diff --git a/cmd/lotus-provider/main.go b/cmd/lotus-provider/main.go
index a6c79b6de..24126a8d7 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus-provider/main.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus-provider/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/build"
@@ -144,8 +145,14 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		After: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 			if r := recover(); r != nil {
+				p, err := homedir.Expand(c.String(FlagMinerRepo))
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Errorw("could not expand repo path for panic report", "error", err)
+					panic(r)
+				}
+
 				// Generate report in LOTUS_PATH and re-raise panic
-				build.GeneratePanicReport(c.String("panic-reports"), c.String(deps.FlagRepoPath), c.App.Name)
+				build.GeneratePanicReport(c.String("panic-reports"), p, c.App.Name)
 				panic(r)
 			}
 			return nil
diff --git a/journal/fsjournal/fs.go b/journal/fsjournal/fs.go
index b2eb946fd..5a74fbfc6 100644
--- a/journal/fsjournal/fs.go
+++ b/journal/fsjournal/fs.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/build"
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ func OpenFSJournal(lr repo.LockedRepo, disabled journal.DisabledEvents) (journal
 }
 
 func OpenFSJournalPath(path string, disabled journal.DisabledEvents) (journal.Journal, error) {
+	path, err := homedir.Expand(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to expand repo path: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	dir := filepath.Join(path, "journal")
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to mk directory %s for file journal: %w", dir, err)
diff --git a/~/.lotus-provider/journal/lotus-journal.ndjson b/~/.lotus-provider/journal/lotus-journal.ndjson
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000