diff --git a/usr/bin/jgwallpaperchanger b/usr/bin/jgwallpaperchanger
index 6c098c1..679ada1 100755
--- a/usr/bin/jgwallpaperchanger
+++ b/usr/bin/jgwallpaperchanger
@@ -181,8 +181,12 @@ if ! pgrep -f "mbwallpaper -s" > /dev/null; then
 	readarray -t wpdirs < <(grep -v '^\s*$\|^#\|^\s*\#' "$CNF_FILE")
 	
 	[[ -d "$(xdg-user-dir PICTURES)/imagick" ]] && wallp=$(shopt -s nullglob ; set -- $(xdg-user-dir PICTURES)/imagick/*.{jpg,JPG,jpeg,JPEG,png,PNG,avif} ; echo $#)
-	[[ "$wallp" -gt "1" ]] && wpdirs=("$(xdg-user-dir PICTURES)/imagick"  "${wpdirs[@]}")
-	
+	if [[ "$wallp" -gt "1" ]];then 
+    imagickdir="$(xdg-user-dir PICTURES)/imagick"
+    imagickdir=${imagickdir/$HOME/\~}
+    wpdirs=("$imagickdir" "${wpdirs[@]}")
+	fi
+    
 	wpdirs=("/usr/share/backgrounds/" "${wpdirs[@]}")
 	#notify-send.sh "DIRS" "${#wpdirs[@]}"