diff --git a/pkgs/common/sable.nix b/pkgs/common/sable.nix
index c32a215..c9f4ccc 100644
--- a/pkgs/common/sable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/common/sable.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   pnpmConfigHook,
   nodejs_24,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs:
 let
@@ -16,9 +17,6 @@ in {
   pname = "sable-unwrapped";
   version = "1.14.0";
 
-  HOME = "/build";
-  npmConfigCache = "/build/.npm";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "SableClient";
     repo = "Sable";
@@ -28,15 +26,27 @@ in {
 
   nodejs = nodejs_24;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pnpm ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pnpm
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
   npmConfigHook = pnpmConfigHook;
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export HOME="$(mktemp -d)"
+    export npm_config_cache="$HOME/.npm"
+    mkdir -p "$npm_config_cache"
+  '';
+
   npmDeps = finalAttrs.pnpmDeps;
   pnpmDeps = fetchPnpmDeps {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
     inherit pnpm;
-    HOME = finalAttrs.HOME;
-    npmConfigCache = finalAttrs.npmConfigCache;
+    prePnpmInstall = ''
+      export HOME="$(mktemp -d)"
+      export npm_config_cache="$HOME/.npm"
+      mkdir -p "$npm_config_cache"
+    '';
     fetcherVersion = 3;
     hash = "sha256-2GwUz0jsuVKQZyeidM0F4rDzijm9AFcAxN7x/m/b3Is=";
   };