diff --git a/aws-scripts/setup_golang.sh b/aws-scripts/setup_golang.sh
index 03a559ccc..22dcd2bc2 100755
--- a/aws-scripts/setup_golang.sh
+++ b/aws-scripts/setup_golang.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sudo yum install -y golang
 echo "export GOROOT=/usr/lib/golang" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
 
 # GOPATH is the location of your work directory
-echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/projects" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
+echo "export GOPATH=/home/ec2-user/projects" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
 
 # PATH in order to access go binary system wide
 echo "export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
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