diff --git a/include/utils/env.hpp b/include/utils/env.hpp
index da4311b0..8fcc4da3 100644
--- a/include/utils/env.hpp
+++ b/include/utils/env.hpp
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 POLYBAR_NS
 
 namespace env_util {
-  bool has(const char* var);
-  string get(const char* var, string fallback = "");
+  bool has(const string& var);
+  string get(const string& var, string fallback = "");
 }
 
 POLYBAR_NS_END
diff --git a/include/utils/file.hpp b/include/utils/file.hpp
index 840bc8fa..80436a8e 100644
--- a/include/utils/file.hpp
+++ b/include/utils/file.hpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace file_util {
   string pick(const vector<string>& filenames);
   string contents(const string& filename);
   bool is_fifo(const string& filename);
-  vector<string> glob(const string& pattern);
+  vector<string> glob(string pattern);
 
   template <typename... Args>
   decltype(auto) make_file_descriptor(Args&&... args) {
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index bb85186e..ee9292c3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
 # Create executable target: ipc messager {{{
 
 if(BUILD_IPC_MSG)
-  make_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}-msg SOURCES ipc.cpp utils/file.cpp)
+  make_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}-msg SOURCES ipc.cpp utils/env.cpp utils/file.cpp)
   target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME}-msg PUBLIC
     $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>:$<$<CONFIG:MinSizeRel>:-flto>>)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 191042a0..9cb9ba0d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
-#include "common.hpp"
 #include "components/bar.hpp"
 #include "components/command_line.hpp"
 #include "components/config.hpp"
 #include "components/controller.hpp"
 #include "components/ipc.hpp"
-#include "components/logger.hpp"
 #include "components/parser.hpp"
 #include "components/renderer.hpp"
-#include "settings.hpp"
 #include "utils/env.hpp"
-#include "utils/file.hpp"
 #include "utils/inotify.hpp"
-#include "utils/io.hpp"
 #include "utils/process.hpp"
-#include "x11/connection.hpp"
 #include "x11/tray_manager.hpp"
 
 using namespace polybar;
diff --git a/src/utils/env.cpp b/src/utils/env.cpp
index d4eb5b7d..575ffb42 100644
--- a/src/utils/env.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/env.cpp
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 POLYBAR_NS
 
 namespace env_util {
-  bool has(const char* var) {
-    const char* env{std::getenv(var)};
+  bool has(const string& var) {
+    const char* env{std::getenv(var.c_str())};
     return env != nullptr && std::strlen(env) > 0;
   }
 
-  string get(const char* var, string fallback) {
-    const char* value{std::getenv(var)};
+  string get(const string& var, string fallback) {
+    const char* value{std::getenv(var.c_str())};
     return value != nullptr ? value : move(fallback);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/file.cpp b/src/utils/file.cpp
index 90a2289a..c2d73881 100644
--- a/src/utils/file.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/file.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <streambuf>
 
 #include "errors.hpp"
+#include "utils/env.hpp"
 #include "utils/file.hpp"
 
 POLYBAR_NS
@@ -207,11 +208,17 @@ namespace file_util {
   /**
    * Get glob results using given pattern
    */
-  vector<string> glob(const string& pattern) {
+  vector<string> glob(string pattern) {
     glob_t result{};
     vector<string> ret;
 
-    if (glob(pattern.c_str(), GLOB_TILDE, nullptr, &result) == 0) {
+    // Manually expand tilde to fix builds using versions of libc
+    // that doesn't provide the GLOB_TILDE flag (musl for example)
+    if (pattern[0] == '~') {
+      pattern.replace(0, 1, env_util::get("HOME"));
+    }
+
+    if (::glob(pattern.c_str(), 0, nullptr, &result) == 0) {
       for (size_t i = 0_z; i < result.gl_pathc; ++i) {
         ret.emplace_back(result.gl_pathv[i]);
       }