diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 6a3e573..fb5207e 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cgipath = "/path/to/cgi-bin/"
 scgi = { "/scgi" = "localhost:4000" }
 # cgienv is optional
 cgienv = { "GIT_PROJECT_ROOT" = "/srv/git" }
-# usrdir is optional. it'll look in /home/usr/public_gemini
+# usrdir is optional. it'll look in each user's ~/public_gemini
 usrdir = true
 # proxy is optional
 # path is what comes after the hostname e.g. example.com/path
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9edcc3a..0a4272d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,11 @@ async fn handle_connection(
     if url.path().starts_with("/~") && srv.server.usrdir.unwrap_or(false) {
         let usr = url.path().trim_start_matches("/~");
         let usr: Vec<&str> = usr.splitn(2, "/").collect();
-        path.push("/home/");
+        if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+            path.push("/Users/");
+        } else {
+            path.push("/home/");
+        }
         if usr.len() == 2 {
             path.push(format!("{}/{}/{}", usr[0], "public_gemini", util::url_decode(usr[1].as_bytes())));
         } else {