diff --git a/devspaces-udi/etc/entrypoint.sh b/devspaces-udi/etc/entrypoint.sh
index abbb66e378..bd9806d4f7 100755
--- a/devspaces-udi/etc/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/devspaces-udi/etc/entrypoint.sh
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ fi
 # use java 17 if USE_JAVA17 is set to 'true', 
 # by default it is java 11
 #############################################################################
-rm -rf "${HOME}"/.java/current
-mkdir -p "${HOME}"/.java/current
+rm -rf /home/tooling/.java/current
+mkdir -p /home/tooling/.java/current
 if [ "${USE_JAVA8}" == "true" ] && [ ! -z "${JAVA_HOME_8}" ]; then
-  ln -s "${JAVA_HOME_8}"/* "${HOME}"/.java/current
+  ln -s "${JAVA_HOME_8}"/* /home/tooling/.java/current
   echo "Java environment set to ${JAVA_HOME_8}"
 elif [ "${USE_JAVA17}" == "true" ] && [ ! -z "${JAVA_HOME_17}" ]; then
-  ln -s "${JAVA_HOME_17}"/* "${HOME}"/.java/current
+  ln -s "${JAVA_HOME_17}"/* /home/tooling/.java/current
   echo "Java environment set to ${JAVA_HOME_17}"
 else
   # End of Support for OpenJDK 11 in October 2024
   # https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013
   echo "TODO: it needs to set JDK 17 as default before OpenJDK 11 hits EOL in October 2024"
-  ln -s "${JAVA_HOME_11}"/* "${HOME}"/.java/current
+  ln -s "${JAVA_HOME_11}"/* /home/tooling/.java/current
   echo "Java environment set to ${JAVA_HOME_11}"
 fi