diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index e9566a59..afb92d26 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Under very specific situations the application was crashing due to invalid memor
 
 Add documentation for keymap binding, thanks to @Janis-Leuenberger.
 
-Added a contibutors page in `doc/contributors.md`.
+Added a contributors page in `doc/contributors.md`.
 
 ### 1.16.9
 
diff --git a/data/core/commands/core.lua b/data/core/commands/core.lua
index 16f52a87..a7d9030d 100644
--- a/data/core/commands/core.lua
+++ b/data/core/commands/core.lua
@@ -89,10 +89,15 @@ command.add(nil, {
     local view = core.active_view
     if view.doc and view.doc.abs_filename then
       local dirname, filename = view.doc.abs_filename:match("(.*)[/\\](.+)$")
-      core.command_view:set_text(core.normalize_to_project_dir(dirname) .. PATHSEP)
+      if dirname then
+        dirname = core.normalize_to_project_dir(dirname)
+        local text = dirname == core.project_dir and "" or common.home_encode(dirname) .. PATHSEP
+        core.command_view:set_text(text)
+      end
     end
     core.command_view:enter("Open File", function(text)
-      core.root_view:open_doc(core.open_doc(common.home_expand(text)))
+      local filename = system.absolute_path(common.home_expand(text))
+      core.root_view:open_doc(core.open_doc(filename))
     end, function (text)
       return common.home_encode_list(common.path_suggest(common.home_expand(text)))
     end, nil, function(text)
diff --git a/data/core/commands/doc.lua b/data/core/commands/doc.lua
index aecc80be..d1f1b261 100644
--- a/data/core/commands/doc.lua
+++ b/data/core/commands/doc.lua
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ local commands = {
   ["doc:save-as"] = function()
     if doc().filename then
       core.command_view:set_text(doc().filename)
-    elseif core.last_active_view then
+    elseif core.last_active_view and core.last_active_view.doc then
       local dirname, filename = core.last_active_view.doc.abs_filename:match("(.*)[/\\](.+)$")
       core.command_view:set_text(core.normalize_to_project_dir(dirname) .. PATHSEP)
     end
diff --git a/data/core/common.lua b/data/core/common.lua
index 1d919bc2..06ef2880 100644
--- a/data/core/common.lua
+++ b/data/core/common.lua
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ end
 function common.home_encode(text)
   if HOME and string.find(text, HOME, 1, true) == 1 then
     local dir_pos = #HOME + 1
-    if string.find(text, PATHSEP, dir_pos, true) == dir_pos then
+    -- ensure we don't replace if the text is just "$HOME" or "$HOME/" so
+    -- it must have a "/" following the $HOME and some characters following.
+    if string.find(text, PATHSEP, dir_pos, true) == dir_pos and #text > dir_pos then
       return "~" .. text:sub(dir_pos)
     end
   end
diff --git a/data/core/init.lua b/data/core/init.lua
index f1cd9367..cb4abbfa 100644
--- a/data/core/init.lua
+++ b/data/core/init.lua
@@ -1025,7 +1025,8 @@ end
 
 core.add_save_hook(function(filename)
   local doc = core.active_view.doc
-  if doc and doc:is(Doc) and doc.abs_filename == USERDIR .. PATHSEP .. "init.lua" then
+  local user_filename = system.absolute_path(USERDIR .. PATHSEP .. "init.lua")
+  if doc and doc:is(Doc) and doc.abs_filename == user_filename then
     core.reload_module("core.style")
     core.load_user_directory()
   end
diff --git a/dev-utils/Info.plist b/dev-utils/Info.plist
index 75591560..cc369cd0 100644
--- a/dev-utils/Info.plist
+++ b/dev-utils/Info.plist
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@
 	<key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
 	<true/>
 	<key>MinimumOSVersion</key><string>10.13</string>
+	<key>NSDocumentsFolderUsageDescription</key><string>To access, edit and index your projects.</string>
+	<key>NSDesktopFolderUsageDescription</key><string>To access, edit and index your projects.</string>
+	<key>NSDownloadsFolderUsageDescription</key><string>To access, edit and index your projects.</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.16.5</string>
+	<string>1.16.10</string>
 	<key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
-	<string>© 2019-2021 rxi franko</string>
+	<string>© 2019-2021 Francesco Abbate</string>
 </dict>
 </plist>