diff --git a/src/file_t.c b/src/file_t.c
index 271a180..d261b76 100644
--- a/src/file_t.c
+++ b/src/file_t.c
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ file_init(const char *filename, filepath_t FILEPATH, exception_t *e)
   switch (FILEPATH) {
   case FILEPATH_ABSOLUTE: {
     realpath(filename, path);
+    break;
+  }
+  case FILEPATH_HOME: {
+    char* home = getenv("HOME");
+    size_t pathlen = strlen(home) + strlen(filename);
+    path = malloc(pathlen + 1);
+    strcpy(home, path);
+    strcat(path, filename);
+    path[pathlen] = '\0';
   }
   case FILEPATH_RELATIVE: path = (char*) filename; break;
   }
@@ -55,7 +64,11 @@ file_init(const char *filename, filepath_t FILEPATH, exception_t *e)
 void
 file_close(file_t *f)
 {
-  if (f->fp == FILEPATH_ABSOLUTE) free(f->name);
+  switch (f->fp) {
+  case FILEPATH_ABSOLUTE:
+  case FILEPATH_HOME: free(f->name);
+  default: break;
+  }
   if (f->hash_str != NULL) free(f->hash_str);
   free(f);
 }
diff --git a/src/file_t.h b/src/file_t.h
index 28573ba..372ae4d 100644
--- a/src/file_t.h
+++ b/src/file_t.h
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 typedef enum filepath_t {
   FILEPATH_ABSOLUTE,
-  FILEPATH_RELATIVE
+  FILEPATH_RELATIVE,
+  FILEPATH_HOME
 } filepath_t;
 
 /**