diff --git a/src/rocker/ros_ws.py b/src/rocker/ros_ws.py
index d9081bf..b8f469c 100644
--- a/src/rocker/ros_ws.py
+++ b/src/rocker/ros_ws.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def get_docker_args(self, cli_args):
         """
         workspace = cli_args[self.name]
         if RosWs.is_workspace_volume(workspace):
-            args = Volume.get_volume_args([[workspace + ":" + os.path.join(RosWs.get_home_dir(cli_args), self.name, 'src')]])
+            args = Volume.get_volume_args([[os.path.expanduser(workspace) + ":" + os.path.join(RosWs.get_home_dir(cli_args), self.name, 'src')]])
             return ' '.join(args)
         else:
             return ''