diff --git a/stream-sprout b/stream-sprout
index ae1ad03..69e2bd7 100755
--- a/stream-sprout
+++ b/stream-sprout
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function parse_yaml() {
    fs=$'\034'
    sed -ne "s|^\(${s}\):|\1|" \
         -e 's|`||g;s|\$||g;' \
+        -e "s|~|${HOME}|g;" \
         -e "s|^\(${s}\)\(${w}\)${s}:${s}[\"']\(.*\)[\"']$s\$|\1${fs}\2${fs}\3|p" \
         -e "s|^\(${s}\)\(${w}\)${s}:${s}\(.*\)${s}\$|\1${fs}\2${fs}\3|p" "${1}" |
    awk -F"${fs}" '{
diff --git a/stream-sprout.yaml.example b/stream-sprout.yaml.example
index 3bd0920..86d5d77 100644
--- a/stream-sprout.yaml.example
+++ b/stream-sprout.yaml.example
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ server:
   app: sprout
   key: "create your key with uuidgen here"
   archive_stream: false
-  archive_path: "${HOME}/Streams"
+  archive_path: ~/Streams
 
 services:
   trovo: