diff --git a/init.org b/init.org
index 0f5e766..13502e3 100644
--- a/init.org
+++ b/init.org
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ Things not directly pertaining to text editing.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (defun my-find-file* (&rest paths)
-  (mapc #'find-file paths))
+  (mapc #'find-file (mapcar #'expand-file-name paths)))
 #+END_SRC
 
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