diff --git a/src/lambo/examples/run_pretraining.py b/src/lambo/examples/run_pretraining.py
index 45531bcc32b48e4b5ce261834522b38271b9d878..a6d0173a33f13e0d3cc7796787ee00e11095e7dd 100644
--- a/src/lambo/examples/run_pretraining.py
+++ b/src/lambo/examples/run_pretraining.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ from lambo.learning.train import pretrain
 from lambo.utils.oscar import read_jsonl_to_documents, download_archive1_from_oscar
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
-    outpath = sys.argv[1] #Path.home() / 'PATH-TO/models/pretrained/'
-    tmppath = sys.argv[2] #Path.home() / 'PATH-TO/tmp/tmp.jsonl.gz'
+    outpath = Path(sys.argv[1]) #Path.home() / 'PATH-TO/models/pretrained/'
+    tmppath = Path(sys.argv[2]) #Path.home() / 'PATH-TO/tmp/tmp.jsonl.gz'
     # These need to be filled ine before running. OSCAR is avaialable on request.
     OSCAR_LOGIN = sys.argv[3]
     OSCAR_PASSWORD = sys.argv[4]