diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a0756ed..88cb13f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ Example usage:
 
 ```rust,ignore
 use foundry_compilers::{Project, ProjectPathsConfig};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 // configure the project with all its paths, solc, cache etc.
 let project = Project::builder()
-    .paths(ProjectPathsConfig::hardhat(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).unwrap())
+    .paths(ProjectPathsConfig::hardhat(Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))).unwrap())
     .build(Default::default())
     .unwrap();
 let output = project.compile().unwrap();