1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config.cc b/config.cc
index 99c4d4b4..06e6f4a7 100644
--- a/config.cc
+++ b/config.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ config_t::config_t()
 {
   if (const char * p = std::getenv("HOME"))
     init_file = cache_file = price_db = p;
+  else
+    init_file = cache_file = price_db = "";
 
   init_file  += "/.ledgerrc";
   cache_file += "/.ledger";