From 83b323f13a917c558157bce58849af0d605c9e9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Mandic <mandic00@live.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 17:40:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix VersionManager not using CRAWL4_AI_BASE_DIRECTORY

---
 crawl4ai/utils.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crawl4ai/utils.py b/crawl4ai/utils.py
index 8735dee0..4f9c9a2b 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/utils.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/utils.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def merge_chunks(
 
 class VersionManager:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.home_dir = Path.home() / ".crawl4ai"
+        self.home_dir = Path(os.getenv("CRAWL4_AI_BASE_DIRECTORY", Path.home()))
         self.version_file = self.home_dir / "version.txt"
 
     def get_installed_version(self):