diff --git a/yt b/yt
index 9e57483..edcd5a4 100755
--- a/yt
+++ b/yt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-DATFILE="~/.config/youtube/dat"
-CACHEDIR="~/.config/youtube/cache"
+DATFILE="${HOME}/.config/youtube/dat"
+CACHEDIR="${HOME}/.config/youtube/cache"
 tmp1=$(mktemp)
 tmp2=$(mktemp)
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mkdir -p $CACHEDIR
 
 sync () {
     for i in $(cat $DATFILE | tr '\n' ' '); do
-        curl -s \
+        torify curl -s \
         https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=$i\
         > ${CACHEDIR}/$i
     done