diff --git a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
index e5406e519a..6b7c47f5c7 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ BrowserMainParts::~BrowserMainParts() {
 void OverrideAppLogsPath() {
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
   std::wstring app_name = base::UTF8ToWide(GetApplicationName());
-  std::wstring log_path = L"%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\\AppData\\Roaming\\";
+  std::wstring drive = _wgetenv(L"HOMEDRIVE"));
+  std::wstring path = _wgetenv(L"HOMEPATH"));
+  std::wstring log_path = drive + "\\" + path + L"\\AppData\\Roaming\\";
   std::wstring app_log_path = log_path + app_name + L"\\logs";
 #else
   std::string app_name = GetApplicationName();