diff --git a/src/gl-compile-conf b/src/gl-compile-conf
index b308529..4409e44 100755
--- a/src/gl-compile-conf
+++ b/src/gl-compile-conf
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ for my $pubkey (glob("*"))
 # lint check 3; a little more severe than the first two I guess...
 for my $user (sort keys %user_list)
 {
-    next if $user =~ /^(gitweb|daemon|\@all|\$creater|\$readers|\$writers)$/ or $user_list{$user} eq 'has pubkey';
+    next if $user =~ /^(gitweb|daemon|\@all|~\$creater|\$readers|\$writers)$/ or $user_list{$user} eq 'has pubkey';
     print STDERR "$WARN user $user in config, but has no pubkey!\n";
 }