diff --git a/crates/project/src/worktree_store.rs b/crates/project/src/worktree_store.rs
index 9f25572fc7ec0..4b1764c3a87fa 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/worktree_store.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/worktree_store.rs
@@ -221,10 +221,11 @@ impl WorktreeStore {
     ) -> Task<Result<Model<Worktree>, Arc<anyhow::Error>>> {
         let mut abs_path = abs_path.as_ref().to_string_lossy().to_string();
         // If we start with `/~` that means the ssh path was something like `ssh://user@host/~/home-dir-folder/`
-        // in which case want to strip the leading the `/` and expand the tilde.
+        // in which case want to strip the leading the `/`.
+        // On the host-side, the `~` will get expanded.
         // That's what git does too: https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3345#issuecomment-127050850
         if abs_path.starts_with("/~") {
-            abs_path = shellexpand::tilde(&abs_path[1..]).to_string();
+            abs_path = abs_path[1..].to_string();
         }
         let root_name = PathBuf::from(abs_path.clone())
             .file_name()
diff --git a/crates/recent_projects/src/ssh_connections.rs b/crates/recent_projects/src/ssh_connections.rs
index ad23a5c8963b4..1722c58f07539 100644
--- a/crates/recent_projects/src/ssh_connections.rs
+++ b/crates/recent_projects/src/ssh_connections.rs
@@ -327,7 +327,14 @@ impl SshClientDelegate {
             cx,
         )
         .await
-        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to download remote server binary: {}", e))?;
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            anyhow::anyhow!(
+                "failed to download remote server binary (os: {}, arch: {}): {}",
+                platform.os,
+                platform.arch,
+                e
+            )
+        })?;
 
         Ok((binary_path, version))
     }