diff --git a/colors.go b/colors.go
index 0887a9e..64d2fc3 100644
--- a/colors.go
+++ b/colors.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ const (
 // The acceptable range is [16, 231] but here we remove some very dark colors
 // That make text unreadable on a dark terminal
 // See https://www.hackitu.de/termcolor256/
+// Wait - why are we hardcoding this? lol do for loops not exist in our universe?
 var colors = []int{22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230}
 var colorsIndex int = -1
 var shuffled bool
diff --git a/home_test.go b/home_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae0727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestHomeDirectoryPatternExpansion(t *testing.T) {
+	testDir := getTestSubDir(t)
+
+	// Ensure we're working within the project directory
+	ensureInProjectDir(t, testDir)
+
+	// Change to test directory
+	originalDir, _ := os.Getwd()
+	defer os.Chdir(originalDir)
+	os.Chdir(testDir)
+
+	// Get the actual home directory
+	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create a test directory in the home folder
+	testHomeDir := filepath.Join(homeDir, "synclib_test")
+	err = os.MkdirAll(testHomeDir, 0755)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(testHomeDir) // Cleanup
+
+	// Create a test file in the home directory
+	testFile := filepath.Join(testHomeDir, "testhome.csv")
+	err = os.WriteFile(testFile, []byte("test content"), 0644)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Test the pattern with ~/ that should match the file
+	pattern := "~/synclib_test/testhome.csv"
+	links, err := ExpandPattern(pattern, testDir, "target.csv")
+
+	// This should work but currently fails due to the bug
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(links), "Pattern should match exactly 1 file")
+
+	if len(links) > 0 {
+		assert.Contains(t, links[0].Source, "testhome.csv")
+		assert.Equal(t, "target.csv", links[0].Target)
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/instruction.go b/instruction.go
index 987a8a5..9fffb15 100644
--- a/instruction.go
+++ b/instruction.go
@@ -356,8 +356,14 @@ func loadFromReference(fromFile, currentFile, workdir string, visited map[string
 
 // expandGlobs expands glob patterns in a single instruction
 func expandGlobs(instr LinkInstruction, filename, workdir string) ([]LinkInstruction, error) {
-	LogSource("Expanding pattern source %s in YAML file %s", instr.Source, filename)
-	newlinks, err := ExpandPattern(instr.Source, workdir, instr.Target)
+// Convert home directory (~) before expanding pattern
+	convertedSource, err := ConvertHome(instr.Source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error converting home directory in source %s: %w", instr.Source, err)
+	}
+
+	LogSource("Expanding pattern source %s in YAML file %s", convertedSource, filename)
+	newlinks, err := ExpandPattern(convertedSource, workdir, instr.Target)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -434,6 +440,11 @@ func parseYAMLFileRecursive(filename, workdir string, visited map[string]bool) (
 }
 
 func ExpandPattern(source, workdir, target string) (links []LinkInstruction, err error) {
+	// Convert home directory (~) before splitting pattern
+	source, err = ConvertHome(source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error converting home directory in source %s: %w", source, err)
+	}
 	static, pattern := doublestar.SplitPattern(source)
 	if static == "" || static == "." {
 		static = workdir