--- atari800-4.2.0/src/atari.c.orig	2019-12-28 18:00:29.000000000 +0100
+++ atari800-4.2.0/src/atari.c	2021-01-13 19:52:18.770209441 +0100
@@ -423,24 +423,19 @@
 	/* try to find ROM images if the configuration file is not found
 	   or it does not specify some ROM paths (blank paths count as specified) */
 #ifndef ANDROID
-	SYSROM_FindInDir(".", TRUE); /* current directory */
 #if defined(unix) || defined(__unix__) || defined(__linux__)
 	SYSROM_FindInDir("/usr/share/atari800", TRUE);
+#else
+	SYSROM_FindInDir(".", TRUE); /* current directory */
 #endif
-	if (*argc > 0 && argv[0] != NULL) {
-		char atari800_exe_dir[FILENAME_MAX];
-		char atari800_exe_rom_dir[FILENAME_MAX];
-		/* the directory of the Atari800 program */
-		Util_splitpath(argv[0], atari800_exe_dir, NULL);
-		SYSROM_FindInDir(atari800_exe_dir, TRUE);
-		/* "rom" and "ROM" subdirectories of this directory */
-		Util_catpath(atari800_exe_rom_dir, atari800_exe_dir, "rom");
-		SYSROM_FindInDir(atari800_exe_rom_dir, TRUE);
-/* skip "ROM" on systems that are known to be case-insensitive */
-#if !defined(DJGPP) && !defined(HAVE_WINDOWS_H)
-		Util_catpath(atari800_exe_rom_dir, atari800_exe_dir, "ROM");
-		SYSROM_FindInDir(atari800_exe_rom_dir, TRUE);
-#endif
+	{
+		char rom_dir[FILENAME_MAX];
+		char *home = getenv("HOME");
+		if (home != NULL)
+			Util_catpath(rom_dir, home, ".atari800");
+		else
+			strcpy(rom_dir, ".atari800");
+		SYSROM_FindInDir(rom_dir, TRUE);
 	}
 #endif /* ANDROID */