1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/melib/src/email/compose.rs b/melib/src/email/compose.rs
index c78c6ce4..58b583d8 100644
--- a/melib/src/email/compose.rs
+++ b/melib/src/email/compose.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use super::*;
 use crate::backends::BackendOp;
 use crate::email::attachments::AttachmentBuilder;
+use crate::shellexpand::ShellExpandTrait;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Local};
 use data_encoding::BASE64_MIME;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::io::Read;
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str;
 
 pub mod mime;
@@ -445,12 +446,12 @@ pub fn attachment_from_file<I>(path: &I) -> Result<AttachmentBuilder>
 where
     I: AsRef<OsStr>,
 {
-    let path: &Path = Path::new(path);
+    let path: PathBuf = Path::new(path).expand();
     if !path.is_file() {
         return Err(MeliError::new(format!("{} is not a file", path.display())));
     }
 
-    let mut file = std::fs::File::open(path)?;
+    let mut file = std::fs::File::open(&path)?;
     let mut contents = Vec::new();
     file.read_to_end(&mut contents)?;
     let mut attachment = AttachmentBuilder::new(b"");