diff --git a/js/ui/screenshot.js b/js/ui/screenshot.js
index f30884c57..a84cd0a44 100644
--- a/js/ui/screenshot.js
+++ b/js/ui/screenshot.js
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ function _storeScreenshot(bytes, pixbuf) {
 
     if (!disableSaveToDisk) {
         const dir = Gio.File.new_for_path(GLib.build_filenamev([
-            GLib.get_user_special_dir(GLib.UserDirectory.DIRECTORY_PICTURES),
+            GLib.get_user_special_dir(GLib.UserDirectory.DIRECTORY_PICTURES) || GLib.get_home_dir(),
             // Translators: name of the folder under ~/Pictures for screenshots.
             _('Screenshots'),
         ]));