diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5647188d..cd633f94 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ src/github.com/docopt/
 src/github.com/mgutz/
 src/github.com/op/
 src/gopkg.in/
+jira
+jira.exe
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli.go b/cli.go
index 5c3ee62f..99ca8da8 100644
--- a/cli.go
+++ b/cli.go
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
 var (
-	log = logging.MustGetLogger("jira")
+	log     = logging.MustGetLogger("jira")
 	VERSION string
 )
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ type Cli struct {
 }
 
 func New(opts map[string]interface{}) *Cli {
-	homedir := os.Getenv("HOME")
+	homedir := homedir()
 	cookieJar, _ := cookiejar.New(nil)
 	endpoint, _ := opts["endpoint"].(string)
 	url, _ := url.Parse(strings.TrimRight(endpoint, "/"))
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func New(opts map[string]interface{}) *Cli {
 	cli := &Cli{
 		endpoint:   url,
 		opts:       opts,
-		cookieFile: fmt.Sprintf("%s/.jira.d/cookies.js", homedir),
+		cookieFile: filepath.Join(homedir, ".jira.d", "cookies.js"),
 		ua: &http.Client{
 			Jar:       cookieJar,
 			Transport: transport,
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ func (c *Cli) GetTemplate(name string) string {
 }
 
 func getLookedUpTemplate(name string, dflt string) string {
-	if file, err := FindClosestParentPath(fmt.Sprintf(".jira.d/templates/%s", name)); err == nil {
+	if file, err := FindClosestParentPath(filepath.Join(".jira.d", "templates", name)); err == nil {
 		return readFile(file)
 	}
 	if _, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("/etc/go-jira/templates/%s", name)); err == nil {
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ func (f NoChangesFound) Error() string {
 
 func (c *Cli) editTemplate(template string, tmpFilePrefix string, templateData map[string]interface{}, templateProcessor func(string) error) error {
 
-	tmpdir := fmt.Sprintf("%s/.jira.d/tmp", os.Getenv("HOME"))
+	tmpdir := filepath.Join(homedir(), ".jira.d", "tmp")
 	if err := mkdir(tmpdir); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 82b3e927..77a5935d 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -6,25 +6,24 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"github.com/mgutz/ansi"
 	"gopkg.in/coryb/yaml.v2"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 )
 
 func homedir() string {
-	log.Errorf("GOOS: %s", runtime.GOOS)
-     if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-     	return os.Getenv("USERPROFILE")
-     }
-     return os.Getenv("HOME")
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		return os.Getenv("USERPROFILE")
+	}
+	return os.Getenv("HOME")
 }
 
 func FindParentPaths(fileName string) []string {
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ func FindParentPaths(fileName string) []string {
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	path := filepath.Join(cwd, fileName)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
 		paths = append(paths, path)
@@ -52,19 +50,10 @@ func FindParentPaths(fileName string) []string {
 		if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
 			paths = append(paths, path)
 		}
-		if cwd[len(cwd)-1]== filepath.Separator {
+		if cwd[len(cwd)-1] == filepath.Separator {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	// for _, part := range strings.Split(cwd, string(os.PathSeparator)) {
-	// 	if dir == "/" {
-	// 		dir = fmt.Sprintf("/%s", part)
-	// 	} else {
-	// 		dir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", dir, part)
-	// 	}
-	// 	file := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", dir, fileName)
-	// }
-	log.Errorf("PATHS: %#v", paths)
 	return paths
 }