diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_cromite.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_cromite.yaml
index 95d7a65e..feff9f60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_cromite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_cromite.yaml
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ jobs:
         USELOCALIMAGE: true       # CUSTOM RUNNER: permit use of local images
         USEINTERNALNETWORK: true  # CUSTOM RUNNER: create the docker network as internal
         WORKSPACE: /home/lg/working_dir
+        HOME: /home/lg/working_dir
         # kythe
         KYTHE_CORPUS: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src
         KYTHE_ROOT_DIRECTORY: /home/lg/working_dir/chromium/src