diff --git a/src/auth.ts b/src/auth.ts
index 6068341f..09a1f782 100644
--- a/src/auth.ts
+++ b/src/auth.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ export async function configAuthentication(
     console.log(
       `creating ${SETTINGS_FILE} with server-id: ${id}, username: ${username}, and a password`
     );
-    const home: string = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE'] || os.homedir();
-    const directory: string = path.join(home, M2_DIR);
+    const directory: string = path.join(os.homedir(), M2_DIR);
     await io.mkdirP(directory);
     core.debug(`created directory ${directory}`);
     await write(directory, generate(id, username, password));