diff --git a/FF_HEDM/v7/ff_MIDAS.py b/FF_HEDM/v7/ff_MIDAS.py
index d74165ca..aaf77eb3 100755
--- a/FF_HEDM/v7/ff_MIDAS.py
+++ b/FF_HEDM/v7/ff_MIDAS.py
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ def error(self, message):
 env['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'] = f'{midas_path}/BLOSC/lib64:{midas_path}/FFTW/lib:{midas_path}/HDF5/lib:{midas_path}/LIBTIFF/lib:{midas_path}/LIBZIP/lib64:{midas_path}/NLOPT/lib:{midas_path}/ZLIB/lib:{libpth}'
 if len(resultDir) == 0 or resultDir=='.':
     resultDir = os.getcwd()
+if resultDir[0] == '~':
+    resultDir = os.path.expanduser(resultDir)
 if resultDir[0] != '/':
     resultDir = os.getcwd() + '/' + resultDir
 logDir = resultDir + '/output'