diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91de7fe..0e7c2c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ SQLiteFrame has **ZERO** external dependencies - it uses only the standard libra
 To create a table, use the template below. This will automatically run the CreateTable SQLite command for you:
 ```py
 from sqliteframe import Database, table, String, Integer, Boolean
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
-database = Database("<absolute_database_path>.db", output=False)  # When the output parameter is True, the formed SQL query will be outputted into the console as a string every time a query is executed
+database = Database(Path("<database_path>.db"), output=False)  # When the output parameter is True, the formed SQL query will be outputted into the console as a string every time a query is executed
 
 
 @table(database)
@@ -97,9 +98,10 @@ select_statement.execute()
 Linking tables can be done with Foreign Keys in SQLiteFrame:
 ```py
 from sqliteframe import Database, table, String, Integer, Boolean, ForeignKey
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
-database = Database("database.db", output=False)
+database = Database(Path("<database_path>.db"), output=False)
 
 
 @table(database)
diff --git a/schema.py b/schema.py
index d67278f..7827bd4 100644
--- a/schema.py
+++ b/schema.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from sqliteframe import Database, table, String, Boolean, Date, Time, ForeignKey, Blob, Float, Integer
 from datetime import date, time
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
-database = Database("database.db", output=True)
+database = Database(Path("./database.db"), output=True)
 
 
 @table(database)
diff --git a/sqliteframe/database.py b/sqliteframe/database.py
index b99fcd1..1f4909a 100644
--- a/sqliteframe/database.py
+++ b/sqliteframe/database.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from sqlite3 import connect, Cursor, Connection
+from pathlib import Path
 from .entity import Entity
 from .statements import Statement, Pragma
 from .pragma import PragmaStatements
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class Database:
     :param foreign_keys: Whether to enable foreign key relations in this database initially
     """
 
-    path: str
+    path: Path
     output: bool = False
     foreign_keys: bool = True
     tables: set[Entity] = field(init=False, default_factory=set)
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ def connect(self, commit: bool = True) -> Connection:
         if self.connected:
             self.connections.append(commit)
             return self.db_connection
-        self.db_connection = connect(self.path)
+        self.db_connection = connect(str(self.path.resolve()))
         self.connections.append(commit)
         self.cursor = self.db_connection.cursor()
         if self.foreign_keys: