diff --git a/slurp b/slurp
index ab0c879db39..36e84ecc09d 100755
--- a/slurp
+++ b/slurp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ params = {}
 for x in items:
     (k, v) = x.split("=")
     params[k] = v
-source  = params['src']
+source  = os.path.expanduser(params['src'])
 
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