diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index d9af075d..d9783a31 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -127,11 +127,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     "  DATADIR = EXEDIR .. '/data'\n"
     "  USERDIR = EXEDIR .. '/user'\n"
 #else
-    "  local prefix = EXEDIR:match(\"^(.+)[/\\\\]bin$\")\n"
-    "  DATADIR = prefix and (prefix .. '/share/lite-xl') or (EXEDIR .. '/data')\n"
-    "  USERDIR = os.getenv(\"HOME\") .. '/.config/lite-xl'\n"
-    "  package.path = package.path .. ';' .. DATADIR .. '/?.lua'\n"
-    "  package.path = package.path .. ';' .. DATADIR .. '/?/init.lua'\n"
+    "  do\n"
+    "    local prefix = EXEDIR:match(\"^(.+)[/\\\\]bin$\")\n"
+    "    DATADIR = prefix and (prefix .. '/share/lite-xl') or (EXEDIR .. '/data')\n"
+    "    local home = os.getenv('USERPROFILE') or os.getenv('HOME')\n"
+    "    USERDIR = home and home .. '/.config/lite-xl' or (EXEDIR .. '/user')\n"
+    "  end\n"
+    "  package.path = package.path .. ';' .. USERDIR .. '/?.lua'\n"
+    "  package.path = package.path .. ';' .. USERDIR .. '/?/init.lua'\n"
 #endif
     "  package.path = DATADIR .. '/?.lua;' .. package.path\n"
     "  package.path = DATADIR .. '/?/init.lua;' .. package.path\n"