X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fopen.cc;h=137434592a3066a6d69d83ee2a365fd9a4095ebb;hb=d9300116909ea316c84fd6d3ee57c89074dcd260;hp=3325e72506cb3023911c870056265ef63b305fd5;hpb=b3258244c84a7673db39c46cad96ddb63b131dae;p=notmuch

diff --git a/lib/open.cc b/lib/open.cc
index 3325e725..13743459 100644
--- a/lib/open.cc
+++ b/lib/open.cc
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ _choose_database_path (void *ctx,
 	}
     }
 
+    if (! *database_path) {
+	*database_path = getenv ("MAILDIR");
+    }
+
     if (! *database_path) {
 	notmuch_status_t status;