diff --git a/src/index/beaglequeue.cpp b/src/index/beaglequeue.cpp
index 9957ef23..80c721f8 100644
--- a/src/index/beaglequeue.cpp
+++ b/src/index/beaglequeue.cpp
@@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ BeagleQueueIndexer::BeagleQueueIndexer(RclConfig *cnf, Rcl::Db *db,
     : m_config(cnf), m_db(db), m_cache(0), m_updater(updfunc), 
       m_nocacheindex(false)
 {
-
     if (!m_config->getConfParam("beaglequeuedir", m_queuedir))
-        m_queuedir = path_tildexpand("~/.beagle/ToIndex/");
+        m_queuedir = "~/.beagle/ToIndex/";
+    m_queuedir = path_tildexpand(m_queuedir);
     path_catslash(m_queuedir);
+
     m_cache = new BeagleQueueCache(cnf);
 }
 
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ bool BeagleQueueIndexer::index()
     // Finally index the queue
     FsTreeWalker walker(FsTreeWalker::FtwNoRecurse);
     walker.addSkippedName(".*");
-    FsTreeWalker::Status status =walker.walk(m_queuedir, *this);
+    FsTreeWalker::Status status = walker.walk(m_queuedir, *this);
     LOGDEB(("BeagleQueueIndexer::processqueue: done: status %d\n", status));
     return true;
 }