diff --git a/lua/fzf-lua/providers/buffers.lua b/lua/fzf-lua/providers/buffers.lua
index 8bc7be3..48ef68f 100644
--- a/lua/fzf-lua/providers/buffers.lua
+++ b/lua/fzf-lua/providers/buffers.lua
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ local function gen_buffer_entry(opts, buf, hl_curbuf)
   if opts.filename_only then
     bufname = path.basename(bufname)
   end
+  -- replace $HOME with '~' for paths ourside of cwd
+  bufname = bufname:gsub("^"..vim.env.HOME, "~")
   -- add line number
   bufname = ("%s:%s"):format(bufname, buf.info.lnum>0 and buf.info.lnum or  "")
   if buf.flag == '%' then