diff --git a/pipeline/backend/common/script.go b/pipeline/backend/common/script.go
index f55b3f6c1..c98a19393 100644
--- a/pipeline/backend/common/script.go
+++ b/pipeline/backend/common/script.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ func GenerateContainerConf(commands []string, goos string) (env map[string]strin
 	env = make(map[string]string)
 	if goos == "windows" {
 		env["CI_SCRIPT"] = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(generateScriptWindows(commands)))
-		env["HOME"] = "c:\\root"
 		env["SHELL"] = "powershell.exe"
 		// cspell:disable-next-line
 		entry = []string{"powershell", "-noprofile", "-noninteractive", "-command", "[System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($Env:CI_SCRIPT)) | iex"}
diff --git a/pipeline/backend/common/script_posix.go b/pipeline/backend/common/script_posix.go
index d22ac78ed..32b7b8242 100644
--- a/pipeline/backend/common/script_posix.go
+++ b/pipeline/backend/common/script_posix.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ fi
 unset CI_NETRC_USERNAME
 unset CI_NETRC_PASSWORD
 unset CI_SCRIPT
+chown -R $(whoami) /woodpecker
 `
 
 // traceScript is a helper script that is added to the step script