diff -Nru ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.1.orig/ed2k_gui/options.c ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.1/ed2k_gui/options.c
--- ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.1.orig/ed2k_gui/options.c	2003-11-13 19:53:28.000000000 +0100
+++ ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.1/ed2k_gui/options.c	2003-11-22 18:51:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -830,11 +830,11 @@
 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();
 	g_return_if_fail (homedir != NULL );
 
 	/* using wine + cross-compiled win32 binary, we
--- ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.1.orig/ed2k_gui/icons.c	2003-11-13 19:53:27.000000000 +0100
+++ ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.1/ed2k_gui/icons.c	2003-11-26 13:29:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
 	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)));