diff --git a/autojump.bash b/autojump.bash
index a1b8747..8d21b7d 100644
--- a/autojump.bash
+++ b/autojump.bash
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ _autojump()
 }
 complete -F _autojump j
 data_dir=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$([ -e ~/.local/share ] && echo ~/.local/share || echo ~)}
-if [ "$data_dir" = "~" ]
+if [[ "$data_dir" = "${HOME}" ]]
 then
     export AUTOJUMP_DATA_DIR=${data_dir}
 else
diff --git a/autojump.zsh b/autojump.zsh
index 310a292..3079aff 100755
--- a/autojump.zsh
+++ b/autojump.zsh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #along with autojump.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 local data_dir=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$([ -e ~/.local/share ] && echo ~/.local/share || echo ~)}
-if [ "$data_dir" = "~" ]
+if [[ "$data_dir" = "${HOME}" ]]
 then
     export AUTOJUMP_DATA_DIR=${data_dir}
 else