diff --git a/src/node/socket.ts b/src/node/socket.ts
index 1a28188d5aad..1651046d02b2 100644
--- a/src/node/socket.ts
+++ b/src/node/socket.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class SocketProxyProvider {
         .then((pipe) => {
           this.proxyPipe = pipe
           return Promise.all([
-            fs.mkdir(path.dirname(this.proxyPath), { recursive: true }),
+            fs.mkdir(path.dirname(this.proxyPipe), { recursive: true }),
             fs.rmdir(this.proxyPipe, { recursive: true }),
           ])
         })
diff --git a/src/node/util.ts b/src/node/util.ts
index 4fdca5263a82..f1882471d969 100644
--- a/src/node/util.ts
+++ b/src/node/util.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import * as os from "os"
 import * as path from "path"
 import * as util from "util"
 import xdgBasedir from "xdg-basedir"
-import { tmpdir } from "./constants"
 
 export interface Paths {
   data: string
@@ -23,26 +22,33 @@ export const paths = getEnvPaths()
  * ones. Most CLIs do this as in practice only GUI apps use the standard macOS directories.
  */
 export function getEnvPaths(): Paths {
-  let paths: Paths
-  if (process.platform === "win32") {
-    paths = {
-      ...envPaths("code-server", {
-        suffix: "",
-      }),
-      runtime: tmpdir,
-    }
-  } else {
-    if (xdgBasedir.data === undefined || xdgBasedir.config === undefined) {
-      throw new Error("No home folder?")
-    }
-    paths = {
-      data: path.join(xdgBasedir.data, "code-server"),
-      config: path.join(xdgBasedir.config, "code-server"),
-      runtime: xdgBasedir.runtime ? path.join(xdgBasedir.runtime, "code-server") : tmpdir,
-    }
+  const paths = envPaths("code-server", { suffix: "" })
+  const append = (p: string): string => path.join(p, "code-server")
+  switch (process.platform) {
+    case "darwin":
+      return {
+        // envPaths uses native directories so force Darwin to use the XDG spec
+        // to align with other CLI tools.
+        data: xdgBasedir.data ? append(xdgBasedir.data) : paths.data,
+        config: xdgBasedir.config ? append(xdgBasedir.config) : paths.config,
+        // Fall back to temp if there is no runtime dir.
+        runtime: xdgBasedir.runtime ? append(xdgBasedir.runtime) : paths.temp,
+      }
+    case "win32":
+      return {
+        data: paths.data,
+        config: paths.config,
+        // Windows doesn't have a runtime dir.
+        runtime: paths.temp,
+      }
+    default:
+      return {
+        data: paths.data,
+        config: paths.config,
+        // Fall back to temp if there is no runtime dir.
+        runtime: xdgBasedir.runtime ? append(xdgBasedir.runtime) : paths.temp,
+      }
   }
-
-  return paths
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/unit/register.test.ts b/test/unit/register.test.ts
index de682f5c67e0..da69f21d8c76 100644
--- a/test/unit/register.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/register.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe("register", () => {
 
     beforeAll(() => {
       const { window } = new JSDOM()
-      global.window = window as unknown as Window & typeof globalThis
+      global.window = (window as unknown) as Window & typeof globalThis
       global.document = window.document
       global.navigator = window.navigator
       global.location = window.location
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ describe("register", () => {
       jest.restoreAllMocks()
 
       // We don't want these to stay around because it can affect other tests
-      global.window = undefined as unknown as Window & typeof globalThis
-      global.document = undefined as unknown as Document & typeof globalThis
-      global.navigator = undefined as unknown as Navigator & typeof globalThis
-      global.location = undefined as unknown as Location & typeof globalThis
+      global.window = (undefined as unknown) as Window & typeof globalThis
+      global.document = (undefined as unknown) as Document & typeof globalThis
+      global.navigator = (undefined as unknown) as Navigator & typeof globalThis
+      global.location = (undefined as unknown) as Location & typeof globalThis
     })
 
     it("test should have access to browser globals from beforeAll", () => {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe("register", () => {
         origin: "http://localhost:8080",
       }
       const { window } = new JSDOM()
-      global.window = window as unknown as Window & typeof globalThis
+      global.window = (window as unknown) as Window & typeof globalThis
       global.document = window.document
       global.navigator = window.navigator
       global.location = location as Location
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ describe("register", () => {
       jest.restoreAllMocks()
 
       // We don't want these to stay around because it can affect other tests
-      global.window = undefined as unknown as Window & typeof globalThis
-      global.document = undefined as unknown as Document & typeof globalThis
-      global.navigator = undefined as unknown as Navigator & typeof globalThis
-      global.location = undefined as unknown as Location & typeof globalThis
+      global.window = (undefined as unknown) as Window & typeof globalThis
+      global.document = (undefined as unknown) as Document & typeof globalThis
+      global.navigator = (undefined as unknown) as Navigator & typeof globalThis
+      global.location = (undefined as unknown) as Location & typeof globalThis
     })
     it("should register when options.base is undefined", async () => {
       // Mock getElementById