diff --git a/src/config.coffee b/src/config.coffee
index 79aa69d..5830790 100644
--- a/src/config.coffee
+++ b/src/config.coffee
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ import nconf from 'nconf'
 import path from 'path'
 import merge from 'merge'
 import pwgen from 'password-generator'
+import { homedir } from 'os'
 
 console.log "Loading configuration..."
 
 # Build configuration object from input
 nconf.env [ "NODE_ENV", "PULSE_BINARY" ]
 nconf.argv()
-nconf.file path.join(process.env["HOME"], ".ts3bot", "config.json")
+nconf.file path.join(homedir(), ".ts3bot", "config.json")
 nconf.defaults
 	# read http://stackoverflow.com/q/12252043 on why I'm using .trim here
 	"environment": process.env.NODE_ENV?.trim() or "development"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ nconf.defaults
 	"vlc-password": pwgen()
 	"nickname": "TS3Bot"
 	"ts3-install-path": path.resolve __dirname, "..", "ts3client"
-	"ts3-config-path": path.join process.env.HOME, ".ts3client"
+	"ts3-config-path": path.join homedir(), ".ts3client"
 	"xvfb-resolution": "800x600x16"
 	"console-log-level": "info"
 	"file-log-level": "debug"
diff --git a/src/services/pulseaudio.coffee b/src/services/pulseaudio.coffee
index 9d2915c..eaf21f8 100644
--- a/src/services/pulseaudio.coffee
+++ b/src/services/pulseaudio.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { spawn } from 'child_process'
 import StreamSplitter from 'stream-splitter'
+import { homedir } from 'os'
 
 import getLogger from '../logger'
 import services from '../services'
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ module.exports = class PulseAudioService extends services.Service
 				env:
 					DISPLAY: process.env.DISPLAY
 					HOME: process.env.HOME
+					USERPROFILE: process.env.USERPROFILE
 					XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: process.env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 
 			# check if there is already a daemon running
diff --git a/src/services/ts3client.coffee b/src/services/ts3client.coffee
index 5cf74c3..39e4b2e 100644
--- a/src/services/ts3client.coffee
+++ b/src/services/ts3client.coffee
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ module.exports = class TS3ClientService extends services.Service
 			doStart = () =>
 				env =
 					HOME: process.env.HOME
+					USERPROFILE: process.env.USERPROFILE
 					DISPLAY: process.env.DISPLAY
 					XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: process.env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 					KDEDIRS: ''
diff --git a/src/services/xwm.coffee b/src/services/xwm.coffee
index a993d4d..b790f7c 100644
--- a/src/services/xwm.coffee
+++ b/src/services/xwm.coffee
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ module.exports = class XWindowManagerService extends services.Service
 						DISPLAY: process.env.DISPLAY
 						XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: process.env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 						HOME: process.env.HOME
+						USERPROFILE: process.env.USERPROFILE
 
 				# logging
 				stdoutTokenizer = proc.stdout.pipe StreamSplitter "\n"