diff --git a/p/src/commands/logs.rs b/p/src/commands/logs.rs
index c62478d..d38c1c0 100644
--- a/p/src/commands/logs.rs
+++ b/p/src/commands/logs.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ pub fn execute(job_id: &str, follow: bool) -> Result<()> {
     let job = db::find(job_id)?.with_context(|| format!("job '{}' not found", job_id))?;
 
     let worker = cfg.resolve_worker(Some(&job.worker))?;
+    // No quotes around the path: ~ must be expanded by the remote shell,
+    // and single-quoting it would prevent that. The UUID is [0-9a-f-] so
+    // no quoting is needed for safety.
     let log = format!("~/.p/jobs/{}/output.log", job.id);
 
     if follow {
         if job.status != JobStatus::Running {
-            // Job is done — just cat the log, no point following.
             eprintln!(
                 "note: job {} is no longer running, showing full output",
                 job.short_id()
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ pub fn execute(job_id: &str, follow: bool) -> Result<()> {
             print_log(worker, &log)?;
         } else {
             // Stream live output. Ctrl+C kills ssh; the job keeps running.
-            ssh::run_output(worker, &format!("tail -n +1 -f '{}'", log))?;
+            ssh::run_output(worker, &format!("tail -n +1 -f {}", log))?;
         }
     } else {
         print_log(worker, &log)?;
@@ -31,10 +33,7 @@ pub fn execute(job_id: &str, follow: bool) -> Result<()> {
 fn print_log(worker: &crate::config::WorkerConfig, log: &str) -> Result<()> {
     let out = ssh::run_capture(
         worker,
-        &format!(
-            "cat '{}' 2>/dev/null || echo '(no output captured yet)'",
-            log
-        ),
+        &format!("cat {} 2>/dev/null || echo '(no output captured yet)'", log),
     )?;
     print!("{}", out);
     Ok(())