diff --git a/tools/install.sh b/tools/install.sh
index 47166059d..d210d8cc9 100755
--- a/tools/install.sh
+++ b/tools/install.sh
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ setup_zshrc() {
   echo "${GREEN}Using the Oh My Zsh template file and adding it to ~/.zshrc.${RESET}"
 
   sed "/^export ZSH=/ c\\
-export ZSH=\"$ZSH\"
+export ZSH=\"${ZSH/$HOME\//\$HOME\/}\"
 " "$ZSH/templates/zshrc.zsh-template" > ~/.zshrc-omztemp
   mv -f ~/.zshrc-omztemp ~/.zshrc