diff -Nru aegis-3.18/libaegis/user.c aegis-3.18.new/libaegis/user.c
--- aegis-3.18/libaegis/user.c	Thu Jul  8 22:36:21 1999
+++ aegis-3.18.new/libaegis/user.c	Sat Mar 22 16:55:45 2003
@@ -874,8 +874,15 @@
 	trace(("user_uconf_get(up = %08lX)\n{\n"/*}*/, up));
 	lock_sync(up);
 	if (!up->uconf_path)
-		up->uconf_path =
-			str_format("%S/.aegisrc", up->home);
+	{
+		char *config_dir = getenv("HOME");
+		if (config_dir)
+			up->uconf_path =
+				str_format("%S/aegisrc", str_from_c(config_dir));
+		else
+			up->uconf_path =
+				str_format("%S/.aegisrc", up->home);
+  }
 	if (!up->uconf_data)
 	{
 		uconf		data;