i3: background is not set

I am using feh to set the background on i3. Using the following command from terminal and it works fine:

feh --bg-fill /home/foo/image.png

So trying to set the background on startup via ~/.i3/config:

exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-fill /home/foo/image.png

But it does not work. I checked the logs, on /var/log/syslog and i3 is complaining that the file does not exist:

Aug 19 08:00:19 9380 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[11992]: feh WARNING:  /home/foo/image.png does not exist - skipping
Aug 19 08:00:19 9380 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[11992]: feh: No loadable images specified.

Any suggestions on what can be wrong? Is it permission that is wrong on some folders?

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