diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 83238a9..3dd9530 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ impl Connection {
             DatabaseType::Sqlite => {
                 let path = self.path.as_ref().map_or(
                     Err(anyhow::anyhow!("type sqlite needs the path field")),
-                    |path| expand_tilde(path).ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("cannot expand file path")),
+                    |path| {
+                        expand_path(path).ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("cannot expand file path"))
+                    },
                 )?;
 
                 Ok(format!("sqlite://{path}", path = path.to_str().unwrap()))
@@ -275,40 +277,85 @@ pub fn get_app_config_path() -> anyhow::Result<std::path::PathBuf> {
     Ok(path)
 }
 
-fn expand_tilde<P: AsRef<Path>>(path_user_input: P) -> Option<PathBuf> {
-    let p = path_user_input.as_ref();
-    if !p.starts_with("~") {
-        return Some(p.to_path_buf());
+fn expand_path(path: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    let mut expanded_path = PathBuf::new();
+    let mut path_iter = path.iter();
+    if path.starts_with("~") {
+        path_iter.next()?;
+        expanded_path = expanded_path.join(dirs_next::home_dir()?);
     }
-    if p == Path::new("~") {
-        return dirs_next::home_dir();
-    }
-    dirs_next::home_dir().map(|mut h| {
-        if h == Path::new("/") {
-            p.strip_prefix("~").unwrap().to_path_buf()
+    for path in path_iter {
+        let path = path.to_str()?;
+        expanded_path = if cfg!(unix) && path.starts_with('$') {
+            expanded_path.join(std::env::var(path.strip_prefix('$')?).unwrap_or_default())
+        } else if cfg!(winddows) && path.starts_with('%') && path.ends_with('%') {
+            expanded_path
+                .join(std::env::var(path.strip_prefix('%')?.strip_suffix('%')?).unwrap_or_default())
         } else {
-            h.push(p.strip_prefix("~/").unwrap());
-            h
+            expanded_path.join(path)
         }
-    })
+    }
+    Some(expanded_path)
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::{expand_tilde, PathBuf};
+    use super::{expand_path, Path, PathBuf};
+    use std::env;
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_expand_tilde() {
-        #[cfg(unix)]
-        let home = std::env::var("HOME").unwrap();
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    fn test_expand_path() {
+        let home = env::var("HOME").unwrap();
+        let test_env = "baz";
+        env::set_var("TEST", test_env);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            expand_path(&Path::new("$HOME/foo")),
+            Some(PathBuf::from(&home).join("foo"))
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            expand_path(&Path::new("$HOME/foo/$TEST/bar")),
+            Some(PathBuf::from(&home).join("foo").join(test_env).join("bar"))
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            expand_path(&Path::new("~/foo")),
+            Some(PathBuf::from(&home).join("foo"))
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            expand_path(&Path::new("~/foo/~/bar")),
+            Some(PathBuf::from(&home).join("foo").join("~").join("bar"))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    fn test_expand_path() {
         let home = std::env::var("APPDATA").unwrap();
-        let projects = PathBuf::from(home).join("Projects");
-        assert_eq!(expand_tilde("~/Projects"), Some(projects));
-        assert_eq!(expand_tilde("/foo/bar"), Some("/foo/bar".into()));
+        let test_env = "baz";
+        env::set_var("TEST", test_env);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            expand_path(Path::new("%APPDATA%/foo").to_path_buf()),
+            Some(PathBuf::from(home).join("foo"))
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            expand_path(Path::new("%APPDATA%/foo/%TEST%/bar").to_path_buf()),
+            Some(PathBuf::from(&home).join("foo").join(test_env).join("bar"))
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            expand_path(Path::new("~/foo").to_path_buf()),
+            Some(PathBuf::from(&home).join("foo"))
+        );
+
         assert_eq!(
-            expand_tilde("~alice/projects"),
-            Some("~alice/projects".into())
+            expand_path(Path::new("~/foo/~/bar").to_path_buf()),
+            Some(PathBuf::from(&home).join("foo").join("~").join("bar"))
         );
     }
 }