--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -202,17 +202,11 @@
         }
     }
 
-    /* If we can't use our /tmp directory, put the fifo in $HOME. */
-    if( !mkdir_and_force_owner( fifodir, uid, getgid() ) ) {
-        if( asprintf( &fifo, "%s/.tvtime/tvtimefifo-%s",
-                      getenv( "HOME" ), hostname ) < 0 ) {
-            fifo = 0;
-        }
-    } else {
-        if( asprintf( &fifo, "%s/tvtimefifo-%s", fifodir, hostname ) < 0 ) {
-            fifo = 0;
-        }
-    }
+    /* put the fifo in $HOME */
+	  if( asprintf( &fifo, "%s/.tvtime/tvtimefifo-%s",
+		        getenv( "HOME" ), hostname ) < 0 ) {
+	      fifo = 0;
+	  }
     free( hostname );
     free( fifodir );
     return fifo;