diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 748a903c3..83eec6297 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-2008-02-20 Frederik De Richter <frederik.de.richter@pandora.be>
+2008-02-25  Łukasz Rymarczyk <yenidai(at)poczta(dot)onet(dot)pl>
+	* src/const.py.in: query os.environ for GRAMPSHOME env and use it
+	0001831: A patch allowing using a different home folder than default 
+
+2008-02-25 Frederik De Richter <frederik.de.richter@pandora.be>
 	* src/GrampsLogger/_ErrorView.py
 	links to wiki manual 
 
diff --git a/src/const.py.in b/src/const.py.in
index 8c8ea7e2f..4063cb351 100644
--- a/src/const.py.in
+++ b/src/const.py.in
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ SYSCONFDIR = "@sysconfdir@"
 # Windows apparently uses USERPROFILE
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if os.environ.has_key('USERPROFILE'):
+if os.environ.has_key('GRAMPSHOME'):
+    USER_HOME = os.environ['GRAMPSHOME'] 
+    HOME_DIR = os.path.join(USER_HOME, 'gramps')
+elif os.environ.has_key('USERPROFILE'):
     USER_HOME = os.environ['USERPROFILE'] 
     if os.environ.has_key('APPDATA'):
         HOME_DIR = os.path.join(os.environ['APPDATA'], 'gramps')