--- a/lib/amazing/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/amazing/cli.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module Amazing
     def load_scripts
       scripts = @options[:include]
       @config["include"].each do |script|
-        script = "#{File.dirname(@options[:config])}/#{script}" if script[0] != ?/
+        script = File.expand_path(script, File.dirname(@options[:config]))
         scripts << script
       end
       if @options[:autoinclude]

--- a/lib/amazing/proc_file.rb
+++ b/lib/amazing/proc_file.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Amazing
     include Enumerable
 
     def self.parse_file(file)
-      file = "/proc/#{file}" if file[0] != ?/
+      file = File.expand_path(file, "/proc")
       new(File.new(file))
     end
 

--- a/lib/amazing/widgets/file.rb
+++ b/lib/amazing/widgets/file.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module Amazing
       default { @last }
 
       init do
-        @file = "#{ENV["HOME"]}/#@file" if @file[0] != ?/
+        @file = ::File.expand_path(@file, "~")
         @lines = ::File.readlines(@file).map {|line| line.chomp }
         @first = @lines.first || ""
         @last = @lines.last || ""

--- a/lib/amazing/widgets/maildir.rb
+++ b/lib/amazing/widgets/maildir.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module Amazing
       init do
         raise WidgetError, "No directories configured" unless @directories
         @directories.each do |glob|
-          glob = "#{ENV["HOME"]}/#{glob}" if glob[0] != ?/
+          glob = ::File.expand_Path(glob, "~")
           @count += Dir["#{glob}/*"].size
         end
       end

--- a/lib/amazing/widgets/raggle.rb
+++ b/lib/amazing/widgets/raggle.rb
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ module Amazing
     class Raggle < Widget
       description "Unread posts in raggle"
       dependency "pstore", "Ruby standard library"
-      option :feed_list_path, "Path to feeds list", ".raggle/feeds.yaml"
-      option :feed_cache_path, "Path to feeds cache", ".raggle/feed_cache.store"
+      option :feed_list_path, "Path to feeds list", "~/.raggle/feeds.yaml"
+      option :feed_cache_path, "Path to feeds cache", "~/.raggle/feed_cache.store"
       field :count, "Ammount of unread posts", 0
       default { @count }
 
       init do
-        @feed_list_path = "#{ENV["HOME"]}/#@feed_list_path" if @feed_list_path[0] != ?/
+        @feed_list_path = ::File.expand_path(@feed_list_path, "~")
         feeds = YAML.load_file(@feed_list_path)
-        @feed_cache_path = "#{ENV["HOME"]}/#{@feed_cache_path}" if @feed_cache_path[0] != ?/
+        @feed_cache_path = ::File.expand_path(@feed_cache_path, "~")
         cache = PStore.new(@feed_cache_path)
         cache.transaction(false) do
           feeds.each do |feed|