diff --git a/src/clientManager.js b/src/clientManager.js
index b882fff8..c5fda846 100644
--- a/src/clientManager.js
+++ b/src/clientManager.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ClientManager.prototype.autoloadUsers = function() {
 
 	users.forEach((name) => this.loadUser(name));
 
-	fs.watch(Helper.USERS_PATH, _.debounce(() => {
+	fs.watch(Helper.getUsersPath(), _.debounce(() => {
 		const loaded = this.clients.map((c) => c.name);
 		const updatedUsers = this.getUsers();
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ClientManager.prototype.loadUser = function(name) {
 
 ClientManager.prototype.getUsers = function() {
 	return fs
-		.readdirSync(Helper.USERS_PATH)
+		.readdirSync(Helper.getUsersPath())
 		.filter((file) => file.endsWith(".json"))
 		.map((file) => file.slice(0, -5));
 };
diff --git a/src/command-line/add.js b/src/command-line/add.js
index 0f2de5ed..31945de9 100644
--- a/src/command-line/add.js
+++ b/src/command-line/add.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ program
 	.description("Add a new user")
 	.on("--help", Utils.extraHelp)
 	.action(function(name) {
-		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.USERS_PATH)) {
-			log.error(`${Helper.USERS_PATH} does not exist.`);
+		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.getUsersPath())) {
+			log.error(`${Helper.getUsersPath()} does not exist.`);
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/command-line/config.js b/src/command-line/config.js
index 9b601dc8..5c4c391f 100644
--- a/src/command-line/config.js
+++ b/src/command-line/config.js
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ const Utils = require("./utils");
 
 program
 	.command("config")
-	.description(`Edit configuration file located at ${colors.green(Helper.CONFIG_PATH)}.`)
+	.description(`Edit configuration file located at ${colors.green(Helper.getConfigPath())}.`)
 	.on("--help", Utils.extraHelp)
 	.action(function() {
-		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.CONFIG_PATH)) {
-			log.error(`${Helper.CONFIG_PATH} does not exist.`);
+		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.getConfigPath())) {
+			log.error(`${Helper.getConfigPath()} does not exist.`);
 			return;
 		}
 
 		var child_spawn = child.spawn(
 			process.env.EDITOR || "vi",
-			[Helper.CONFIG_PATH],
+			[Helper.getConfigPath()],
 			{stdio: "inherit"}
 		);
 		child_spawn.on("error", function() {
-			log.error(`Unable to open ${colors.green(Helper.CONFIG_PATH)}. ${colors.bold("$EDITOR")} is not set, and ${colors.bold("vi")} was not found.`);
+			log.error(`Unable to open ${colors.green(Helper.getConfigPath())}. ${colors.bold("$EDITOR")} is not set, and ${colors.bold("vi")} was not found.`);
 		});
 	});
diff --git a/src/command-line/edit.js b/src/command-line/edit.js
index 2b552f6b..23e552e7 100644
--- a/src/command-line/edit.js
+++ b/src/command-line/edit.js
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ program
 	.description(`Edit user file located at ${colors.green(Helper.getUserConfigPath("<name>"))}.`)
 	.on("--help", Utils.extraHelp)
 	.action(function(name) {
-		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.USERS_PATH)) {
-			log.error(`${Helper.USERS_PATH} does not exist.`);
+		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.getUsersPath())) {
+			log.error(`${Helper.getUsersPath()} does not exist.`);
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/command-line/install.js b/src/command-line/install.js
index c62b81a1..90ddcb75 100644
--- a/src/command-line/install.js
+++ b/src/command-line/install.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ program
 		const child = require("child_process");
 		const packageJson = require("package-json");
 
