diff --git a/git-secrets b/git-secrets
index 8df3809..e849049 100755
--- a/git-secrets
+++ b/git-secrets
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ prepare_commit_msg_hook* prepare-commit-msg hook (internal only)"
 load_patterns() {
   git config --get-all secrets.patterns
   # Execute each provider and use their output to build up patterns
-  git config --get-all secrets.providers | while read -r cmd; do
+  git config --get-all --type path secrets.providers | while read -r cmd; do
     # Only split words on '\n\t ' and strip "\r" from the output to account
     # for carriage returns being added on Windows systems. Note that this
     # trimming is done before the test to ensure that the string is not empty.
@@ -339,9 +339,17 @@ case "${COMMAND}" in
   --scan-history) scan_with_fn_or_die "scan_history" "$@" ;;
   --list)
     if [ ${GLOBAL} -eq 1 ]; then
-      git config --global --get-regex secrets.*
+      RESULT=1
+      git config --global --get-regex --type path "^secrets\.providers$" && RESULT=0
+      git config --global --get-regex "^secrets\.patterns$" && RESULT=0
+      git config --global --get-regex "^secrets\.allowed$" && RESULT=0
+      [ $RESULT -eq 0 ]
     else
-      git config --get-regex secrets.*
+      RESULT=1
+      git config --get-regex --type path "^secrets\.providers$" && RESULT=0
+      git config --get-regex "^secrets\.patterns$" && RESULT=0
+      git config --get-regex "^secrets\.allowed$" && RESULT=0
+      [ $RESULT -eq 0 ]
     fi
     ;;
   --install)
diff --git a/test/git-secrets.bats b/test/git-secrets.bats
index b7a5b1c..9edb7b5 100644
--- a/test/git-secrets.bats
+++ b/test/git-secrets.bats
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@ load test_helper
   [ $status -eq 0 ]
 }
 
+@test "Expands ~ in providers" {
+  repo_run git-secrets --add-provider -- '~/test'
+  [ $status -eq 0 ]
+  repo_run git-secrets --list
+  [ $status -eq 0 ]
+  echo "$output" | grep -F "${HOME}/test"
+}
+
 @test "--recursive cannot be used with SCAN_*" {
   repo_run git-secrets --scan -r --cached
   [ $status -eq 1 ]