diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7870e087..fd1b0933 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -813,6 +813,15 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24188a676b6ae68c3b2cb3a01be17fbf7240ce009799bb56d5b1409051e78fde"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shellexpand"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da03fa3b94cc19e3ebfc88c4229c49d8f08cdbd1228870a45f0ffdf84988e14b"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "simd-adler32"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -1160,6 +1169,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libwayshot",
  "nix 0.28.0",
  "serde",
+ "shellexpand",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
diff --git a/wayshot/Cargo.toml b/wayshot/Cargo.toml
index 3aee22f8..41688da3 100644
--- a/wayshot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wayshot/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ nix = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["process"] }
 toml = { version = "0.8.12", default-features = false, features = ["parse"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
 dirs = "5.0.1"
+shellexpand = "3.1.0"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "wayshot"
diff --git a/wayshot/src/utils.rs b/wayshot/src/utils.rs
index 480b2abd..b4f3a040 100644
--- a/wayshot/src/utils.rs
+++ b/wayshot/src/utils.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use eyre::{bail, ContextCompat, Error, Result};
 use libwayshot::region::{LogicalRegion, Position, Region, Size};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
+    env,
     fmt::{Display, Write},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     str::FromStr,
@@ -138,10 +139,21 @@ impl FromStr for EncodingFormat {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn get_checked_path(path: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let checked_path = shellexpand::full(path);
+
+    if let Ok(checked_path) = checked_path {
+        PathBuf::from(checked_path.into_owned())
+    } else {
+        env::current_dir().unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn get_full_file_name(dir: &Path, filename_format: &str, encoding: EncodingFormat) -> PathBuf {
     let filename = get_default_file_name(filename_format, encoding);
 
-    dir.join(filename)
+    let checked_path = get_checked_path(dir.to_str().unwrap_or_default());
+    checked_path.join(filename)
 }
 
 pub fn get_default_file_name(filename_format: &str, encoding: EncodingFormat) -> PathBuf {
diff --git a/wayshot/src/wayshot.rs b/wayshot/src/wayshot.rs
index 0510b4aa..6b912f11 100644
--- a/wayshot/src/wayshot.rs
+++ b/wayshot/src/wayshot.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             if f.is_dir() {
                 Some(utils::get_full_file_name(&f, &filename_format, encoding))
             } else {
-                Some(f)
+                Some(utils::get_checked_path(f.to_str().unwrap_or_default()))
             }
         }
         _ => {