-		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.CONFIG_PATH)) {
-			log.error(`${Helper.CONFIG_PATH} does not exist.`);
+		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.getConfigPath())) {
+			log.error(`${Helper.getConfigPath()} does not exist.`);
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/command-line/list.js b/src/command-line/list.js
index 07c60528..6123ffd6 100644
--- a/src/command-line/list.js
+++ b/src/command-line/list.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ program
 	.description("List all users")
 	.on("--help", Utils.extraHelp)
 	.action(function() {
-		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.USERS_PATH)) {
-			log.error(`${Helper.USERS_PATH} does not exist.`);
+		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.getUsersPath())) {
+			log.error(`${Helper.getUsersPath()} does not exist.`);
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/command-line/remove.js b/src/command-line/remove.js
index beb3f3b1..d0cdb6f4 100644
--- a/src/command-line/remove.js
+++ b/src/command-line/remove.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ program
 	.description("Remove an existing user")
 	.on("--help", Utils.extraHelp)
 	.action(function(name) {
-		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.USERS_PATH)) {
-			log.error(`${Helper.USERS_PATH} does not exist.`);
+		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.getUsersPath())) {
+			log.error(`${Helper.getUsersPath()} does not exist.`);
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/command-line/reset.js b/src/command-line/reset.js
index 09d5735d..24f540dc 100644
--- a/src/command-line/reset.js
+++ b/src/command-line/reset.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ program
 	.description("Reset user password")
 	.on("--help", Utils.extraHelp)
 	.action(function(name) {
-		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.USERS_PATH)) {
-			log.error(`${Helper.USERS_PATH} does not exist.`);
+		if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.getUsersPath())) {
+			log.error(`${Helper.getUsersPath()} does not exist.`);
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/command-line/start.js b/src/command-line/start.js
index fbec3f17..2cbaeb00 100644
--- a/src/command-line/start.js
+++ b/src/command-line/start.js
@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@ program
 	});
 
 function initalizeConfig() {
-	if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.CONFIG_PATH)) {
-		fsextra.ensureDirSync(Helper.HOME);
-		fs.chmodSync(Helper.HOME, "0700");
+	if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.getConfigPath())) {
+		fsextra.ensureDirSync(Helper.getHomePath());
+		fs.chmodSync(Helper.getHomePath(), "0700");
 		fsextra.copySync(path.resolve(path.join(
 			__dirname,
 			"..",
 			"..",
 			"defaults",
 			"config.js"
-		)), Helper.CONFIG_PATH);
-		log.info(`Configuration file created at ${colors.green(Helper.CONFIG_PATH)}.`);
+		)), Helper.getConfigPath());
+		log.info(`Configuration file created at ${colors.green(Helper.getConfigPath())}.`);
 	}
 
-	fsextra.ensureDirSync(Helper.USERS_PATH);
+	fsextra.ensureDirSync(Helper.getUsersPath());
 }
diff --git a/src/command-line/utils.js b/src/command-line/utils.js
index 5ca3d4d1..f9dd3ce8 100644
--- a/src/command-line/utils.js
+++ b/src/command-line/utils.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const colors = require("colors/safe");
 const fs = require("fs");
+const Helper = require("../helper");
 const path = require("path");
 
 let home;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ class Utils {
 			"",
 			"  Environment variable:",
 			"",
-			`    THELOUNGE_HOME   Path for all configuration files and folders. Defaults to ${colors.green(Utils.defaultHome())}.`,
+			`    THELOUNGE_HOME   Path for all configuration files and folders. Defaults to ${colors.green(Helper.expandHome(Utils.defaultHome()))}.`,
 			"",
 		].forEach((e) => console.log(e)); // eslint-disable-line no-console
 	}
diff --git a/src/helper.js b/src/helper.js
index 0f65d085..052e4115 100644
--- a/src/helper.js
+++ b/src/helper.js
@@ -9,18 +9,27 @@ var net = require("net");
 var bcrypt = require("bcryptjs");
 const colors = require("colors/safe");
 
-var Helper = {
+let homePath;
+let configPath;
+let usersPath;
+let storagePath;
+let packagesPath;
+
+const Helper = {
 	config: null,
-	expandHome: expandHome,
-	getPackagesPath: getPackagesPath,
-	getPackageModulePath: getPackageModulePath,
-	getStoragePath: getStoragePath,
-	getUserConfigPath: getUserConfigPath,
-	getUserLogsPath: getUserLogsPath,
-	setHome: setHome,
-	getVersion: getVersion,
-	getGitCommit: getGitCommit,
-	ip2hex: ip2hex,
+	expandHome,
+	getHomePath,
+	getPackagesPath,
+	getPackageModulePath,
+	getStoragePath,
+	getConfigPath,
+	getUsersPath,
+	getUserConfigPath,
+	getUserLogsPath,
+	setHome,
+	getVersion,
+	getGitCommit,
+	ip2hex,
 
 	password: {
 		hash: passwordHash,
@@ -61,14 +70,16 @@ function getGitCommit() {
 	}
 }
 
-function setHome(homePath) {
-	this.HOME = expandHome(homePath);
-	this.CONFIG_PATH = path.join(this.HOME, "config.js");
-	this.USERS_PATH = path.join(this.HOME, "users");
+function setHome(newPath) {
+	homePath = expandHome(newPath);
+	configPath = path.join(homePath, "config.js");
+	usersPath = path.join(homePath, "users");
+	storagePath = path.join(homePath, "storage");
+	packagesPath = path.join(homePath, "packages", "node_modules");
 
