diff --git a/.tmux.conf b/.tmux.conf
index bdc39a2..1b75110 100644
--- a/.tmux.conf
+++ b/.tmux.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ set -g visual-bell on
 
 ### plugins ###
 
-set-environment -g TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH "~/.dotfiles/.tmux/plugins/"
+set-environment -g TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH ~/.dotfiles/.tmux/plugins/
 # List of plugins
 set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
 set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ set -g @plugin 'erikw/tmux-powerline'
 # set -g @plugin 'git@bitbucket.com:user/plugin'
 
 # Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf
-run-shell "~/.dotfiles/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm"
+run-shell ~/.dotfiles/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm
diff --git a/.tmux/plugins/tmux-powerline b/.tmux/plugins/tmux-powerline
index ae3d75c..b625152 160000
--- a/.tmux/plugins/tmux-powerline
+++ b/.tmux/plugins/tmux-powerline
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ae3d75c11c9e9e7080ada532df621092a9938c5a
+Subproject commit b6251522e48284bc57bf4ed1fff270491f0b3bdc