diff --git a/binding-mri/journal-binding.cpp b/binding-mri/journal-binding.cpp
index a577a14..2407c5c 100644
--- a/binding-mri/journal-binding.cpp
+++ b/binding-mri/journal-binding.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@
 	#endif
 	#include <unistd.h>
 	#include <stdio.h>
+	#include <pwd.h>
+	#include <string>
+
+	std::string PIPE_PATH = std::string(getpwuid(getuid())->pw_dir) + "/.oneshot-pipe";
 
 	void cleanup_pipe()
 	{
-		unlink(PIPE_PATH);
-		remove(PIPE_PATH);
+		unlink(PIPE_PATH.c_str());
+		remove(PIPE_PATH.c_str());
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -48,10 +52,10 @@ int server_thread(void *data)
 	}
 	CloseHandle(pipe);
 #else
-	if (FILE *file = fopen(PIPE_PATH, "r"))
+	if (FILE *file = fopen(PIPE_PATH.c_str(), "r"))
 	{
 		fclose(file);
-		out_pipe = open(PIPE_PATH, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);
+		out_pipe = open(PIPE_PATH.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);
 		SDL_LockMutex(mutex);
 		active = true;
 		if (message_len > 0)
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ void journalBindingInit()
 	memset((char*)lang_buffer, 0, BUFFER_SIZE);
 	lang_buffer[0] = '_';
 #if defined __linux
-	mkfifo(PIPE_PATH, 0666);
+	mkfifo(PIPE_PATH.c_str(), 0666);
 	atexit(cleanup_pipe);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/binding-mri/journal-binding.h b/binding-mri/journal-binding.h
index 45c8b1b..74b7d68 100644
--- a/binding-mri/journal-binding.h
+++ b/binding-mri/journal-binding.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ static volatile bool active = false;
 static volatile int message_len = 0;
 
 #ifdef LINUX
-	#define PIPE_PATH "/tmp/oneshot-pipe"
 	static volatile int out_pipe = -1;
 	void cleanup_pipe();
 #endif
diff --git a/journal/unix/journal.py b/journal/unix/journal.py
index 23b994c..b7973f6 100644
--- a/journal/unix/journal.py
+++ b/journal/unix/journal.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if sys.platform == "win32":
 	ctypes.windll.shell32.SHGetFolderPathW(None, CSIDL_PERSONAL, None, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, buf)
 	documents_path = os.path.join(buf.value, 'My Games')
 else:
-	pipe_path = '/tmp/oneshot-pipe'
+	pipe_path = os.path.expanduser('~/.oneshot-pipe')
 	documents_path = os.path.expanduser('~/Documents')
 
 left_close = False