diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b2cd6105..678f3502 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 0.14.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shellexpand"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "0.11.11"
@@ -179,6 +184,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "failure_derive 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "shellexpand 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "termion 1.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "toml 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "which 2.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -239,6 +245,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum rustc-demangle 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "76d7ba1feafada44f2d38eed812bd2489a03c0f5abb975799251518b68848649"
 "checksum serde 1.0.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e9a2d9a9ac5120e0f768801ca2b58ad6eec929dc9d1d616c162f208869c2ce95"
 "checksum serde_derive 1.0.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0a90213fa7e0f5eac3f7afe2d5ff6b088af515052cc7303bd68c7e3b91a3fb79"
+"checksum shellexpand 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "de7a5b5a9142fd278a10e0209b021a1b85849352e6951f4f914735c976737564"
 "checksum syn 0.11.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d3b891b9015c88c576343b9b3e41c2c11a51c219ef067b264bd9c8aa9b441dad"
 "checksum syn 0.14.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c67da57e61ebc7b7b6fff56bb34440ca3a83db037320b0507af4c10368deda7d"
 "checksum synom 0.11.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a393066ed9010ebaed60b9eafa373d4b1baac186dd7e008555b0f702b51945b6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 338eb3f0..3224137b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ serde_derive = "1.0.66"
 termion = "1.5.1"
 toml = "0.4.6"
 which = "2.0.0"
+shellexpand = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 9a7f0a6a..11e12a31 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use directories;
 use failure;
+use shellexpand;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fs;
 use toml;
@@ -18,7 +19,15 @@ impl Config {
             return Ok(Default::default());
         }
 
-        Ok(toml::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(config_path)?)?)
+        let mut result: Self = toml::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(config_path)?)?;
+
+        if let Some(ref mut paths) = &mut result.git_repos {
+            for path in paths.iter_mut() {
+                *path = shellexpand::tilde::<&str>(&path.as_ref()).into_owned();
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(result)
     }
 
     pub fn commands(&self) -> &Option<BTreeMap<String, String>> {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7bda64bc..2baaee43 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ extern crate toml;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate serde;
+extern crate shellexpand;
 
 mod config;
 mod git;