diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp
index 0b8a47b..dc6f523 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ TFilePath getMyDocumentsPath() {
   return TFilePath((const char *)[documentsDirectory
       cStringUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]);
 #else
-  return TFilePath();
+  std::string path(getenv("HOME"));
+  if(path.empty()) return TFilePath();
+  path += "/Documents";
+  QString pathAsQString = QString::fromStdString(path);
+  QDir dir(pathAsQString);
+  if(!dir.exists()) return TFilePath();
+  return TFilePath(path);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -73,7 +79,13 @@ TFilePath getDesktopPath() {
   return TFilePath((const char *)[desktopDirectory
       cStringUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]);
 #else
-  return TFilePath();
+  std::string path(getenv("HOME"));
+  if(path.empty()) return TFilePath();
+  path += "/Desktop";
+  QString pathAsQString = QString::fromStdString(path);
+  QDir dir(pathAsQString);
+  if(!dir.exists()) return TFilePath();
+  return TFilePath(path);
 #endif
 }
 }
@@ -1491,4 +1503,4 @@ void DvDirModel::onPreferenceChanged(const QString &prefName) {
   if (rootNode)
     rootNode->updateSceneFolderNodeVisibility(priority ==
                                               Preferences::ProjectFolderOnly);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}