diff --git a/src/desktop/deeplink-ipc.js b/src/desktop/deeplink-ipc.js
index c6b4e2a..3ef2b54 100644
--- a/src/desktop/deeplink-ipc.js
+++ b/src/desktop/deeplink-ipc.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   writeFileSync
 } from 'node:fs'
 import net from 'node:net'
+import os from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 
 export const PROTOCOL_PREFIX = 'farmcontrol://'
@@ -18,10 +19,9 @@ const PIPE_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 100
 
 export function getInstanceDir() {
   if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-    const localAppData = process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || process.env.APPDATA
-    if (localAppData) {
-      return join(localAppData, 'com.tombutcher.farmcontrol', 'instance')
-    }
+    const localAppData =
+      process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Local')
+    return join(localAppData, 'com.tombutcher.farmcontrol', 'instance')
   }
 
   return join(process.env.TMPDIR || '/tmp', 'com.tombutcher.farmcontrol', 'instance')