diff --git a/bin/omarchy-menu-keybindings b/bin/omarchy-menu-keybindings
index ddaa6106..78435e76 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-menu-keybindings
+++ b/bin/omarchy-menu-keybindings
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ hl = setmetatable({
   end,
 })
 
-local config = (os.getenv("HOME") or "") .. "/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua"
+local config = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua"
 local file = io.open(config, "r")
 
 if file then
diff --git a/default/hypr/paths.lua b/default/hypr/paths.lua
index 4671cf64..4e2d2428 100644
--- a/default/hypr/paths.lua
+++ b/default/hypr/paths.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- Lua files loaded with require() have separate local scopes, so modules that
 -- need these paths import this table instead of repeating os.getenv() lookups.
 
-local home = os.getenv("HOME") or ""
+local home = os.getenv("HOME")
 
 return {
   home = home,