diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 376d576..a321b1a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -310,6 +310,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bstr"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c48f0051a4b4c5e0b6d365cd04af53aeaa209e3cc15ec2cdb69e73cc87fbd0dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.5",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.14.0"
@@ -1658,6 +1669,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libredox 0.0.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_str_bytes"
+version = "6.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2355d85b9a3786f481747ced0e0ff2ba35213a1f9bd406ed906554d7af805a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -2187,7 +2207,9 @@ version = "3.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "da03fa3b94cc19e3ebfc88c4229c49d8f08cdbd1228870a45f0ffdf84988e14b"
 dependencies = [
+ "bstr",
  "dirs",
+ "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6d6babf..faff7e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ cliclack = "0.1.13"
 bitflags = "2.4.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0.196", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "0.8.10"
-shellexpand = "3.1.0"
+shellexpand = { version = "3.1.0", features = ["path"] }
 x11rb = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false, features = ["composite"] }
 xkbcommon = { workspace = true }
 xdg = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index a97b90a..54d9d7b 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -56,15 +56,9 @@ impl Cli {
         // oh my god rustfmt is starting to piss me off
 
         cli.config_dir = cli.config_dir.and_then(|dir| {
-            let Some(dir) = dir.to_str() else {
-                warn!(
-                    "Could not convert `--config-dir`'s argument to `&str`; unsetting `--config-dir`"
-                );
-                return None;
-            };
-            let new_dir = shellexpand::full(dir);
+            let new_dir = shellexpand::path::full(&dir);
             match new_dir {
-                Ok(new_dir) => Some(PathBuf::from(new_dir.to_string())),
+                Ok(new_dir) => Some(new_dir.to_path_buf()),
                 Err(err) => {
                     warn!("Could not shellexpand `--config-dir`'s argument: {err}; unsetting `--config-dir`");
                     None
@@ -147,7 +141,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Lang {
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-// Pretty sure this function returns Result purely for testing which I don't *really* like
 /// Generate a new config.
 ///
 /// If `--non-interactive` is passed or the shell is non-interactive, this will not
@@ -289,13 +282,12 @@ fn generate_config(args: ConfigGen) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         None => {
             assert!(interactive);
 
-            let dir: String = cliclack::input("Choose a directory to place the config in:")
+            let dir: PathBuf = cliclack::input("Choose a directory to place the config in:")
                 .default_input(default_dir.to_string_lossy().as_ref())
                 .validate_interactively(dir_validator)
                 .interact()?;
 
-            let dir = shellexpand::full(&dir)?;
-            let mut dir = PathBuf::from(dir.to_string());
+            let mut dir = shellexpand::path::full(&dir)?.to_path_buf();
 
             if dir.is_relative() {
                 let mut new_dir = std::env::current_dir()?;