diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a487c48..1aa2f46 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ bitcoin = "0.13"
 chan = "0.1"
 chan-signal = "0.3"
 clap = "2.31"
+dirs = "1.0"
 error-chain = "0.12"
 glob = "0.2"
 hex = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 04e381b..e6d3f5a 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use clap::{App, Arg};
-use std::env::home_dir;
+use dirs::home_dir;
 use std::fs;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5d7f96c..2ac8f28 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ extern crate bincode;
 extern crate bitcoin;
 extern crate chan_signal;
 extern crate crypto;
+extern crate dirs;
 extern crate glob;
 extern crate hex;
 extern crate libc;