diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/psh b/xCAT-client/bin/psh
index 6aac43e8f..80e3d65fb 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/psh
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/psh
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ if ($::NONODECHECK) {
   @nodes=split(/,/, $noderange);
 }
 else {
+  my @user = getpwuid($>);
+  my $homedir=$user[7];
   my $client = IO::Socket::SSL->new(
                 PeerAddr=>$xcathost,
-                SSL_key_file=>$ENV{HOME}."/.xcat/client-cred.pem",
-                SSL_cert_file=>$ENV{HOME}."/.xcat/client-cred.pem",
-                SSL_ca_file => $ENV{HOME}."/.xcat/ca.pem",
+                SSL_key_file=>$homedir."/.xcat/client-cred.pem",
+                SSL_cert_file=>$homedir."/.xcat/client-cred.pem",
+                SSL_ca_file => $homedir."/.xcat/ca.pem",
                 SSL_use_cert => 1,
                 #SSL_verify_mode => 1,
              );