diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb
index 0a777fc..9cf8895 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ bitcoin_user    = node['bitcoin']['username']
 bitcoin_group   = node['bitcoin']['usergroup']
 bitcoin_datadir = node['bitcoin']['datadir']
 
+user bitcoin_user do
+  manage_home true
+end
+
 directory bitcoin_datadir do
   owner bitcoin_user
   group bitcoin_group