diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 139754d..cb5201f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 - Fix remote `code` command (#267) not working without the filesystem already connected (#292)
 - Fix bug with broken connections when connections are initiated by spawning named terminals
+- Fix issue where `.bashrc` echoing would result in home directory detection failing (#294)
 
 ### Changes
 - Proxy hop field now actually lists all known configs to pick from, instead of "TO DO" (#290)
diff --git a/src/connection.ts b/src/connection.ts
index fbfc603..6a52090 100644
--- a/src/connection.ts
+++ b/src/connection.ts
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@ export interface Connection {
 }
 
 async function tryGetHome(ssh: Client): Promise<string | null> {
-    const exec = await toPromise<ClientChannel>(cb => ssh.exec('echo Home: ~', cb));
+    const exec = await toPromise<ClientChannel>(cb => ssh.exec('echo "::sshfs:home:$(echo ~)\n"', cb));
     let home = '';
     exec.stdout.on('data', (chunk: any) => home += chunk);
     await toPromise(cb => exec.on('close', cb));
     if (!home) return null;
-    const mat = home.match(/^Home: (.*?)\r?\n?$/);
-    if (!mat) return null;
-    return mat[1];
+    return home.match(/::sshfs:home:(.*?)\n/)?.[1] || null;
 }
 
 const TMP_PROFILE_SCRIPT = `