diff --git a/surfactant/configmanager.py b/surfactant/configmanager.py
index 7ee69b3a..0c62ab22 100644
--- a/surfactant/configmanager.py
+++ b/surfactant/configmanager.py
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ def _get_config_file_path(self) -> Path:
                 config_dir = Path(os.getenv("APPDATA", str(Path("~\\AppData\\Roaming"))))
             else:
                 config_dir = Path(os.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", str(Path("~/.config"))))
-            config_dir = config_dir / self.app_name
-        return config_dir / "config.toml"
+            config_dir = config_dir / self.app_name / "config.toml"
+        return config_dir.expanduser()
 
     def _load_config(self) -> None:
         """Loads the configuration from the configuration file."""
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@ def get_data_dir_path(self) -> Path:
         else:
             data_dir = Path(os.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME", str(Path("~/.local/share"))))
         data_dir = data_dir / self.app_name
-        return data_dir
+        return data_dir.expanduser()
diff --git a/tests/config/test_configmanager.py b/tests/config/test_configmanager.py
index a5cb3d4a..7cec20b2 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_configmanager.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_configmanager.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def test_config_file_creation(config_manager):
 @pytest.mark.skipif(platform.system() != "Windows", reason="Test specific to Windows platform")
 def test_windows_config_path():
     config_manager = ConfigManager(app_name="testapp")
-    config_path = config_manager._get_config_file_path().expanduser()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+    config_path = config_manager._get_config_file_path()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
     expected_config_dir = Path(os.getenv("APPDATA", str(Path("~\\AppData\\Roaming").expanduser())))
     assert expected_config_dir in config_path.parents
     assert config_path.parts[-2:] == ("testapp", "config.toml")
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_windows_config_path():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(platform.system() == "Windows", reason="Test specific to Unix-like platforms")
 def test_unix_config_path():
     config_manager = ConfigManager(app_name="testapp")
-    config_path = config_manager._get_config_file_path().expanduser()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+    config_path = config_manager._get_config_file_path()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
     expected_config_dir = Path(os.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", str(Path("~/.config").expanduser())))
     assert expected_config_dir in config_path.parents
     assert config_path.parts[-2:] == ("testapp", "config.toml")
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def test_unix_config_path():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(platform.system() != "Windows", reason="Test specific to Windows platform")
 def test_windows_data_dir_path():
     config_manager = ConfigManager(app_name="testapp")
-    data_dir = config_manager.get_data_dir_path().expanduser()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+    data_dir = config_manager.get_data_dir_path()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
     expected_data_dir = Path(os.getenv("LOCALAPPDATA", str(Path("~\\AppData\\Local").expanduser())))
     assert expected_data_dir in data_dir.parents
     assert data_dir.name == "testapp"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def test_windows_data_dir_path():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(platform.system() == "Windows", reason="Test specific to Unix-like platforms")
 def test_unix_data_dir_path():
     config_manager = ConfigManager(app_name="testapp")
-    data_dir = config_manager.get_data_dir_path().expanduser()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+    data_dir = config_manager.get_data_dir_path()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
     expected_data_dir = Path(os.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME", str(Path("~/.local/share").expanduser())))
     assert expected_data_dir in data_dir.parents
     assert data_dir.name == "testapp"