diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/ResourceCheckerPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/ResourceCheckerPlugin.java
index 58333d8..b7aa69a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/ResourceCheckerPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resource_checker/ResourceCheckerPlugin.java
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin {
 	private static final int SECONDS2WAIT = 2; // seconds to wait among IS requests
 	private static final String INITIAL_ERRORS_STATEMENT = "Other errors: ";
 	public static final String ROLE_TO_NOTIFY = "role";
+	
 	private static final String NAGIOS_PROPERTY_FILE = "/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties";
+	
+	public final static String HOME_SYSTEM_PROPERTY = "user.home";
+	
 	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ResourceCheckerPlugin.class);
 	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 	private static final DiscoveryClient client = ICFactory.client();
@@ -270,11 +274,25 @@ public class ResourceCheckerPlugin extends Plugin {
 		try{
 			Properties prop = new Properties();
 			prop.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream(NAGIOS_PROPERTY_FILE));
-			String location = prop.getProperty("location");
+			String relativeLocation = prop.getProperty("location");
 
-			logger.trace("File location for nagios is " + location);
-
-			File f =  new File(location);
+			if(relativeLocation.startsWith("/")) {
+				relativeLocation = relativeLocation.substring(1);
+			}
+			
+			logger.trace("File home relative location for nagios is " + relativeLocation);
+			
+			String homePath = System.getProperty(HOME_SYSTEM_PROPERTY);
+			File home = new File(homePath);
+			
+			String[] parts = relativeLocation.split("/");
+			
+			File f = new File(home, parts[0]);
+			
+			for(int i=1; i<parts.length; i++) {
+				f = new File(f, parts[i]);
+			}
+			
 			f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
 			f.delete();
 			f.createNewFile();
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties
index 43c3e25..4ddf4a3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-location=/home/gcube/missing_resources/identifiers
\ No newline at end of file
+location=missing_resources/identifiers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties b/src/test/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties
index 43c3e25..4ddf4a3 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/META-INF/plugin_resources/nagios-report-location.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-location=/home/gcube/missing_resources/identifiers
\ No newline at end of file
+location=missing_resources/identifiers
\ No newline at end of file