diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index edc563b..b5a748f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@ submodules_versioncheck: false
 ranger:
   repo: 'https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git'
   branch: 'master'
-  download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default('~/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"
+  download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default(ansible_env.HOME + '/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"
 ```
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c2f6ec5..e696e82 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ submodules_versioncheck: false
 ranger:
   repo: 'https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git'
   branch: 'master'
-  download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default('~/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"
+  download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default(ansible_env.HOME + '/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index a1d114c..5341168 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 # versionscheck
-playbook_version_number: 1025 # should be over ninethousand
-playbook_version_path: 'role-ranger_roles-ansible_github.com.version' 
+playbook_version_number: 1026 # should be over ninethousand
+playbook_version_path: 'role-ranger_roles-ansible_github.com.version'
 
 # variables for ranger
 _ranger:
   repo: 'https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git'
   branch: 'master'
-  download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default('~/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"
+  download_directory: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default(ansible_env.HOME + '/.ansible/tmp/downloads/ranger') }}"