diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index c592bf2..cd87653 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ module Main where
 
 import Control.Monad (mapM_)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.State as S
-import System.Console.HCL (Request, reqIO, runRequest)
+import Data.Maybe (maybe)
+import System.Console.HCL (Request, reqFail, reqIO, runRequest)
+import System.Environment (lookupEnv)
 import System.Random (getStdGen)
 
 import Password
@@ -38,8 +40,30 @@ main = runRequest setup >>= mapM_ (S.evalStateT mainMenu)
 
 setup :: Request Status
 setup = do
-  g <- reqIO getStdGen
+  g  <- reqIO getStdGen
   mp <- getMasterPass
-  return $ Status g mp newPWDatabase
+  p  <- getDBPath
+  return $ Status g mp p newPWDatabase
+
+getDBPath :: Request FilePath
+getDBPath = reqIO (lookupEnv "HOME") >>= maybe
+  (do
+    reqIO $ putStrLn "ERROR: can't find home directory"
+    reqFail)
+  (\home -> case pathDelim home of
+    Nothing -> do
+      reqIO $ putStrLn "ERROR: unsupported home path"
+      reqFail
+    Just delim -> return $ home ++
+      (if last home == delim then "" else [delim]) ++
+      ".passman.json")
+
+pathDelim :: FilePath -> Maybe Char
+pathDelim = foldr
+  (\x a -> case x of
+    '/'  -> Just '/'
+    '\\' -> Just '\\'
+    _    -> a)
+  Nothing
 
 --jl
diff --git a/app/Types.hs b/app/Types.hs
index c27e253..2aaa1a8 100644
--- a/app/Types.hs
+++ b/app/Types.hs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ License along with this program.  If not, see
 
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 
-module Types (Status (Status), gen, masterPass, database) where
+module Types (Status (Status), gen, dbPath, masterPass, database) where
 
 import Control.Lens (makeLenses, set, (^.))
 import System.Random (RandomGen (next, split), StdGen)
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import Password
 data Status = Status
   { _gen        :: StdGen
   , _masterPass :: String
+  , _dbPath     :: FilePath
   , _database   :: PWDatabase
   }