From 9c600bf84755c0d9c25c60007d816384862abf33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Muckle <dvdmuckle@dvdmuckle.xyz>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:24:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Expanduser journal path

---
 journal_lock.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/journal_lock.py b/journal_lock.py
index 4d04992f..3e0f8085 100644
--- a/journal_lock.py
+++ b/journal_lock.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class JournalLock:
 
         else:
             try:
-                self.journal_dir_path = pathlib.Path(self.journal_dir)
+                self.journal_dir_path = pathlib.Path.expanduser(pathlib.Path(self.journal_dir))
 
             except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
                 logger.exception("Couldn't make pathlib.Path from journal_dir")