diff --git a/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml b/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
index 959d1d9d..65f03b92 100644
--- a/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
+++ b/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ modules:
       branch: 5a76fef25ffc659f098ee65215281c51a63c3198
     - type: shell
       commands:
-        - sed -i 's/QUIT EMULATIONSTATION/QUIT RETRODECK/g' es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp 
+        - sed -i 's/QUIT EMULATIONSTATION/QUIT RETRODECK/g' es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
         - sed -i 's#"EMULATIONSTATION-DE  V" + Utils::String::toUpper(PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING)#"RetroDECK v'$(cat ${FLATPAK_DEST}/retrodeck/version)', ES-DE  v" + Utils::String::toUpper(PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING)#g' es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
 
   # ES-DE - END
diff --git a/retrodeck.sh b/retrodeck.sh
index 9f5ec8a6..c3e47f19 100644
--- a/retrodeck.sh
+++ b/retrodeck.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ standalones_init() {
     mkdir -pv /var/config/melonDS/
     dir_prep "$rdhome/bios" "/var/config/melonDS/bios"
     cp -fv $emuconfigs/melonDS.ini /var/config/melonDS/
+    # Replace ~/retrodeck with $rdhome as ~ cannot be understood by MelonDS
+    sed -i 's#~/retrodeck#'$rdhome'#g' /var/config/melonDS/melonDS.ini
 
     # CITRA
     mkdir -pv /var/config/citra-emu/