diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 58bc594..d02fc67 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ name = "deno_task_shell"
 version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "dirs",
  "futures",
  "glob",
  "os_pipe",
diff --git a/crates/deno_task_shell/Cargo.toml b/crates/deno_task_shell/Cargo.toml
index 5830b1f..4d192a0 100644
--- a/crates/deno_task_shell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/deno_task_shell/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.58"
 pest = "2.6.0"
 pest_derive = "2.6.0"
+dirs = "5.0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
diff --git a/crates/deno_task_shell/src/grammar.pest b/crates/deno_task_shell/src/grammar.pest
index 0c7e8b3..600cedd 100644
--- a/crates/deno_task_shell/src/grammar.pest
+++ b/crates/deno_task_shell/src/grammar.pest
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ QUOTED_PENDING_WORD = ${ (
 UNQUOTED_ESCAPE_CHAR = ${ ("\\" ~ "$" | "$" ~ !"(" ~ !VARIABLE) | "\\" ~ (" " | "`" | "\"" | "(" | ")")* }
 QUOTED_ESCAPE_CHAR = ${ "\\" ~ "$" | "$" ~ !"(" ~ !VARIABLE | "\\" ~ ("`" | "\"" | "(" | ")" | "'")* }
 
-UNQUOTED_CHAR = ${ ("\\" ~ " ") | !("~" | "(" | ")" | "{" | "}" | "<" | ">" | "|" | "&" | ";" | "\"" | "'" | "$") ~ ANY }
+UNQUOTED_CHAR = ${ ("\\" ~ " ") | !("(" | ")" | "{" | "}" | "<" | ">" | "|" | "&" | ";" | "\"" | "'" | "$") ~ ANY }
 QUOTED_CHAR = ${ !"\"" ~ ANY }
 
 VARIABLE = ${ (ASCII_ALPHANUMERIC | "_")+ }
diff --git a/crates/deno_task_shell/src/shell/commands/cd.rs b/crates/deno_task_shell/src/shell/commands/cd.rs
index 54ae007..ea4f1ed 100644
--- a/crates/deno_task_shell/src/shell/commands/cd.rs
+++ b/crates/deno_task_shell/src/shell/commands/cd.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ impl ShellCommand for CdCommand {
 
 fn execute_cd(cwd: &Path, args: Vec<String>) -> Result<PathBuf> {
   let path = parse_args(args)?;
-  let new_dir = cwd.join(&path);
+  let new_dir = if path == "~" {
+    dirs::home_dir()
+      .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Home directory not found"))?
+  } else {
+    cwd.join(&path)
+  };
   let new_dir = match new_dir.parse_dot() {
     Ok(path) => path.to_path_buf(),
     // fallback to canonicalize path just in case