diff --git a/sh/recombine b/sh/recombine
index 2204f52..ca833a8 100644
--- a/sh/recombine
+++ b/sh/recombine
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ case "$sh" in
 esac
 
 printf %s\\n '#!/usr/bin/env false' '[ -n "$preload" ] || exit 1' ''
-for f in ~/sh/*; do
+for f in "${HOME:?}/sh"/*; do
     [ -n "${f##*.*}" ] && [ -f "$f" ] || continue
     i=10 sh=
     while IFS= read -r line; do