diff --git a/secop_psi/sea.py b/secop_psi/sea.py
index 25bb43d..b961c3c 100644
--- a/secop_psi/sea.py
+++ b/secop_psi/sea.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 #  -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # *****************************************************************************
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ for confdir in getGeneralConfig()['confdir'].split(os.pathsep):
     if exists(seaconfdir):
         break
 else:
-    seaconfdir = None
+    seaconfdir = os.environ.get('FRAPPY_SEA_DIR')
 
 
 def get_sea_port(instance):