diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 436629e..0454a0d 100755
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ pub fn create_config(file: &str) -> bool {
     let mut paths = replaced.split('/').collect::<Vec<&str>>(); // split path by /
     paths.pop();
     let path = paths.join("/");
+
     let file_path = std::path::Path::new(&path); // Path without the filename
 
     if file_path.parent().is_some() {
         // if the file_path has a parent folder
+        println!("lib::create_config: creating folder {path}");
         match fs::create_dir_all(&path) {
             Ok(var) => var,
             Err(why) => {
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ pub fn create_config(file: &str) -> bool {
 
     if file_path.exists() && !Path::new(&replaced).exists() {
         let file_contents = "{\"latest_date\": \"20021104\",\"cache_folder\": \"~/.cache/ggg\"}";
+        
         match fs::write(replaced, file_contents) {
             Ok(var) => var,
             Err(why) => {
@@ -116,7 +119,8 @@ pub fn link_to_datestring(link: String) -> String {
 }
 
 pub fn ensure_exists(path: &str) {
-    let p = Path::new(path);
+    let replaced = path.replace('~', &get_home()[..]);
+    let p = Path::new(&replaced);
     if !p.exists() {
         match fs::create_dir_all(p) {
             Ok(var) => var,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d90aaee..739a30e 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ async fn main() {
     let current_page = ggg::get_page(&config.latest_date).await;
 
     println!("image url: {}\ncache folder: {}", &current_page.image, &config.cache_folder);
-    cache::download_image(&config.cache_folder, current_page.image, format!("{}.jpg", current_page.date)).await;
+    cache::download_image(&config.cache_folder.replace('~', &ggg::get_home()[..]), current_page.image, format!("{}.jpg", current_page.date)).await;
 }