diff -Naur aumix-2.8.orig/src/common.c aumix-2.8/src/common.c
--- aumix-2.8.orig/src/common.c	2002-10-29 13:27:51.000000000 -0800
+++ aumix-2.8/src/common.c	2004-07-22 01:28:07.684999900 -0700
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 	char            filename[PATH_MAX];
 	if (save_filename == NULL) {
 		home = getenv("HOME");
-		if ((strlen(home) + strlen(AUMIXRC) + 2) < PATH_MAX) {
+		if (home && (strlen(home) + strlen(AUMIXRC) + 2) < PATH_MAX) {
 			sprintf(filename, "%s/.%s", home, AUMIXRC);
 			setfile = CheckAndOpen(filename, mode);
 		}