diff -r a1da58215b65 -r 4a624c071ca9 brewco/rdrecipes.c
--- a/brewco/rdrecipes.c	Thu Dec 17 22:45:54 2015 +0100
+++ b/brewco/rdrecipes.c	Sun Dec 20 20:37:40 2015 +0100
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "xutil.h"
 
 extern int	debug;
+extern char	*etcpath;
 
 a_recipe	*recipes = NULL;
 
@@ -288,13 +289,7 @@
     /*
      * Now write the XML recipes
      */
-    if (getenv((char *)"USER") == NULL) {
-	mypath = xstrcpy((char *)"/root");
-    } else {
-	mypath = xstrcpy(getenv((char *)"HOME"));
-    }
-    mypath = xstrcat(mypath, (char *)"/.brewco/etc/");
-    mkdirs(mypath, 0755);
+    mypath = xstrcpy(etcpath);
     mypath = xstrcat(mypath, (char *)"recipes.xml");
 
     if (debug)
@@ -571,18 +566,10 @@
     xmlNodePtr	cur;
     a_recipe	*recipe;
 
-    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "HOME='%s' USER='%s' LOGNAME='%s'", MBSE_SS(getenv((char *)"HOME")), MBSE_SS(getenv((char *)"USER")), MBSE_SS(getenv((char *)"LOGNAME")));
-
     /*
      * Search config file
      */
-    if (getenv((char *)"USER") == NULL) {
-	mypath = xstrcpy((char *)"/root");
-    } else {
-    	mypath = xstrcpy(getenv((char *)"HOME"));
-    }
-    mypath = xstrcat(mypath, (char *)"/.brewco/etc/");
-    mkdirs(mypath, 0755);
+    mypath = xstrcpy(etcpath);
     mypath = xstrcat(mypath, (char *)"recipes.xml");
 
     /*