diff --git a/src/Path.hs b/src/Path.hs
index 2cdf467..9a7b76c 100644
--- a/src/Path.hs
+++ b/src/Path.hs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ parseAbsDir :: MonadThrow m
 parseAbsDir filepath =
   if FilePath.isAbsolute filepath &&
      not (null (normalizeDir filepath)) &&
-     not (isPrefixOf "~/" filepath) &&
+     not ("~/" `isPrefixOf` filepath) &&
      not (hasParentDir filepath)
      then return (Path (normalizeDir filepath))
      else throwM (InvalidAbsDir filepath)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ parseRelDir :: MonadThrow m
 parseRelDir filepath =
   if not (FilePath.isAbsolute filepath) &&
      not (null filepath) &&
-     not (isPrefixOf "~/" filepath) &&
+     not ("~/" `isPrefixOf` filepath) &&
      not (hasParentDir filepath) &&
      not (null (normalizeDir filepath)) &&
      filepath /= ".."
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ parseAbsFile :: MonadThrow m
 parseAbsFile filepath =
   if FilePath.isAbsolute filepath &&
      not (FilePath.hasTrailingPathSeparator filepath) &&
-     not (isPrefixOf "~/" filepath) &&
+     not ("~/" `isPrefixOf` filepath) &&
      not (hasParentDir filepath) &&
      not (null (normalizeFile filepath)) &&
      filepath /= ".."
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ parseRelFile filepath =
   if not (FilePath.isAbsolute filepath ||
           FilePath.hasTrailingPathSeparator filepath) &&
      not (null filepath) &&
-     not (isPrefixOf "~/" filepath) &&
+     not ("~/" `isPrefixOf` filepath) &&
      not (hasParentDir filepath) &&
      not (null (normalizeFile filepath)) &&
      filepath /= ".."
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ parseRelFile filepath =
 -- This handles the logic of checking for different path separators on Windows.
 hasParentDir :: FilePath -> Bool
 hasParentDir filepath' =
-     (isSuffixOf "/.." filepath) ||
-     (isInfixOf "/../" filepath) ||
-     (isPrefixOf "../" filepath)
+     ("/.." `isSuffixOf` filepath) ||
+     ("/../" `isInfixOf` filepath) ||
+     ("../" `isPrefixOf` filepath)
   where
     filepath =
         case FilePath.pathSeparator of