diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a87db50..e19bf1c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -67,10 +67,14 @@ func main() {
 func normalize(repo string) string {
 	r := regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:.*://)?(?:[^@]+@)?([^:/]+)(?::\d+)?(?:/|:)?(.*)$`)
 	match := r.FindStringSubmatch(repo)
-	if len(match) == 3 {
-		return match[1] + "/" + strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSuffix(match[2], ".git"), "/")
+	if len(match) != 3 {
+		return ""
 	}
-	return ""
+	path := match[2]
+	path = strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/")
+	path = strings.TrimSuffix(path, ".git")
+	path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "~")
+	return filepath.Join(match[1], path)
 }
 
 // getProjectDir return directory from GIT_PROJECT_DIR variable and
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 8d8ae25..f24ce73 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func Test_getProjectDir(t *testing.T) {
 			repository:    "ssh://user@host.xz:443/~user/path/to/repo.git/",
 			homeVar:       "/home/test",
 			gitProjectDir: "src",
-			want:          "src/host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git",
+			want:          "src/host.xz/user/path/to/repo",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ func Test_normalize(t *testing.T) {
 			args: args{
 				repository: "ssh://user@host.xz:443/~user/path/to/repo.git/",
 			},
-			wantRepo: "host.xz/~user/path/to/repo.git",
+			wantRepo: "host.xz/user/path/to/repo",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "git",
 			args: args{
 				repository: "git@git.sr.ht:~libreboot/lbmk",
 			},
-			wantRepo: "git.sr.ht/~libreboot/lbmk",
+			wantRepo: "git.sr.ht/libreboot/lbmk",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {