diff --git a/src/config/project/prefs/index.js b/src/config/project/prefs/index.js
index 3e827d1..b53040d 100644
--- a/src/config/project/prefs/index.js
+++ b/src/config/project/prefs/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = function getPrefs ({ scope, inventory, errors, _testing }) {
   /* istanbul ignore next */
   if (_testing && scope === 'global') {
     let _homedir = homedir()
-    if (process.platform === 'win32') _homedir = _homedir.replace(parsePath(cwd).root, '')
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') _homedir = _homedir.replace(parsePath(_homedir).root, '')
     cwd = join(inventory._project.cwd, _homedir)
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/src/config/project/index-test.js b/test/unit/src/config/project/index-test.js
index e4f5f13..80831e7 100644
--- a/test/unit/src/config/project/index-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/src/config/project/index-test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ let getProjectConfig = require(sut)
 
 let localPrefsFile = 'prefs.arc'
 let _homedir = homedir()
-if (process.platform === 'win32') _homedir = _homedir.replace(parse(cwd).root, '')
+// TODO ↓ remove me! ↓
+console.log(`_homedir:`, _homedir)
+// TODO ↓ remove me! ↓
+console.log(`cwd:`, cwd)
+if (process.platform === 'win32') _homedir = _homedir.replace(parse(_homedir).root, '')
+// TODO ↓ remove me! ↓
+console.log(`_homedir:`, _homedir)
 let globalPrefsFile = join(_homedir, 'prefs.arc')
 let _testing = true