diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 36873fe..923a906 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use std::process;
 use crate::output::*;
 
 use super::repo::RepoConfig;
-
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use crate::get_token_from_command;
@@ -147,6 +146,27 @@ impl Config {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn normalize(&mut self) {
+        if let Config::ConfigTree(config) = self {
+            let home = super::env_home().display().to_string();
+            for tree in &mut config.trees.0 {
+                if tree.root.starts_with(&home) {
+                    // The tilde is not handled differently, it's just a normal path component for `Path`.
+                    // Therefore we can treat it like that during **output**.
+                    //
+                    // The `unwrap()` is safe here as we are testing via `starts_with()`
+                    // beforehand
+                    let mut path = tree.root.strip_prefix(&home).unwrap();
+                    if path.starts_with('/') {
+                        path = path.strip_prefix('/').unwrap();
+                    }
+
+                    tree.root = Path::new("~").join(path).display().to_string();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn as_toml(&self) -> Result<String, String> {
         match toml::to_string(self) {
             Ok(toml) => Ok(toml),
diff --git a/src/grm/main.rs b/src/grm/main.rs
index 3f202f0..7b5f54e 100644
--- a/src/grm/main.rs
+++ b/src/grm/main.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,9 @@ fn main() {
                     }) {
                         print_warning("No repositories found");
                     } else {
-                        let config = trees.to_config();
+                        let mut config = trees.to_config();
+
+                        config.normalize();
 
                         match args.format {
                             cmd::ConfigFormat::Toml => {
@@ -403,7 +405,9 @@ fn main() {
                         trees.push(tree);
                     }
 
-                    let config = config::Config::from_trees(trees);
+                    let mut config = config::Config::from_trees(trees);
+
+                    config.normalize();
 
                     match args.format {
                         cmd::ConfigFormat::Toml => {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ef5bf1a..809778c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -487,15 +487,6 @@ pub fn find_in_tree(path: &Path) -> Result<(Tree, Vec<String>), String> {
             }
         }
     }
-    let home = env_home();
-    if root.starts_with(&home) {
-        // The tilde is not handled differently, it's just a normal path component for `Path`.
-        // Therefore we can treat it like that during **output**.
-        //
-        // The `unwrap()` is safe here as we are testing via `starts_with()`
-        // beforehand
-        root = Path::new("~").join(root.strip_prefix(&home).unwrap());
-    }
 
     Ok((
         Tree {