--- paramreader.hc.orig	Thu Sep 24 12:00:23 1998
+++ paramreader.hc	Thu Sep 24 12:00:59 1998
@@ -101,8 +101,11 @@
 .  open_param_file   
      {char file_name [128];
 
-      strcpy (file_name, param_file_name);
+      strcpy (file_name, getenv("HOME"));
+      strcat (file_name, "/");
+      strcat (file_name, param_file_name);
       strcat (file_name, ".params");
+
       f [0]        = fopen (file_name, "r");
       num_includes = 1;
      }.