diff --git a/home/.XCompose b/home/.XCompose
index 2006a19..ad83d1e 100644
--- a/home/.XCompose
+++ b/home/.XCompose
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include "%L"
 <Multi_key> <p> <i>                 : "π"   U03C0         # GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
 <Multi_key> <exclam> <equal>        : "≠"   U2260         # NOT EQUAL TO
 <Multi_key> <slash> <equal>         : "≠"   U2260         # NOT EQUAL TO
-<Multi_key> <~> <equal>             : "≈"   U2248         # ALMOST EQUAL TO
+<Multi_key> <asciitilde> <equal>    : "≈"   U2248         # ALMOST EQUAL TO
 <Multi_key> <i> <n>                 : "∈"   U2208         # ELEMENT OF
 <Multi_key> <s> <q>                 : "√"   U221A         # SQUARE ROOT
 <Multi_key> <d> <e>                 : "Δ"   U0394         # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA