diff --git a/filebrowser/run.sh b/filebrowser/run.sh
index def0e61..28629c4 100644
--- a/filebrowser/run.sh
+++ b/filebrowser/run.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@ echo "🥳 Installation comlete!"
 echo "👷 Starting filebrowser in background..."
 
 # if FOLDER is ~ then use $HOME
-if [ "${FOLDER}" = "~" ]; then
-    FOLDER=$HOME
-else
-    FOLDER=${FOLDER}
-fi
+dir="${FOLDER}"
+dir="$${dir/#~\//$HOME\/}"
 filebrowser --noauth --root $FOLDER --port ${PORT} >/tmp/filebrowser.log >${LOG_PATH} 2>&1 &
 
 echo "check logs at ${LOG_PATH}"