diff --git a/bin/robot b/bin/robot
index 9232e247f..7919d97fa 100755
--- a/bin/robot
+++ b/bin/robot
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Build and run everything for automatic tests 
 #
 set -o pipefail
+HOME=/home/app
 
 # cd to Rails root directory
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"; cd ..