diff --git a/news/patch_glob.rst b/news/patch_glob.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32f8f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/patch_glob.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Removed glob of user home in load-image
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 759efc0..0df8d91 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ template = "{tag}"
 dev_template = "{tag}"
 dirty_template = "{tag}"
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {"" = "src"}
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)
diff --git a/src/diffpy/srxplanar/loadimage.py b/src/diffpy/srxplanar/loadimage.py
index 5a75d50..579a835 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/srxplanar/loadimage.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/srxplanar/loadimage.py
@@ -73,21 +73,13 @@ def load_image(self, filename):
         :param filename: str or Path, image file name or path
         :return: 2D ndarray, flipped image array
         """
-        filename = Path(
-            filename
-        ).expanduser()  # handle "~", make it a Path object
-        if filename.exists():
-            filenamefull = filename
-        else:
-            found_files = list(Path.home().rglob(filename.name))
-            filenamefull = found_files[0] if found_files else None
-
-        if filenamefull is None or not filenamefull.exists():
+        filenamefull = Path(filename).resolve()
+
+        if not filenamefull.exists():
             raise FileNotFoundError(
                 f"Error: file not found: {filename}, "
                 f"Please rerun specifying a valid filename."
             )
-            return np.zeros((100, 100))
 
         image = np.zeros((100, 100))
         for _ in range(10):  # retry 10 times (5 seconds total)