diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index 2f62c46..9e51c6e 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ CConfigManager::CConfigManager() {
 
     if (!ifs.good()) {
         if (g_pHyprpaper->m_szExplicitConfigPath.empty()) {
-            Debug::log(CRIT, "No config file provided. Default config file `/.config/hypr/hyprpaper.conf` couldn't be opened.");
+            Debug::log(CRIT, "No config file provided. Default config file `~/.config/hypr/hyprpaper.conf` couldn't be opened.");
         } else {
             Debug::log(CRIT, "No config file provided. Specified file `%s` couldn't be opened.", configPath);
         }