diff --git a/web/quotes/default.nix b/web/quotes/default.nix
index 965071aa5e..eaeae36b22 100644
--- a/web/quotes/default.nix
+++ b/web/quotes/default.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     export STATIC_ROOT="$out/share/static"
     export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=quotes.quotesapp.settings
     export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH''${PYTHONPATH:+':'}"$sitepkgdir"
+    mkdir $NIX_BUILD_TOP/tmp
+    export HOME=$NIX_BUILD_TOP/tmp
     django-admin tailwind build
     django-admin collectstatic --no-input