--- htop-0.5.2/Settings.c~	2005-04-09 00:41:32.000000000 +0200
+++ htop-0.5.2/Settings.c	2005-06-08 04:42:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
    // TODO: how to get SYSCONFDIR correctly through Autoconf?
    // char* systemSettings = String_cat(SYSCONFDIR, "/htoprc");
    // Settings_read(this, systemSettings);
-   char* home = getenv("HOME");
+   char* home;
+   home = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+   if (!home) home = getenv("HOME");
    this->userSettings = String_cat(home, "/.htoprc");
    Settings_read(this, this->userSettings);
    // free(systemSettings);