diff --git a/filecomplete.cpp b/filecomplete.cpp
index b04758f..140d546 100644
--- a/filecomplete.cpp
+++ b/filecomplete.cpp
@@ -661,8 +661,9 @@ char* fc_readline()
             append_his(main_buf);
             if (need_turn) {
                 std::string rep(main_buf);
-                if (rep.find("~") == 0) {
-                    rep = get_home() + rep.substr(1, rep.size() - 1);
+                auto spos = rep.find("~");
+                if (spos != std::string::npos) {
+                    rep = rep.substr(0, spos) + get_home() + rep.substr(spos + 1, rep.size() - spos);
                     std::memset(main_buf, 0x0, buf_size);
                     std::snprintf(main_buf, buf_size, "%s", rep.c_str());
                 }