diff --git a/lib/deploy.py b/lib/deploy.py
index 52dbdee..bf2c6b4 100644
--- a/lib/deploy.py
+++ b/lib/deploy.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
-import distutils
+import distutils.dir_util
+import distutils.file_util
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 from lib.diff import diff
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ installed_packages = pacman.get_installed()
 def copy(source, dest):
     print(source, '->', dest)
     if source.is_dir():
-        distutils.dir_util.copy_tree(source.absolute(), dest.absolute())
+        distutils.dir_util.copy_tree(str(source), str(dest))
     else:
-        distutils.file_util.copy_file(source.absolute(), dest.absolute())
+        distutils.file_util.copy_file(str(source), str(dest))
 
 def import_paths(paths, base):
     if not isinstance(paths, list):
diff --git a/lib/diff.py b/lib/diff.py
index f44b6fd..7e4d9d4 100644
--- a/lib/diff.py
+++ b/lib/diff.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import lib.proc as proc
 
 def diff(file1, file2):
-    cmd = ['diff', '-r', str(file1.resolve()), str(file2.expanduser())]
+    cmd = ['diff', '-r', str(file1), str(file2)]
     subproc = proc.exec(cmd)
 
     delta = proc.communicate(subproc, cmd, [0, 1])
diff --git a/lib/path.py b/lib/path.py
index 23213ee..891c15e 100644
--- a/lib/path.py
+++ b/lib/path.py
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ def deploy_path(path):
     start = path.parts[0]
     target = path.parts[1:]
     if start == 'lain':
-        return Path('~') / Path(*target)
+        return (Path('~') / Path(*target)).expanduser()