--- scripts/rabbitmqctl.orig	2011-08-01 15:59:26.057347310 +0100
+++ scripts/rabbitmqctl	2011-08-01 16:00:07.303513263 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 [ "x" = "x$RABBITMQ_NODENAME" ] && RABBITMQ_NODENAME=${NODENAME}
 [ "x" = "x$RABBITMQ_CTL_ERL_ARGS" ] && RABBITMQ_CTL_ERL_ARGS=${CTL_ERL_ARGS}
 
-exec erl \
+HOME=/var/db/rabbitmq exec erl \
     -pa "${RABBITMQ_HOME}/ebin" \
     -noinput \
     -hidden \
