diff --git a/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts b/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts
index 523ab6176f..1f58903035 100644
--- a/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ export abstract class ShellSession {
       } catch {}
     }
 
-    return env.HOME;
+    return isWindows
+      ? env.USERPROFILE
+      : env.HOME;
   }
 
   protected async openShellProcess(shell: string, args: string[], env: Record<string, string>) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings.tsx b/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings.tsx
index 6c35c1bbc8..762d0789fc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export function TerminalSettings({ entity }: EntitySettingViewProps) {
 
   return (
     <section>
-      <components.ClusterHomeDirSetting cluster={cluster} />
+      <components.ClusterLocalTerminalSetting cluster={cluster} />
     </section>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-home-dir-setting.tsx b/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-local-terminal-settings.tsx
similarity index 96%
rename from src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-home-dir-setting.tsx
rename to src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-local-terminal-settings.tsx
index 001793f662..99c993ab1f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-home-dir-setting.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/cluster-local-terminal-settings.tsx
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ import { Notifications } from "../../notifications";
 import { resolveTilde } from "../../../utils";
 import { Icon } from "../../icon";
 import { PathPicker } from "../../path-picker";
+import { isWindows } from "../../../../common/vars";
 
 interface Props {
   cluster: Cluster;
 }
 
 @observer
-export class ClusterHomeDirSetting extends React.Component<Props> {
+export class ClusterLocalTerminalSetting extends React.Component<Props> {
   @observable directory = "";
   @observable defaultNamespace = "";
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export class ClusterHomeDirSetting extends React.Component<Props> {
             value={this.directory}
             onChange={this.onChangeTerminalCWD}
             onBlur={this.saveCWD}
-            placeholder="$HOME"
+            placeholder={isWindows ? "$USERPROFILE" : "$HOME"}
             iconRight={
               <>
                 {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/index.ts b/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/index.ts
index beb80269b7..55a1340ced 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/index.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/components/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 export * from "./cluster-accessible-namespaces";
-export * from "./cluster-home-dir-setting";
+export * from "./cluster-local-terminal-settings";
 export * from "./cluster-kubeconfig";
 export * from "./cluster-metrics-setting";
 export * from "./cluster-name-setting";