diff --git a/src/filters/rclcheckneedretry.sh b/src/filters/rclcheckneedretry.sh
index 400cf2d5..8db4c518 100755
--- a/src/filters/rclcheckneedretry.sh
+++ b/src/filters/rclcheckneedretry.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # Bin dirs to be tested:
 bindirs="/usr/bin /usr/local/bin $HOME/bin /opt/*/bin"
 
-rfiledir=~/.config/Recoll.org
+rfiledir=$HOME/.config/Recoll.org
 rfile=$rfiledir/needidxretrydate
 nrfile=$rfiledir/tneedidxretrydate