diff --git a/kommander/editor/mainwindowactions.cpp b/kommander/editor/mainwindowactions.cpp
index efb7d166..a35bbd8b 100644
--- a/kommander/editor/mainwindowactions.cpp
+++ b/kommander/editor/mainwindowactions.cpp
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ void MainWindow::createNewTemplate()
   }
 
   TQStringList templRoots;
-  const char *qtdir = getenv("TQTDIR");
+  const char *qtdir = getenv("QTDIR");
   if (qtdir)
     templRoots << qtdir;
 #ifdef TQT_INSTALL_PREFIX