diff --git a/lib/runtime/console.js b/lib/runtime/console.js
index e1cc4132..7aca81b8 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/console.js
+++ b/lib/runtime/console.js
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ function hasKeyboardModifier (event) {
 function handleLink (event, uri) {
   if (!hasKeyboardModifier(event)) return false
 
+  // To handle links to new stacktrace shortened paths introduced in Julia 1.6.0
+  uri = uri.replace(/\B([/\\]?~[/\\])/,require('os').homedir().concat("/"))
+
   if (client.isActive()) {
     fullpath(uri).then(([path, line]) => {
       ink.Opener.open(path, line - 1, {