diff --git a/modules/util/gfs_reader.py b/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
index 3e3a830005faacbd05412b0d235b0bcf68b42ea8..660d7363d10da182dff034d2aa32ba9873a9eb4d 100644
--- a/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
+++ b/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import glob
 import os
 import numpy as np
 import xarray as xr
-from util.util import value_to_index
+from util.util import value_to_index, homedir
 
 # gfs_directory = '/apollo/cloud/Ancil_Data/clavrx_ancil_data/dynamic/gfs/'
-gfs_directory = '/Users/tomrink/data/gfs/'
+gfs_directory = homedir+'data/gfs/'
 gfs_date_format = '%y%m%d'
 
 # force incoming longitude to (0, 360) to match GFS