diff --git a/bin/gendb.py b/bin/gendb.py
index 24ad979..ae8428c 100644
--- a/bin/gendb.py
+++ b/bin/gendb.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import pathlib
 
 
 DBFILE = 'tmp.db'
-DBOUTPUT_PATH = pathlib.Path().absolute().parent
-DATA_PATH = pathlib.Path().absolute().parent / 'data'
+DBOUTPUT_PATH = str(pathlib.Path().absolute().parent)
+DATA_PATH = str(pathlib.Path().absolute().parent / 'data')
 
 
 def main():