ -808,7 +808,11 @@ QString QPEApplication::qpeDir()
 */
 QString QPEApplication::documentDir()
 {
-    return QString( QDir::homeDirPath() + "/Documents");
+    const char* base = getenv( "HOME");
+    if( base )
+      return QString( base ) + "/Documents";
+      
+    return QString( "../Documents" );
 }
 
 static int deforient = -1;