diff --git a/ecl/eclccserver/eclccserver.cpp b/ecl/eclccserver/eclccserver.cpp
index a5a308ceeb1..39b8018a34f 100644
--- a/ecl/eclccserver/eclccserver.cpp
+++ b/ecl/eclccserver/eclccserver.cpp
@@ -825,7 +825,9 @@ class EclccCompileThread : implements IPooledThread, implements IErrorReporter,
         }
         else
         {
-            getHomeFolder(repoRootPath);
+            char dir[_MAX_PATH];
+            if (GetCurrentDirectory(sizeof(dir), dir))
+                repoRootPath.append(dir);
         }
         if (repoRootPath.length())
         {