diff --git a/src/tuxpaint.c b/src/tuxpaint.c
index 6ca2b3c78..6f6f34ca4 100644
--- a/src/tuxpaint.c
+++ b/src/tuxpaint.c
@@ -21304,7 +21304,7 @@ static void setup_config(char *argv[])
 #ifdef _WIN32
     savedir = GetDefaultSaveDir("TuxPaint");
 #elif __BEOS__
-    savedir = strdup("~/tuxpaint");
+    savedir = strdup("./tuxpaint");
 #elif __HAIKU__
   /* Haiku: Make use of find_directory() */
        dev_t volume = dev_for_path("/boot");