diff --git a/lib/ulib/base b/lib/ulib/base
index 2742ba6..6f36d6e 100644
--- a/lib/ulib/base
+++ b/lib/ulib/base
@@ -637,8 +637,8 @@ function ppath() {
     [ -n "$cwd" ] || cwd="$(pwd)"
 
     [ "$path" = "$cwd" ] && path="."
-    [ "$cwd" != "/" -a "$cwd" != "$HOME" ] && path="${path/#$cwd\//}"
-    path="${path/#$HOME/~}"
+    [ "$cwd" != "/" -a "$cwd" != "$HOME" ] && path="${path#$cwd/}"
+    [ "${path#$HOME/}" != "$path" ] && path="~${path#$HOME}"
 
     rawecho "$path"
 }