diff --git a/openbsd/CHANGELOG b/openbsd/CHANGELOG
index 1eb421e..ec4e8fe 100644
--- a/openbsd/CHANGELOG
+++ b/openbsd/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- check_history: escape $HOME variable
+
 ## [22.11] - 2022-11-28
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/openbsd/evocheck.sh b/openbsd/evocheck.sh
index c8a0580..8d67daa 100755
--- a/openbsd/evocheck.sh
+++ b/openbsd/evocheck.sh
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ check_pkgmirror(){
 check_history(){
     file=/root/.profile
     # shellcheck disable=SC2015
-    grep -qE "^HISTFILE=\$HOME/.histfile" $file && grep -qE "^export HISTSIZE=100000" $file || failed "IS_HISTORY" "Make sure both 'HISTFILE=$HOME/.histfile' and 'export HISTSIZE=100000' are present in /root/.profile"
+    grep -qE "^HISTFILE=\$HOME/.histfile" $file && grep -qE "^export HISTSIZE=100000" $file || failed "IS_HISTORY" "Make sure both 'HISTFILE=\$HOME/.histfile' and 'export HISTSIZE=100000' are present in /root/.profile"
 }
 check_vim(){
     if ! is_installed vim; then