diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-directory-v2.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-directory-v2.tsx
index e3bf4c19af..c5aaae20d7 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-directory-v2.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-directory-v2.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export function DialogSelectDirectoryV2(props: DialogSelectDirectoryV2Props) {
             config: "",
             worktree: location.project.directory,
             directory: location.directory,
-            home: "",
+            home: location.home,
           }),
         )
         .catch(() => undefined),
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-directory.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-directory.tsx
index 33c8a73d41..a98d221189 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-directory.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/dialog-select-directory.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function DialogSelectDirectory(props: DialogSelectDirectoryProps) {
             config: "",
             worktree: location.project.directory,
             directory: location.directory,
-            home: "",
+            home: location.home,
           }),
         )
         .catch(() => undefined),
diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/bootstrap.ts b/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/bootstrap.ts
index d562c1cb0b..d0349d68b4 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/global-sync/bootstrap.ts
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export const loadPathQuery = (
         config: "",
         worktree: location.project.directory,
         directory: location.directory,
-        home: "",
+        home: location.home,
       })),
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/client/src/effect/api/api.ts b/packages/client/src/effect/api/api.ts
index 80df5a87e4..7b051a7779 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/effect/api/api.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/effect/api/api.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export interface ServerApi<E = never> {
 export type Endpoint2_0Input = {
   readonly location?: { readonly directory?: string | undefined; readonly workspace?: string | undefined } | undefined
 }
-export type Endpoint2_0Output = Location.Info
+export type Endpoint2_0Output = Location.Details
 export type LocationGetOperation<E = never> = (input?: Endpoint2_0Input) => Effect.Effect<Endpoint2_0Output, E>
 
 export interface LocationApi<E = never> {
diff --git a/packages/client/src/promise/generated/types.ts b/packages/client/src/promise/generated/types.ts
index 8c8b6295a6..80c8404316 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/promise/generated/types.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/promise/generated/types.ts
@@ -2519,6 +2519,7 @@ export type LocationGetOutput = {
   directory: string
   workspaceID?: string
   project: { id: string; directory: string; canonical: string }
+  home: string
 }
 
 export type AgentListInput = {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/location.ts b/packages/core/src/location.ts
index ac27cb6ca9..5786fa9f7b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/location.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/location.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { Context, Effect, Layer } from "effect"
-import { Info, Ref, response } from "@opencode-ai/schema/location"
+import { Details, Info, Ref, response } from "@opencode-ai/schema/location"
 import { Project } from "./project"
 import { LayerNode } from "@opencode-ai/util/effect/layer-node"
 import { makeLocationNode, tags } from "@opencode-ai/util/effect/app-node"
 
 export * as Location from "./location"
 
-export { Info, Ref, response }
+export { Details, Info, Ref, response }
 
 export interface Interface extends Info {
   readonly vcs?: Project.Vcs
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/groups/location.ts b/packages/protocol/src/groups/location.ts
index 4723b8a46a..5f1c18d7d8 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/groups/location.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/groups/location.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const LocationGroup = HttpApiGroup.make("server.location")
   .add(
     HttpApiEndpoint.get("location.get", "/api/location", {
       query: LocationQuery,
-      success: Location.Info,
+      success: Location.Details,
     })
       .annotateMerge(locationQueryOpenApi)
       .annotateMerge(
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/location.ts b/packages/schema/src/location.ts
index d9104435c6..d7c4a20284 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/location.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/location.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ export class Info extends Schema.Class<Info>("Location.Info")({
   }),
 }) {}
 
+export class Details extends Schema.Class<Details>("Location.Details")({
+  ...Info.fields,
+  home: AbsolutePath,
+}) {}
+
 export function response<S extends Schema.Top>(data: S) {
   return Schema.Struct({ location: Info, data })
 }
diff --git a/packages/schema/test/location.test.ts b/packages/schema/test/location.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2e0b44302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/schema/test/location.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { Schema } from "effect"
+import { Location } from "../src/location.js"
+
+const details = {
+  directory: "/project",
+  project: { id: "project", directory: "/project", canonical: "/project" },
+  home: "/home/user",
+}
+
+test("Location.Details includes the server home directory", () => {
+  expect(Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Location.Details)(details).home).toBe("/home/user")
+  expect(() => Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Location.Details)({ ...details, home: undefined })).toThrow()
+})
diff --git a/packages/server/src/handlers/location.ts b/packages/server/src/handlers/location.ts
index ded8c8c2e0..c9ca2fe557 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/handlers/location.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/handlers/location.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Location } from "@opencode-ai/core/location"
+import { AbsolutePath } from "@opencode-ai/schema/schema"
 import { Effect } from "effect"
 import { HttpApiBuilder } from "effect/unstable/httpapi"
+import os from "node:os"
 import { Api } from "../api"
 
 export const LocationHandler = HttpApiBuilder.group(Api, "server.location", (handlers) =>
@@ -8,10 +10,11 @@ export const LocationHandler = HttpApiBuilder.group(Api, "server.location", (han
     "location.get",
     Effect.fn(function* () {
       const location = yield* Location.Service
-      return new Location.Info({
+      return new Location.Details({
         directory: location.directory,
         workspaceID: location.workspaceID,
         project: location.project,
+        home: AbsolutePath.make(os.homedir()),
       })
     }),
   ),