diff --git a/lib/API/Modules/Modularizer.js b/lib/API/Modules/Modularizer.js
index 7093324bf..e738255ed 100644
--- a/lib/API/Modules/Modularizer.js
+++ b/lib/API/Modules/Modularizer.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 var shelljs       = require('shelljs');
 var path          = require('path');
 var fs            = require('fs');
+var os            = require('os');
 var async         = require('async');
 var p             = path;
 var readline      = require('readline');
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ Modularizer.installModule = function(CLI, module_name, opts, cb) {
   var install_path = path.join(cst.DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH, canonic_module_name);
 
   mkdirp(install_path, function() {
-    process.chdir(process.env.HOME);
+    process.chdir(os.homedir());
 
     var install_instance = spawn(cst.IS_WINDOWS ? 'npm.cmd' : 'npm', ['install', module_name, '--loglevel=error', '--prefix', install_path ], {
       stdio : 'inherit',