diff --git a/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/static_config.rs b/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/static_config.rs
index 92658913..e73caa32 100644
--- a/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/static_config.rs
+++ b/komorebi-for-kde/komorebi/src/static_config.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ use std::io::ErrorKind;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::os::unix::net::UnixListener;
 use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
@@ -723,16 +724,16 @@ impl ApplyGlobals for StaticConfig {
 pub trait StaticConfigExt: Sized {
     /// Makes the window manager from the file at `path`, and starts watching the file
     fn preload(
-        path: &PathBuf,
+        path: &Path,
         incoming: Receiver<WindowManagerEvent>,
         unix_listener: Option<UnixListener>,
     ) -> eyre::Result<WindowManager>;
 
     /// Gives the monitors of the window manager what the file says about them
-    fn postload(path: &PathBuf, wm: &Arc<Mutex<WindowManager>>) -> eyre::Result<()>;
+    fn postload(path: &Path, wm: &Arc<Mutex<WindowManager>>) -> eyre::Result<()>;
 
     /// Replaces the configuration of the window manager with the file at `path`
-    fn reload(path: &PathBuf, wm: &mut WindowManager) -> eyre::Result<()>;
+    fn reload(path: &Path, wm: &mut WindowManager) -> eyre::Result<()>;
 }
 
 impl StaticConfigExt for StaticConfig {
@@ -755,7 +756,7 @@ impl StaticConfigExt for StaticConfig {
     /// - The file cannot be watched.
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
     fn preload(
-        path: &PathBuf,
+        path: &Path,
         incoming: Receiver<WindowManagerEvent>,
         unix_listener: Option<UnixListener>,
     ) -> eyre::Result<WindowManager> {
@@ -830,7 +831,7 @@ impl StaticConfigExt for StaticConfig {
             known_window_ids: HashMap::new(),
         };
 
-        let bytes = SocketMessage::ReloadStaticConfiguration(path.clone()).as_bytes()?;
+        let bytes = SocketMessage::ReloadStaticConfiguration(path.to_path_buf()).as_bytes()?;
 
         wm.hotwatch.watch(path, move |event| match event.kind {
             // an editor either writes the file in place or replaces it with a new one, which is a
@@ -860,7 +861,7 @@ impl StaticConfigExt for StaticConfig {
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// The file cannot be read or is not a configuration ([`StaticConfig::read`]).
-    fn postload(path: &PathBuf, wm: &Arc<Mutex<WindowManager>>) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    fn postload(path: &Path, wm: &Arc<Mutex<WindowManager>>) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         let mut value = Self::read(path)?;
         let mut wm = wm.lock();
 
@@ -1036,7 +1037,7 @@ impl StaticConfigExt for StaticConfig {
     /// - The file cannot be read or is not a configuration ([`StaticConfig::read`]); nothing has
     ///   changed then.
     /// - A rule has a regular expression that is not valid; the settings before it have changed.
-    fn reload(path: &PathBuf, wm: &mut WindowManager) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    fn reload(path: &Path, wm: &mut WindowManager) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         let mut value = Self::read(path)?;
 
         value.apply_globals()?;