diff --git a/cmd/hetty/main.go b/cmd/hetty/main.go
index 4c87fce..ee53b2c 100644
--- a/cmd/hetty/main.go
+++ b/cmd/hetty/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var (
 func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&caCertFile, "cert", "~/.hetty/hetty_cert.pem", "CA certificate filepath. Creates a new CA certificate is file doesn't exist")
 	flag.StringVar(&caKeyFile, "key", "~/.hetty/hetty_key.pem", "CA private key filepath. Creates a new CA private key if file doesn't exist")
-	flag.StringVar(&dbFile, "db", "~/hetty/hetty.bolt", "Database file path")
+	flag.StringVar(&dbFile, "db", "~/.hetty/hetty.bolt", "Database file path")
 	flag.StringVar(&addr, "addr", ":8080", "TCP address to listen on, in the form \"host:port\"")
 	flag.StringVar(&adminPath, "adminPath", "", "File path to admin build")
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Could not parse CA private key filepath: %v", err)
 	}
+	dbFile, err := homedir.Expand(dbFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Could not parse CA private key filepath: %v", err)
+	}
 
 	// Load existing CA certificate and key from disk, or generate and write
 	// to disk if no files exist yet.
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ef997c2..0ab7b9d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ github.com/coreos/go-etcd v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:Jez6KQU2B/sWsbdaef3ED8Nz
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.2.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190321100706-95778dfbb74e/go.mod h1:F5haX7vjVVG0kc13fIWeqUViNPyEJxv/OmvnBo0Yme4=
 github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20180928190104-399ea9e2e55f/go.mod h1:E3G3o1h8I7cfcXa63jLwjI0eiQQMgzzUDFVpN/nH/eA=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10 h1:BSKMNlYxDvnunlTymqtgONjNnaRV1sTpcovwwjF22jk=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d h1:U+s90UTSYgptZMwQh2aRr3LuazLJIa+Pg3Kc1ylSYVY=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.4.0/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTE
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.5.0 h1:Usqs0/lDK/NqTkvrmKSwA/3XkZAs7ZAW/eLeQ2MVBTw=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.5.0/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
 github.com/rs/cors v1.6.0/go.mod h1:gFx+x8UowdsKA9AchylcLynDq+nNFfI8FkUZdN/jGCU=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2 h1:HyvC0ARfnZBqnXwABFeSZHpKvJHJJfPz81GNueLj0oo=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.5.2/go.mod h1:JO/DiYxRf+HjHt06OyowR9PTA263kcR/rfWxYHBV53g=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=