2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fondant_deps/src/lib.rs b/fondant_deps/src/lib.rs
index 9559b11..82626b7 100644
--- a/fondant_deps/src/lib.rs
+++ b/fondant_deps/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub mod fondant_exports {
 }
 
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 /// Errors that `load` and `store` can result in
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ pub enum FondantError {
 
 /// Derive this trait on a struct to mark it as a 'configuration' struct.
 pub trait Configure: Serialize + DeserializeOwned + Default {
-    fn load_file(config_file: &PathBuf) -> Result<Self, FondantError>;
+    fn load_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(config_file: P) -> Result<Self, FondantError>;
     fn load() -> Result<Self, FondantError>;
     fn store(&self) -> Result<(), FondantError>;
-    fn store_file(&self, config_file: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), FondantError>;
-
+    fn store_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, config_file: P) -> Result<(), FondantError>;
 }
diff --git a/fondant_derive/src/lib.rs b/fondant_derive/src/lib.rs
index a06df15..2f852dc 100644
--- a/fondant_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/fondant_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ fn gen_impl(ast: &DeriveInput, cfg_path: ConfigPath) -> TokenStream {
                 Self::load_file(&config_file)
             }
 
-            fn load_file(conf_file: &PathBuf) -> Result<#struct_ident, FondantError> {
-                #load_paths        
+            fn load_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(conf_file: P) -> Result<#struct_ident, FondantError> {
+                #load_paths
                 match File::open(&conf_file) {  // Note: conf_file is different than config_file from #load_paths
                     Ok(mut cfg) => {
                         let mut cfg_data = String::new();
@@ -149,13 +149,14 @@ fn gen_impl(ast: &DeriveInput, cfg_path: ConfigPath) -> TokenStream {
                     Err(e) => return Err(FondantError::LoadError),
                 };
             }
+
             fn store(&self) -> Result<(), FondantError> {
                 #load_paths
                 &self.store_file(&config_file)?;
                 Ok(())
             }
 
-            fn store_file(&self, conf_file: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), FondantError> {
+            fn store_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, conf_file: P) -> Result<(), FondantError> {
                 #load_paths
                 let mut f = OpenOptions::new()
                     .write(true)