diff -urN ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3.orig/ed2k_gui/icons.c ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3/ed2k_gui/icons.c
--- ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3.orig/ed2k_gui/icons.c	2004-01-16 22:24:19.000000000 +0100
+++ ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3/ed2k_gui/icons.c	2004-09-28 22:39:34.974793016 +0200
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@
 	gchar          *hdiconpath;
 	GDir           *dir;
 
-	homedir = g_getenv ("HOME");
+	homedir = g_getenv ("HOME_ETC");
+	if (!homedir) homedir = g_getenv("HOME");
+	
 
 	if (opt_get_str(OPT_GUI_ICON_THEME))
 		themes = g_slist_append (themes, g_strdup(opt_get_str(OPT_GUI_ICON_THEME)));
diff -urN ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3.orig/ed2k_gui/options.c ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3/ed2k_gui/options.c
--- ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3.orig/ed2k_gui/options.c	2004-08-09 15:53:05.000000000 +0200
+++ ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3/ed2k_gui/options.c	2004-09-28 22:38:21.783919720 +0200
@@ -889,11 +889,11 @@
 static void
 opt_init_prefpath (void)
 {
-	const gchar *homedir;
+	const gchar *homedir = getenv("HOME_ETC");
 
 	G_FREE(prefpath);
 
-	homedir = g_get_home_dir();
+	if (!homedir) homedir = g_get_home_dir();
 
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
 	/*  win98: g_get_home_dir() returns NULL