diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index d4f1816..700d995 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.85 2004/10/14 11:47:37 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.86 2005/01/28 20:06:45 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 #
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ def parse_config(default = {})
 	config = {}
 
 	lines.collect!{|x|
+		x.gsub!(/\$\{HOME\}/, "#{ENV['HOME']}")
 		if x =~ /^\s*INCLUDEFILE=(.*?)\s*$/i
 			x = File.new($1).readlines
 		end