diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.vim b/.config/nvim/init.vim
index ccd54ea..80dce1f 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ endfunction
 let g:markdown_fenced_languages = ['html', 'python', 'bash=sh', 'javascipt', 'go']
 
 " call the prose function defined above for any md files
-au FileType pandoc call Prose()
+au FileType pandoc,markdown call Prose()
 
 " or invoke it manually by writing :Prose
 command! -nargs=0 Prose call Prose()
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ let g:pandoc#command#prefer_pdf=1
 " look for bibtex files w/ same name as edited one, then .bib in current dir, yaml frontmatter, and finally the globally set bibs file
 let g:pandoc#biblio#sources="bcyg"
 " the globally set bibs file
-let g:pandoc#biblio#bibs=["~/Nextcloud/Library/academia/academia.bib"]
+let g:pandoc#biblio#bibs=[expand("~/Nextcloud/Library/academia/academia.bib")]
 let g:pandoc#biblio#use_bibtool=1
 let g:pandoc#biblio#use_preview=1
 let g:pandoc#completion#bib#mode='citeproc'