diff --git a/oxrlib/config.py b/oxrlib/config.py
index 92dcffcb44cf5486753c6623b9dd26a5450022b7..e4db88d4e17ae2f96dc95327d8081c35b6c28f41 100644
--- a/oxrlib/config.py
+++ b/oxrlib/config.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Configuration:
     def _build_cache_loader(self):
         kwargs = dict(self.conffile.items('Cache'))
         try:
-            kwargs['dir_path'] = kwargs.pop('directory')
+            kwargs['dir_path'] = pathlib.Path(kwargs.pop('directory'))
         except KeyError:
             pass
         self.cache = cache.CacheWriter(**kwargs)