diff --git a/MAC/GCF/TM/src/GCF_Scheduler.cc b/MAC/GCF/TM/src/GCF_Scheduler.cc
index bf3eae452a6693c6f308ef3a8ad95389a79f1e9b..bac6a33ad7becc24fecf39f7164330e758edcd94 100644
--- a/MAC/GCF/TM/src/GCF_Scheduler.cc
+++ b/MAC/GCF/TM/src/GCF_Scheduler.cc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void GCFScheduler::init(int argc, char** argv, const string&	logfile)
 	// Try to open the log_prop file, if process has its own log_prop file then use it
 	// the INIT_LOGGER otherwise use the default mac.log_prop
 	ConfigLocator	aCL;
-    aCL.addPathAtFront("~/.lofar"); // Make it search in the user directroy first
+    aCL.addPathAtFront("$HOME/.lofar"); // Make it search in the user directroy first
 
 	string 			procName(basename(argv[0]));
 	string			logPropFile(procName + ".log_prop");