diff --git a/dotfiles/config/alacritty/alacritty.toml b/dotfiles/config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
index 1b060e8c..16cf5020 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
+++ b/dotfiles/config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [general]
-import = ["/home/imalison/.config/alacritty/themes/themes/dracula.toml"]
+import = ["~/.config/alacritty/themes/themes/dracula.toml"]
 
 [font]
 size = 8
diff --git a/dotfiles/lib/bin/brightness_manager.py b/dotfiles/lib/bin/brightness_manager.py
index 690c3816..9105d6a3 100755
--- a/dotfiles/lib/bin/brightness_manager.py
+++ b/dotfiles/lib/bin/brightness_manager.py
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ def build_parser():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     args = build_parser().parse_args()
-    symlink_path = os.readlink("/home/imalison/.config/brightness_manager/symlink")
+    symlink_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/brightness_manager/symlink")
     if os.path.exists(symlink_path):
+        symlink_path = os.readlink(symlink_path)
         manager = BrightnessManager.from_path(symlink_path)
     else:
         manager = BrightnessManager.find_brightness()