1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/watch-bz b/watch-bz
index d098c5b..a7c177c 100755
--- a/watch-bz
+++ b/watch-bz
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ if [ -z "$BUGZILLA" ] || [ -n "${BUGZILLA_ROOT}" ]; then
 	# BUGZILLA_ROOT (path to local repo) should rather be set in ~/.watchbzrc
 	BUGZILLA="${BUGZILLA_ROOT}/bin/bugzilla"
 	PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH:+:${PYTHONPATH}}
-	export PYTHONPATH="${BUGZILLA_ROOT}${PYTHONPATH}"
+	# force tilde expansion
+	eval export PYTHONPATH="${BUGZILLA_ROOT}${PYTHONPATH}"
 fi
 
 # hardcoded for now (note the SEP - OUTPUT_FMT relationship)