diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7450232..2b0df9d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ udp-stream = "0.0.12"
 uuid = { version = "1.8", features = ["serde"] }
 validator = "0.18.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
+shellexpand = "3.1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 vergen-gix = { version = "1.0.0-beta.2", default-features = false, features = ["build", "cargo"] }
diff --git a/src/cli/manager.rs b/src/cli/manager.rs
index 32043e2..da8a2af 100644
--- a/src/cli/manager.rs
+++ b/src/cli/manager.rs
@@ -82,11 +82,14 @@ pub fn is_enable_auto_create() -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn log_path() -> String {
-    MANAGER
-        .clap_matches
-        .log_path
-        .clone()
-        .expect("Clap arg \"log-path\" should always be \"Some(_)\" because of the default value.")
+    let log_path =
+        MANAGER.clap_matches.log_path.clone().expect(
+            "Clap arg \"log-path\" should always be \"Some(_)\" because of the default value.",
+        );
+
+    shellexpand::full(&log_path)
+        .expect("Failed to expand path")
+        .to_string()
 }
 
 // Return the desired address for the REST API