X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/f16be1736d705278ae39bde3fc6d6d9d1f302fa7..fe5ee2e37364330b4a58c0c41e8a0b627e8cb1f2:/sdk/python/arvados/config.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
index 2b8374afb5..ea45a48813 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import os
 import re
 
 _settings = None
-default_config_file = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config/arvados/settings.conf'
+if os.environ.get('HOME') != None:
+    default_config_file = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.config/arvados/settings.conf'
+else:
+    default_config_file = ''
 
 EMPTY_BLOCK_LOCATOR = 'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e+0'