diff --git a/bsp_q7s/obsw.cpp b/bsp_q7s/obsw.cpp
index 6f42d984..dd0c486b 100644
--- a/bsp_q7s/obsw.cpp
+++ b/bsp_q7s/obsw.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+
 #include "OBSWConfig.h"
 #include "commonConfig.h"
 #include "core/scheduling.h"
@@ -38,9 +42,15 @@ int obsw::obsw() {
   }
 #endif
 
+  const char* homedir = nullptr;
+  homedir = getenv("HOME");
+  if(homedir == nullptr) {
+	  homedir = getpwuid(getuid())->pw_dir;
+  }
+  std::filesystem::path bootDelayFile = std::filesystem::path(homedir) / "boot_delay_secs.txt";
   // Init delay handling.
-  if (std::filesystem::exists("$HOME/boot_delay_secs.txt")) {
-    std::ifstream ifile("$HOME/boot_delay_secs.txt");
+  if (std::filesystem::exists(bootDelayFile)) {
+    std::ifstream ifile(bootDelayFile);
     std::string lineStr;
     unsigned int bootDelaySecs = 0;
     unsigned int line = 0;
@@ -57,7 +67,7 @@ int obsw::obsw() {
       bootDelaySecs = 6;
     }
     std::cout << "Delaying OBSW start for " << bootDelaySecs << " seconds" << std::endl;
-    TaskFactory::delayTask(bootDelaySecs);
+    TaskFactory::delayTask(bootDelaySecs * 1000);
   }
 
   scheduling::initMission();