diff --git a/MTMR/ItemsParsing.swift b/MTMR/ItemsParsing.swift
index 5ef057e..6061d59 100644
--- a/MTMR/ItemsParsing.swift
+++ b/MTMR/ItemsParsing.swift
@@ -724,15 +724,16 @@ extension String {
     }
 
     var fileData: Data? {
-        return try? Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: self))
+        return try? Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: (self as NSString).expandingTildeInPath))
     }
 
     var fileString: String? {
         var encoding: String.Encoding = .utf8
-        return try? String(contentsOfFile: self, usedEncoding: &encoding)
+        return try? String(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: (self as NSString).expandingTildeInPath), usedEncoding: &encoding)
+    }
 
     var fileURL: URL {
-        return URL(fileURLWithPath: self)
+        return URL(fileURLWithPath: (self as NSString).expandingTildeInPath)
     }
 
     var appleScript: NSAppleScript? {