diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3847f83f02..2dd2aee9c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -945,6 +945,7 @@ name = "nu-parser"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "miette",
+ "nu-path",
  "nu-plugin",
  "nu-protocol",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-parser/Cargo.toml
index 2eb26d7f1f..9e35e7c712 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ miette = "3.0.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.29"
 nu-protocol = { path = "../nu-protocol"}
 nu-plugin = { path = "../nu-plugin", optional=true}
+nu-path = {path = "../nu-path"}
 
 [features]
 plugin = ["nu-plugin"]
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
index 03e5e8a9a9..3664e44f8a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -1437,9 +1437,11 @@ pub fn parse_filepath(
     let bytes = trim_quotes(bytes);
 
     if let Ok(token) = String::from_utf8(bytes.into()) {
+        let filepath = nu_path::expand_path(token);
+        let filepath = filepath.to_string_lossy().to_string();
         (
             Expression {
-                expr: Expr::Filepath(token),
+                expr: Expr::Filepath(filepath),
                 span,
                 ty: Type::String,
                 custom_completion: None,
@@ -1449,7 +1451,7 @@ pub fn parse_filepath(
     } else {
         (
             garbage(span),
-            Some(ParseError::Expected("string".into(), span)),
+            Some(ParseError::Expected("filepath".into(), span)),
         )
     }
 }
@@ -1649,9 +1651,12 @@ pub fn parse_glob_pattern(
     let bytes = trim_quotes(bytes);
 
     if let Ok(token) = String::from_utf8(bytes.into()) {
+        let filepath = nu_path::expand_path(token);
+        let filepath = filepath.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+
         (
             Expression {
-                expr: Expr::GlobPattern(token),
+                expr: Expr::GlobPattern(filepath),
                 span,
                 ty: Type::String,
                 custom_completion: None,