diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1dbe756e..26298b18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ Customizations available are:
 
 | Variable | Default Value | Description |
 |----------|---------------|-------------|
+|`POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_PATH_ABSOLUTE`|None|If set to `true`, will use absolute paths instead of home folder abbreviation `~`|
 |`POWERLEVEL9K_SHORTEN_DIR_LENGTH`|`2`|If your shorten strategy, below, is entire directories, this field determines how many directories to leave at the end. If your shorten strategy is by character count, this field determines how many characters to allow per directory string.|
 |`POWERLEVEL9K_SHORTEN_STRATEGY`|None|How the directory strings should be truncated. See the table below for more informations.|
 |`POWERLEVEL9K_SHORTEN_DELIMITER`|`..`|Delimiter to use in truncated strings. This can be any string you choose, including an empty string if you wish to have no delimiter.|
diff --git a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
index c404c0c2..baf46336 100755
--- a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
+++ b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
@@ -894,9 +894,9 @@ prompt_dir() {
   local current_state="DEFAULT"
   if [[ "${POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_SHOW_WRITABLE}" == true && ! -w "$PWD" ]]; then
     current_state="NOT_WRITABLE"
-  elif [[ $state_path == $HOME ]]; then # changed '~' to $HOME for compatibility with POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_PATH_ABSOLUTE
+  elif [[ "$state_path" == "$HOME" ]]; then # changed '~' to $HOME for compatibility with POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_PATH_ABSOLUTE
     current_state="HOME"
-  elif [[ $state_path == $HOME* ]]; then # changed '~'* to $HOME* for compatibility with POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_PATH_ABSOLUTE
+  elif [[ "$state_path" == "$HOME"* ]]; then # changed '~'* to $HOME* for compatibility with POWERLEVEL9K_DIR_PATH_ABSOLUTE
     current_state="HOME_SUBFOLDER"
   fi