diff --git a/plugins/console/init.lua b/plugins/console/init.lua
index 862445463a2..95218d67389 100644
--- a/plugins/console/init.lua
+++ b/plugins/console/init.lua
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ function console.startplugin()
 		end
 		if (not started) then
 			-- options are not available in startplugin, so we load the history here
-			local historypath = emu.subst_env(manager.ui.options.entries.historypath:value():match("([^;]+)"))
-			history_fullpath = historypath .. '/console_history'
+			local homepath = emu.subst_env(manager.ui.options.entries.homepath:value():match("([^;]+)"))
+			history_fullpath = homepath .. '/console_history'
 			ln.loadhistory(history_fullpath)
 			started = true
 		end