diff --git a/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js b/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
index a2bb23cfe..eb3dc88e6 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/screencast/screencastService.js
@@ -315,7 +315,10 @@ var ScreencastService = class extends ServiceImplementation {
         if (GLib.path_is_absolute(filename))
             return filename;
 
-        let videoDir = GLib.get_user_special_dir(GLib.UserDirectory.DIRECTORY_VIDEOS);
+        const videoDir =
+            GLib.get_user_special_dir(GLib.UserDirectory.DIRECTORY_VIDEOS) ||
+            GLib.get_home_dir();
+
         return GLib.build_filenamev([videoDir, filename]);
     }