1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/RootTheme.cc b/src/RootTheme.cc
index 96f13d5..51885bf 100644
--- a/src/RootTheme.cc
+++ b/src/RootTheme.cc
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ void RootTheme::reconfigTheme() {
         // if background argument is a file then
         // parse image options and call image setting 
         // command specified in the resources
+        filename = FbTk::StringUtil::expandFilename(filename);
         if (FbTk::FileUtil::isRegularFile(filename.c_str())) {
             // parse options
             std::string options;