diff --git a/.config/fish/config.fish b/.config/fish/config.fish
index 3ec4a1d..e32568b 100644
--- a/.config/fish/config.fish
+++ b/.config/fish/config.fish
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ alias df='df -h'                          # human-readable sizes
 alias free='free -m'                      # show sizes in MB
 alias lynx='lynx -cfg=~/.lynx/lynx.cfg -lss=~/.lynx/lynx.lss -vikeys'
 alias vifm='./.config/vifm/scripts/vifmrun'
-alias ncmpcpp='ncmpcpp ncmpcpp_directory=/Users/alichtman/.config/ncmpcpp/'
+alias ncmpcpp='ncmpcpp ncmpcpp_directory=$HOME/.config/ncmpcpp/'
 alias mocp='mocp -M "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/moc -O MOCDir="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/moc'
 
 ## get top process eating memory