diff --git a/app/lnd/config/index.js b/app/lnd/config/index.js
index 0b79a5e6..b7db80d5 100644
--- a/app/lnd/config/index.js
+++ b/app/lnd/config/index.js
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@
 // Mac OS X: /Users/user/Library/Application Support/Lnd/tls.cert
 // Linux: ~/.lnd/tls.cert
 // Windows: TODO find out where cert is located for windows machine
-import { userInfo } from 'os'
+import { userInfo, platform } from 'os'
+
+var loc;
+if (platform() == 'linux') {
+  loc = `/home/${userInfo().username}/.lnd/tls.cert`
+} else if (platform() == 'darwin') {
+  loc = `/Users/${userInfo().username}/Library/Application Support/lnd/tls.cert`
+}
 
 export default {
   lightningRpc: `${__dirname}/rpc.proto`,
   lightningHost: 'localhost:10009',
-  cert: `/Users/${userInfo().username}/Library/Application Support/Lnd/tls.cert`
+  cert: loc
 }
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diff --git a/resources/bin/win32/lnd.exe b/resources/bin/win32/lnd.exe
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