diff --git a/functions/_tide_pwd.fish b/functions/_tide_pwd.fish
index 5447dd4..2a5a3b7 100644
--- a/functions/_tide_pwd.fish
+++ b/functions/_tide_pwd.fish
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ eval "function _tide_pwd
     string join / -- \$split_output | string length -V | read -g _tide_pwd_len
 
     i=1 for dir_section in \$split_pwd[2..-2]
-        string join -- / \$split_pwd[..\$i] | string replace '~' $HOME | read -l parent_dir # Uses i before increment
+        string join -- / \$split_pwd[..\$i] | string replace '~' \"$HOME\" | read -l parent_dir # Uses i before increment
 
         math \$i+1 | read i