diff --git a/autoload/startify.vim b/autoload/startify.vim
index aafba91..caca368 100644
--- a/autoload/startify.vim
+++ b/autoload/startify.vim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let s:nowait         = v:version >= 704 || (v:version == 703 && has('patch1261')
 let s:padding_left   = repeat(' ', get(g:, 'startify_padding_left', 3))
 let s:numfiles       = get(g:, 'startify_files_number', 10)
 let s:show_special   = get(g:, 'startify_enable_special', 1)
-let s:relative_path  = get(g:, 'startify_relative_path') ? ':.:~' : ':p:~'
+let s:relative_path  = get(g:, 'startify_relative_path') ? ':~:.' : ':p:~'
 let s:session_dir    = resolve(expand(get(g:, 'startify_session_dir',
       \ has('win32') ? '$HOME\vimfiles\session' : '~/.vim/session')))
 let s:tf             = exists('g:startify_transformations')