 	// Reload config from new home location
-	if (fs.existsSync(this.CONFIG_PATH)) {
-		var userConfig = require(this.CONFIG_PATH);
+	if (fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
+		var userConfig = require(configPath);
 		this.config = _.merge(this.config, userConfig);
 	}
 
@@ -91,26 +102,38 @@ function setHome(homePath) {
 	// TODO: Remove in future release
 	// Backwards compatibility for old way of specifying themes in settings
 	if (this.config.theme.includes(".css")) {
-		log.warn(`Referring to CSS files in the ${colors.green("theme")} setting of ${colors.green(Helper.CONFIG_PATH)} is ${colors.bold("deprecated")} and will be removed in a future version.`);
+		log.warn(`Referring to CSS files in the ${colors.green("theme")} setting of ${colors.green(configPath)} is ${colors.bold("deprecated")} and will be removed in a future version.`);
 	} else {
 		this.config.theme = `themes/${this.config.theme}.css`;
 	}
 }
 
+function getHomePath() {
+	return homePath;
+}
+
+function getConfigPath() {
+	return configPath;
+}
+
+function getUsersPath() {
+	return usersPath;
+}
+
 function getUserConfigPath(name) {
-	return path.join(this.USERS_PATH, name + ".json");
+	return path.join(usersPath, name + ".json");
 }
 
 function getUserLogsPath(name, network) {
-	return path.join(this.HOME, "logs", name, network);
+	return path.join(homePath, "logs", name, network);
 }
 
 function getStoragePath() {
-	return path.join(this.HOME, "storage");
+	return storagePath;
 }
 
 function getPackagesPath() {
-	return path.join(this.HOME, "packages", "node_modules");
+	return packagesPath;
 }
 
 function getPackageModulePath(packageName) {
@@ -134,6 +157,8 @@ function ip2hex(address) {
 	}).join("");
 }
 
+// Expand ~ into the current user home dir.
+// This does *not* support `~other_user/tmp` => `/home/other_user/tmp`.
 function expandHome(shortenedPath) {
 	if (!shortenedPath) {
 		return "";
diff --git a/src/plugins/webpush.js b/src/plugins/webpush.js
index 4b867e95..0777483b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webpush.js
+++ b/src/plugins/webpush.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const Helper = require("../helper");
 
 class WebPush {
 	constructor() {
-		const vapidPath = path.join(Helper.HOME, "vapid.json");
+		const vapidPath = path.join(Helper.getHomePath(), "vapid.json");
 
 		if (fs.existsSync(vapidPath)) {
 			const data = fs.readFileSync(vapidPath, "utf-8");
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 9f42cbd0..744ed4a4 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var manager = null;
 module.exports = function() {
 	log.info(`The Lounge ${colors.green(Helper.getVersion())} \
 (Node.js ${colors.green(process.versions.node)} on ${colors.green(process.platform)} ${process.arch})`);
-	log.info(`Configuration file: ${colors.green(Helper.CONFIG_PATH)}`);
+	log.info(`Configuration file: ${colors.green(Helper.getConfigPath())}`);
 
 	var app = express()
 		.disable("x-powered-by")
diff --git a/test/src/helperTest.js b/test/src/helperTest.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36d1b518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/helperTest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const expect = require("chai").expect;
+const os = require("os");
+const Helper = require("../../src/helper");
+
+describe("Helper", function() {
+	describe("#expandHome", function() {
+		it("should correctly expand a Unix path", function() {
+			expect([`${os.homedir()}/tmp`, `${os.homedir()}\\tmp`])
+				.to.include(Helper.expandHome("~/tmp"));
+		});
+
+		it("should correctly expand a Windows path", function() {
+			expect(Helper.expandHome("~\\tmp")).to.equal(`${os.homedir()}\\tmp`);
+		});
+
+		it("should correctly expand when not given a specific path", function() {
+			expect(Helper.expandHome("~")).to.equal(os.homedir());
+		});
+
+		it("should not expand paths not starting with tilde", function() {
+			expect(Helper.expandHome("/tmp")).to.match(/^\/tmp|[A-Z]:\\tmp$/);
+		});
+
+		it("should not expand a tilde in the middle of a string", function() {
+			expect(Helper.expandHome("/tmp/~foo"))
+				.to.match(/^\/tmp\/~foo|[A-Z]:\\tmp\\~foo$/);
+		});
+
+		it("should return an empty string when given an empty string", function() {
+			expect(Helper.expandHome("")).to.equal("");
+		});
+
+		it("should return an empty string when given undefined", function() {
+			expect(Helper.expandHome(undefined)).to.equal("");
+		});
+	});
+});