diff --git a/src/bin/config.c b/src/bin/config.c
index faa29cad..c0b026f7 100644
--- a/src/bin/config.c
+++ b/src/bin/config.c
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ _config_home_get(void)
    if (v) eina_strlcpy(path, v, sizeof(path));
    else
      {
-        v = getenv("HOME");
-        if (v) snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/.config", v);
+        char homepath[PATH_MAX];
+        if (homedir_get(homepath, sizeof(homepath)))
+          snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/.config", homepath);
         else
           {
              if (!v) v = getenv("TMP");
diff --git a/src/bin/termiolink.c b/src/bin/termiolink.c
index f3f9c75c..c1e58c15 100644
--- a/src/bin/termiolink.c
+++ b/src/bin/termiolink.c
@@ -58,21 +58,12 @@ _cwd_path_get(const Evas_Object *obj, const char *relpath)
 static char *
 _home_path_get(const Evas_Object *obj __UNUSED__, const char *relpath)
 {
-   char tmppath[PATH_MAX];
-   const char *home = getenv("HOME");
-   if (!home)
-     {
-        uid_t uid = getuid();
-        struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(uid);
-        if (pw) home = pw->pw_dir;
-     }
-   if (!home)
-     {
-        ERR("Could not get $HOME");
-        return NULL;
-     }
+   char tmppath[PATH_MAX], homepath[PATH_MAX];
 
-   eina_str_join(tmppath, sizeof(tmppath), '/', home, relpath);
+   if (!homedir_get(homepath, sizeof(homepath)))
+     return NULL;
+
+   eina_str_join(tmppath, sizeof(tmppath), '/', homepath, relpath);
    return strdup(tmppath);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bin/utils.c b/src/bin/utils.c
index 215be619..316c0f73 100644
--- a/src/bin/utils.c
+++ b/src/bin/utils.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "private.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
 
 #include <Edje.h>
 
@@ -51,6 +53,24 @@ theme_auto_reload_enable(Evas_Object *edje)
      (edje, "edje,change,file", "edje", theme_reload_cb, NULL);
 }
 
+Eina_Bool
+homedir_get(char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+   const char *home = getenv("HOME");
+   if (!home)
+     {
+        uid_t uid = getuid();
+        struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(uid);
+        if (pw) home = pw->pw_dir;
+     }
+   if (!home)
+     {
+        ERR("Could not get $HOME");
+        return EINA_FALSE;
+     }
+   return eina_strlcpy(buf, home, size) < size;
+}
+
 Eina_Bool
 link_is_protocol(const char *str)
 {
diff --git a/src/bin/utils.h b/src/bin/utils.h
index e26c403c..c79e6673 100644
--- a/src/bin/utils.h
+++ b/src/bin/utils.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Eina_Bool theme_apply(Evas_Object *edje, const Config *config, const char *group
 void theme_reload(Evas_Object *edje);
 void theme_auto_reload_enable(Evas_Object *edje);
 
+Eina_Bool homedir_get(char *buf, size_t size);
+
 Eina_Bool link_is_protocol(const char *str);
 Eina_Bool link_is_url(const char *str);
 Eina_Bool link_is_email(const char *str);