diff --git a/src/core/Path.cc b/src/core/Path.cc
index 6828055..268eb5c 100644
--- a/src/core/Path.cc
+++ b/src/core/Path.cc
@@ -73,3 +73,17 @@ std::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<std::string>>> Path::listdir(const s
 
     return result;
 }
+
+std::string Path::clean(const std::string & s)
+{
+    std::string p = s;
+    if (p.substr(0, 2) == "~/")
+    {
+        char * home = getenv("HOME");
+        if (home != nullptr)
+        {
+            p = home + p.substr(1, p.size());
+        }
+    }
+    return p;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/Path.h b/src/core/Path.h
index 394dcf8..b30b500 100644
--- a/src/core/Path.h
+++ b/src/core/Path.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public:
     static bool is_file(const std::string & s);
     static bool is_dir(const std::string & s);
     static std::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<std::string>>> listdir(const std::string & path);
+    static std::string clean(const std::string & s);
 
 protected:
     static std::string _join(const std::string & first, const std::string & second);
diff --git a/src/gui/Window.cc b/src/gui/Window.cc
index 7ca9445..b003a4e 100644
--- a/src/gui/Window.cc
+++ b/src/gui/Window.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include "DefaultCommandMap.h"
+#include "Path.h"
 
 #define INITIAL_WIDTH   800
 #define INITIAL_HEIGHT  800
@@ -571,7 +572,7 @@ void Window::command_write_file(const CommandParser & cp)
     }
     if (path != "")
     {
-        buffer->write_to_file(path.c_str());
+        buffer->write_to_file(Path::clean(path).c_str());
     }
 }