diff --git a/src/auth-cli.ts b/src/auth-cli.ts
index cb2cb9c..979e35d 100644
--- a/src/auth-cli.ts
+++ b/src/auth-cli.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
 
+const home = process.env.HOME || os.homedir();
 const AUTH_RT_BIN = process.env.AUTH_RT_BIN
-  || path.join(os.homedir(), '.openclaw', 'bin', 'auth-rt');
+  || path.join(home, '.openclaw', 'bin', 'auth-rt');
 
 export interface ApiResponse {
   status: number;