---
 src/gmnlm.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/gmnlm.c b/src/gmnlm.c
index 884796c..de5428f 100644
--- a/src/gmnlm.c
+++ b/src/gmnlm.c
@@ -425,6 +425,19 @@ do_requests(struct browser *browser, struct gemini_response *resp)
 				break;
 			}
 
+			if (path[0] == '~') {
+				char *home = getenv("HOME");
+				int sz = strlen(home) + strlen(&path[1]) + 1;
+				char *newpath = malloc(sz);
+				if (!newpath) return GEMINI_ERR_OOM;
+
+				int n = snprintf(newpath, sz, "%s%s",
+						home, &path[1]);
+				assert(n >= 0 && n < sz);
+				free(path);
+				path = newpath;
+			}
+
 			int fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
 			if (fd < 0) {
 				resp->status = GEMINI_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
-- 
2.36.1

I'd rather not do this one.