diff --git a/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix b/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
index 47743d436a5..6308ff0f5bb 100644
--- a/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
+++ b/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ let
     ''
       #! /bin/sh
 
+      cd "$HOME"
+
       # The first argument of this script is the session type.
       sessionType="$1"
       if [ "$sessionType" = default ]; then sessionType=""; fi