--- a/networking/httpd.c
+++ b/networking/httpd.c
@@ -1808,6 +1808,7 @@
 	char *header_ptr = header_ptr;
 	Htaccess_Proxy *proxy_entry;
 #endif
+	xchdir(home_httpd);
 
 	/* Allocation of iobuf is postponed until now
 	 * (IOW, server process doesn't need to waste 8k) */
