From b80a5d301c13fec43f13c265c87742f06be4d21f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MinchinWeb <w_minchin@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:20:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [Upgrade to 2.0] Expand User directory (#704)

---
 jrnl/upgrade.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/jrnl/upgrade.py b/jrnl/upgrade.py
index f2b80af3..839270e2 100644
--- a/jrnl/upgrade.py
+++ b/jrnl/upgrade.py
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ older versions of jrnl anymore.
             encrypt = config.get('encrypt')
             path = journal_conf
 
+        path = os.path.expanduser(path)
+
         if encrypt:
             encrypted_journals[journal_name] = path
         elif os.path.isdir(path):