diff --git a/cmd/login.go b/cmd/login.go
index d1d4086fd..64de8c77a 100644
--- a/cmd/login.go
+++ b/cmd/login.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 		PostRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if prof := viper.GetString("PROFILE"); viper.IsSet("PROFILE") {
 				// Failure to save should block subsequent commands on CI
-				return utils.WriteFile(utils.ProfilePath, []byte(prof), afero.NewOsFs())
+				return utils.SaveProfileName(prof, afero.NewOsFs())
 			}
 			return nil
 		},
diff --git a/internal/utils/misc.go b/internal/utils/misc.go
index b47a8a3eb..f04d5f917 100644
--- a/internal/utils/misc.go
+++ b/internal/utils/misc.go
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ var (
 	PoolerVersionPath     = filepath.Join(TempDir, "pooler-version")
 	RealtimeVersionPath   = filepath.Join(TempDir, "realtime-version")
 	CliVersionPath        = filepath.Join(TempDir, "cli-latest")
-	ProfilePath           = filepath.Join(TempDir, "profile")
 	CurrBranchPath        = filepath.Join(SupabaseDirPath, ".branches", "_current_branch")
 	SchemasDir            = filepath.Join(SupabaseDirPath, "schemas")
 	MigrationsDir         = filepath.Join(SupabaseDirPath, "migrations")
diff --git a/internal/utils/profile.go b/internal/utils/profile.go
index 723b52fa8..e9495a481 100644
--- a/internal/utils/profile.go
+++ b/internal/utils/profile.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -121,8 +123,11 @@ func getProfileName(fsys afero.Fs) string {
 	if prof := viper.GetString("PROFILE"); viper.IsSet("PROFILE") {
 		fmt.Fprintln(debuglogger, "Loading profile from flag:", prof)
 		return prof
-	} else if content, err := afero.ReadFile(fsys, ProfilePath); err == nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(debuglogger, "Loading profile from file:", ProfilePath)
+	} else if profilePath, err := getProfilePath(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(debuglogger, err)
+		return prof
+	} else if content, err := afero.ReadFile(fsys, profilePath); err == nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(debuglogger, "Loading profile from file:", profilePath)
 		return string(content)
 	} else {
 		fmt.Fprintln(debuglogger, err)
@@ -130,6 +135,22 @@ func getProfileName(fsys afero.Fs) string {
 	}
 }
 
+func getProfilePath() (string, error) {
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Errorf("failed to get $HOME directory: %w", err)
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(home, ".supabase", "profile"), nil
+}
+
+func SaveProfileName(prof string, fsys afero.Fs) error {
+	profilePath, err := getProfilePath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return WriteFile(profilePath, []byte(prof), fsys)
+}
+
 func AwsRegions() []string {
 	result := make([]string, len(allProfiles[0].ProjectRegions))
 	for i, region := range allProfiles[0].ProjectRegions {