diff --git a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/audio-dev.yaml b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/audio-dev.yaml
index 6e626fc..b605717 100644
--- a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/audio-dev.yaml
+++ b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/audio-dev.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 session_name: audio-dev
 windows:
   - window_name: scratch
-    start_directory: ~/
+    start_directory: "~"
     panes:
       -
   - window_name: pipewire
diff --git a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/gstreamer.yaml b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/gstreamer.yaml
index 9d67931..74a5ab3 100644
--- a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/gstreamer.yaml
+++ b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/gstreamer.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 session_name: gstreamer
 windows:
   - window_name: scratch
-    start_directory: ~/
+    start_directory: "~"
     panes:
       -
   - window_name: gstreamer
diff --git a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/personal.yaml b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/personal.yaml
index 83352c2..974f97f 100644
--- a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/personal.yaml
+++ b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/personal.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 session_name: personal
 windows:
   - window_name: scratch
-    start_directory: ~/
+    start_directory: "~"
     panes:
       -
   - window_name: dotfiles
diff --git a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/scratch.yaml b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/scratch.yaml
index 62f335b..49b1d63 100644
--- a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/scratch.yaml
+++ b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/scratch.yaml
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 session_name: scratch
 windows:
   - window_name: scratch-1
-    start_directory: ~/
+    start_directory: "~"
     panes:
       -
   - window_name: scratch-2
-    start_directory: ~/
+    start_directory: "~"
     panes:
       -
   - window_name: scratch-3
-    start_directory: ~/
+    start_directory: "~"
     panes:
       -
   - window_name: scratch-4
-    start_directory: ~/
+    start_directory: "~"
     panes:
       -
   - window_name: scratch-5
-    start_directory: ~/
+    start_directory: "~"
     panes:
       -
diff --git a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/work.yaml b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/work.yaml
index 6a140ff..684a753 100644
--- a/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/work.yaml
+++ b/tmuxp/.config/tmuxp/work.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 session_name: Work
 windows:
   - window_name: scratch
-    start_directory: ~/
+    start_directory: "~"
     panes:
       -
   - window_name: asymptotic-1