diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 02b27566e42f29eccd5b4a0ca145567e885cf36b..e24d7a9e6010ae0568935a7163a303b0179193af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5014,6 +5014,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "settings",
  "smol",
  "text",
+ "util",
  "workspace",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/recent_projects/Cargo.toml b/crates/recent_projects/Cargo.toml
index e8d851fa083ab85ef6a05f53c3a5eb07ab8e4667..c056b6885250822be9e877226cdf89c0db2ed5e3 100644
--- a/crates/recent_projects/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/recent_projects/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ workspace = { path = "../workspace" }
 ordered-float = "2.1.1"
 postage = { workspace = true }
 smol = "1.2"
+util = { path = "../util"}
diff --git a/crates/recent_projects/src/highlighted_workspace_location.rs b/crates/recent_projects/src/highlighted_workspace_location.rs
index 8e75b291a0748627ce47c570c607eb2d2163358d..b414b84f4ab2bc84887c93393c7908a413d7ada1 100644
--- a/crates/recent_projects/src/highlighted_workspace_location.rs
+++ b/crates/recent_projects/src/highlighted_workspace_location.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use fuzzy::StringMatch;
 use gpui::{
@@ -61,8 +61,16 @@ impl HighlightedWorkspaceLocation {
             .paths()
             .iter()
             .map(|path| {
+                let mut full_path = PathBuf::new();
+                if path.starts_with(util::paths::HOME.as_path()) {
+                    full_path.push("~");
+                    full_path.push(path.strip_prefix(util::paths::HOME.as_path()).unwrap());
+                } else {
+                    full_path.push(path)
+                }
+
                 let highlighted_text = Self::highlights_for_path(
-                    path.as_ref(),
+                    full_path.as_ref(),
                     &string_match.positions,
                     path_start_offset,
                 );