diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index db65346..47f7403 100755
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Authors@R: c(person("Vincent T","van Hees",role=c("aut","cre"),
              person("Evgeny","Mirkes",role="ctb"),
              person("Dan","Jackson",role="ctb"),
              person("Jairo H","Migueles",role="ctb"),
+             person("John","Muschelli",role="ctb"),
              person("Medical Research Council UK",  role = c("cph", "fnd")),
              person("Accelting",  role = c("cph", "fnd")))
 Maintainer: Vincent T van Hees <v.vanhees@accelting.com>
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8c580c6..0679c4a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Changes in version 1.0.10 (release date:15-07-2026)
+
+-  Fix bug in readGENEActiv with `path.expand`. #94 @muschellij2
+
 # Changes in version 1.0.9 (release date:15-07-2026)
 
 -  Fix bug in readActiwatchCount. #92
diff --git a/R/readGENEActiv.R b/R/readGENEActiv.R
index 941f211..558ee4b 100644
--- a/R/readGENEActiv.R
+++ b/R/readGENEActiv.R
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-readGENEActiv = function(filename, start = 0, end = 0, progress_bar = FALSE, 
+readGENEActiv = function(filename, start = 0, end = 0, progress_bar = FALSE,
                          desiredtz = "", configtz = NULL) {
-  
+
   # Extract information from the fileheader
   suppressWarnings({fh = readLines(filename, 69)})
-  
+
   SN = gsub(pattern = "Device Unique Serial Code:", replacement = "",
             x = fh[grep(pattern = "Device Unique Serial Code", x = fh)[1]])
   firmware = gsub(pattern = "Device Firmware Version:", replacement = "",
@@ -17,30 +17,32 @@ readGENEActiv = function(filename, start = 0, end = 0, progress_bar = FALSE,
   # when battery runs out prior to end of recording
   starttime = gsub(pattern = "Page Time:", replacement = "",
                    x = fh[grep(pattern = "Page Time", x = fh)[1]])
-  
+
   tzone = gsub(pattern = "Time Zone:", replacement = "",
                x = fh[grep(pattern = "Time Zone", x = fh)[1]])
   tzone = as.numeric(unlist(strsplit(tzone, "[:]| "))[2]) * 3600
-  
+
   Handedness = gsub(pattern = "Handedness Code:", replacement = "",
             x = fh[grep(pattern = "Handedness Code", x = fh)[1]])
   ID = gsub(pattern = "Subject Code:", replacement = "",
             x = fh[grep(pattern = "Subject Code", x = fh)[1]])
-  
+
   DeviceLocation = gsub(pattern = "Device Location Code:", replacement = "",
             x = fh[grep(pattern = "Device Location Code", x = fh)[1]])
-  
+
   DeviceModel = gsub(pattern = " ", replacement = "",
                      x = gsub(pattern = "Device Model:", replacement = "",
                         x = fh[grep(pattern = "Device Model", x = fh)[1]]))
 
+  # needed for fix for #94
+  filename = path.expand(filename)
   # Read acceleration, lux and temperature data
   rawdata = GENEActivReader(filename = filename,
-                            start = start, end = end, 
+                            start = start, end = end,
                             progress_bar = progress_bar)
-  
+
   rawdata$time = rawdata$time / 1000
-  
+
   # Construct header object
   header = list(serial_number = SN,
                 firmware = firmware,
@@ -54,12 +56,12 @@ readGENEActiv = function(filename, start = 0, end = 0, progress_bar = FALSE,
                 RecordingID = ID,
                 DeviceLocation = DeviceLocation,
                 DeviceModel = DeviceModel)
-  
+
   s0 = unlist(strsplit(starttime, ":"))
   if (length(s0) == 4) {
     starttime = paste0(s0[1], ":", s0[2], ":", s0[3], ".", s0[4])
   }
-  
+
   # Establish starttime in the correct timezone
   if (is.null(configtz)) {
     starttime_posix = as.POSIXlt(x = starttime, tz = desiredtz,
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ readGENEActiv = function(filename, start = 0, end = 0, progress_bar = FALSE,
     starttime_posix = as.POSIXlt(starttime, tz = configtz,
                                  format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%OS", origin = "1970-01-01")
   }
-  
+
   # Correct timestamps
   if (start > 1) {
     page_offset = (((start - 1) * 300) / rawdata$info$SampleRate)
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ readGENEActiv = function(filename, start = 0, end = 0, progress_bar = FALSE,
   rawdata$time = rawdata$time + abs(rawdata$time[1]) + starttime_num
   return(invisible(list(
     header = header,
-    data.out = data.frame(time = rawdata$time, 
+    data.out = data.frame(time = rawdata$time,
                       x = rawdata$x, y = rawdata$y, z = rawdata$z,
                       light = rawdata$lux * (Lux/Volts),
                       temperature = rawdata$temperature,