diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b810b296..4929c46fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ node_modules
 node-*
 /plugins
 /lib/coder-cloud-agent
+.home
diff --git a/ci/build/clean.sh b/ci/build/clean.sh
index 0e0425a4b..7a83a2845 100755
--- a/ci/build/clean.sh
+++ b/ci/build/clean.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ main() {
     release-images \
     dist \
     .cache \
-    node-*
+    node-* \
+    .home
 
   pushd lib/vscode
   git clean -xffd
diff --git a/ci/dev/image/run.sh b/ci/dev/image/run.sh
index 70ab67e1d..0f17d4c27 100755
--- a/ci/dev/image/run.sh
+++ b/ci/dev/image/run.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ set -euo pipefail
 main() {
   cd "$(dirname "$0")/../../.."
   source ./ci/lib.sh
+  mkdir -p .home
 
   docker run \
     -it \
     --rm \
     -v "$PWD:/src" \
+    -e HOME="/src/.home" \
     -w /src \
     -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
     -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \