diff --git a/bin/nicos b/bin/nicos
index 1f62c88..86bb238 100755
--- a/bin/nicos
+++ b/bin/nicos
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #  -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # *****************************************************************************
 #
diff --git a/frappyman.py b/frappyman.py
index fb36a48..927b343 100644
--- a/frappyman.py
+++ b/frappyman.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class FrappyManager(ServiceManager):
             confdir = section.get('confdir', confdir)
         for cfgpath in confdir.split(os.pathsep):
             if cfgpath.endswith('<SERV>'):
-                cfgpaths.append(cfgpath[:-6] + service)
+                cfgpaths.append(expanduser(cfgpath[:-6] + service))
             else:
                 scfg = join(cfgpath, service)
                 if isdir(scfg):