diff --git a/rel/app/env.bat.eex b/rel/app/env.bat.eex
index 9c0a42ae6..1484918bb 100644
--- a/rel/app/env.bat.eex
+++ b/rel/app/env.bat.eex
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ if not exist %cookie_path% (
   for /f "skip=1" %%X in ('wmic os get localdatetime') do if not defined TIMESTAMP set TIMESTAMP=%%X
   echo cookie-!TIMESTAMP:~0,11!-!RANDOM! > %cookie_path%
 )
+
+cd !HOMEDRIVE!!HOMEPATH!
diff --git a/rel/app/env.sh.eex b/rel/app/env.sh.eex
index 045877ac1..942405494 100644
--- a/rel/app/env.sh.eex
+++ b/rel/app/env.sh.eex
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ cookie_path="${RELEASE_ROOT}/releases/COOKIE"
 if [ ! -f $cookie_path ]; then
   cat /dev/urandom | env LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1 > $cookie_path
 fi
+
+cd $HOME