diff --git a/.spacemacs b/.spacemacs
index 6857fa9..b1570b1 100644
--- a/.spacemacs
+++ b/.spacemacs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 This function is called at the very beginning of Spacemacs startup,
 before layer configuration.
 It should only modify the values of Spacemacs settings."
-  (setq phundrak//dotspacemacs-src-dir (concat (getenv "HOME") "/.config/emacs/private/")
-        phundrak//dotspacemacs-src (concat (getenv "HOME") "/org/config/emacs.org")
+  (setq phundrak//dotspacemacs-src-dir "~/.config/emacs/private/"
+        phundrak//dotspacemacs-src "~/org/config/emacs.org"
         phundrak//dotspacemacs-si (concat phundrak//dotspacemacs-src-dir "spacemacs-init.el")
         phundrak//dotspacemacs-sl (concat phundrak//dotspacemacs-src-dir "spacemacs-layers.el")
         phundrak//dotspacemacs-uc (concat phundrak//dotspacemacs-src-dir "user-config.el")