diff --git a/roles/xos-install/defaults/main.yml b/roles/xos-install/defaults/main.yml
index a18a274..3e08263 100644
--- a/roles/xos-install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/xos-install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # default variables for xos-install role
 
 xos_repo_url: "https://gerrit.opencord.org/xos"
-xos_repo_dest: "~/xos"
+xos_repo_dest: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/xos"
 xos_repo_branch: "HEAD"
 
 xos_configuration: "devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 xos_container_rebuild: False
 
 service_profile_repo_url: "https://gerrit.opencord.org/p/service-profile.git"
-service_profile_repo_dest: "~/service-profile"
+service_profile_repo_dest: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/service-profile"
 service_profile_repo_branch: "HEAD"
 
 docker_tag: "latest"