diff --git a/rdo.c b/rdo.c
index 63792af..b8b4456 100644
--- a/rdo.c
+++ b/rdo.c
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ void runprog(char** program_argv) {
 	if (setgid(0) < 0)
 		err(1, "Could not setgid");
 
-	 // NOTE: this does not return when no error occurred.
+	putenv("HOME=/root");
+
+	// NOTE: this does not return when no error occurred.
 	execvp(program_argv[0], program_argv);
 
 	err(1, program_argv[0]);