diff --git a/modules/exllamav2.py b/modules/exllamav2.py
index 7905db64..c64714e8 100644
--- a/modules/exllamav2.py
+++ b/modules/exllamav2.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Exllamav2Model:
         path_to_model = Path(f'{shared.args.model_dir}') / Path(path_to_model)
 
         config = ExLlamaV2Config()
-        config.model_dir = path_to_model
+        config.model_dir = str(path_to_model)
         config.prepare()
 
         config.max_seq_len = shared.args.max_seq_len
diff --git a/modules/exllamav2_hf.py b/modules/exllamav2_hf.py
index e4ea7f5b..65b98596 100644
--- a/modules/exllamav2_hf.py
+++ b/modules/exllamav2_hf.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class Exllamav2HF(PreTrainedModel):
         pretrained_model_name_or_path = Path(f'{shared.args.model_dir}') / Path(pretrained_model_name_or_path)
 
         config = ExLlamaV2Config()
-        config.model_dir = pretrained_model_name_or_path
+        config.model_dir = str(pretrained_model_name_or_path)
         config.prepare()
 
         config.max_seq_len = shared.args.max_seq_len