diff --git a/src/unisync/defaults.py b/src/unisync/defaults.py
index 3afa0d6..a00a3e7 100644
--- a/src/unisync/defaults.py
+++ b/src/unisync/defaults.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT: int = 22
 DEFAULT_ROOTS_LOCAL: str = str(Path("~/files").expanduser())
 # DEFAULT_ROOTS_REMOTE: str = ""
 
-DEFAULT_MISC_CACHE_DIR_PATH: Path = Path("~/.unisync").expanduser()
+DEFAULT_MISC_CACHE_DIR_PATH: str = "~/.unisync"