diff --git a/src/backend/delete_temp_contents.py b/src/backend/delete_temp_contents.py
index 5eabca7..583de9c 100644
--- a/src/backend/delete_temp_contents.py
+++ b/src/backend/delete_temp_contents.py
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 import os
 from omegaconf import OmegaConf
+from pathlib import Path
 config = OmegaConf.load("config.yaml")
 
 def delete_temp_contents():
     """
     delete_temp_contents deletes the contents of the temp directory.
     """
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(config.database.tempdir):
+    path = config.database.tempdir
+    path = path.replace("~", str(Path.home()))
+    path = Path(path)
+    path = path.resolve()
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
         for file in files:
             os.remove(os.path.join(root, file))
         for dir in dirs:
-            os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, dir))
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+            os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, dir))
+            
+            
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    delete_temp_contents()
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