diff --git a/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/disable-ssh-host-keycheck.patch b/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/disable-ssh-host-keycheck.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef39ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/disable-ssh-host-keycheck.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/homu/git_helper.py b/homu/git_helper.py
+index 0f70c69..f53fb57 100755
+--- a/homu/git_helper.py
++++ b/homu/git_helper.py
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SSH_KEY_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../cache/key')
+ 
+ 
+ def main():
+-    args = ['ssh', '-i', SSH_KEY_FILE, '-S', 'none'] + sys.argv[1:]
++    args = ['ssh', '-o', 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-i', SSH_KEY_FILE, '-S', 'none'] + sys.argv[1:]
+     os.execvp('ssh', args)
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/patch-cache-directory.patch b/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/patch-cache-directory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cf2c90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/patch-cache-directory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/homu/git_helper.py b/homu/git_helper.py
+index 0f70c69..732230c 100755
+--- a/homu/git_helper.py
++++ b/homu/git_helper.py
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ import sys
+ import os
+ 
+-SSH_KEY_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../cache/key')
++SSH_KEY_FILE = os.path.expanduser("~/cache/key")
+ 
+ 
+ def main():
+diff --git a/homu/main.py b/homu/main.py
+index 16b60a2..a2e109a 100644
+--- a/homu/main.py
++++ b/homu/main.py
+@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ def git_push(git_cmd, branch, state):
+ 
+ 
+ def init_local_git_cmds(repo_cfg, git_cfg):
+-    fpath = 'cache/{}/{}'.format(repo_cfg['owner'], repo_cfg['name'])
++    fpath = '{}/cache/{}/{}'.format(os.path.expanduser("~"), repo_cfg['owner'], repo_cfg['name'])
+     url = 'git@github.com:{}/{}.git'.format(repo_cfg['owner'], repo_cfg['name'])  # noqa
+ 
+     if not os.path.exists(SSH_KEY_FILE):
diff --git a/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/pkg.nix b/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/pkg.nix
index ee95db2..43cb2a0 100644
--- a/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/pkg.nix
+++ b/nixbld-etc-nixos/homu/pkg.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ python3Packages, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ python3Packages, python3, fetchFromGitHub, git, openssh }:
 
 let
   uritemplate_0_2_0 = python3Packages.github3_py.overrideAttrs(oa: rec {
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ in
       rev = "2ea53e76ebac3e5fa11bc39054b3cd4c42eff607";
       sha256 = "1ih7s8zfbpq0qb9vqbxzr0r4s9ff52l4ipr916kwbck3ygliq3r9";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ github3_py_0_9_6 ] ++ (with python3Packages; [ toml jinja2 requests bottle waitress retrying ]);
+    patches = [ ./patch-cache-directory.patch ./disable-ssh-host-keycheck.patch ];
+    postInstall = "chmod 755 $out/${python3.sitePackages}/homu/git_helper.py";
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ github3_py_0_9_6 git openssh ] ++ (with python3Packages; [ toml jinja2 requests bottle waitress retrying ]);
     checkPhase = "python -m unittest discover tests -v";
   }