diff --git a/.bashrc-reit b/.bashrc-reit
index 6db7fb3869612ee5255410ac84a14b9c55a3fd56..db4e09aedc770ef8a55e1cf54dded002c1fc5cb9 100644
--- a/.bashrc-reit
+++ b/.bashrc-reit
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ alias install-miniconda='wget \
     https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh \
     && bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -b \
     && rm -f Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh \
-    && eval "$(/home/$USER/miniconda3/bin/conda shell.bash  hook)"\
+    && eval "$($HOME/miniconda3/bin/conda shell.bash  hook)"\
     && conda init'
 
 ### Alias to install Miniforge via wget and bash script execution with mamba as package manager
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ alias install-miniforge='
     wget https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/latest/download/Miniforge3-Linux-x86_64.sh \
     && bash Miniforge3-Linux-x86_64.sh -b \
     && rm -f Miniforge3-Linux-x86_64.sh \
-    && eval "$(/home/$USER/miniforge3/bin/conda shell.bash hook)" \
+    && eval "$($HOME/miniforge3/bin/conda shell.bash hook)" \
     && conda init \
     && conda install -n base -c conda-forge mamba'