diff --git a/src/digimarks/main.py b/src/digimarks/main.py
index 7369c2a..319d668 100644
--- a/src/digimarks/main.py
+++ b/src/digimarks/main.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Annotated, AsyncGenerator, cast
 
 import httpx
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # inside the codebase
     # static_dir: DirectoryPath = Path('digimarks/static')
     # template_dir: DirectoryPath = Path('digimarks/templates')
-    static_dir: DirectoryPath = DirectoryPath('digimarks/static')
-    template_dir: DirectoryPath = DirectoryPath('digimarks/templates')
+    static_dir: DirectoryPath = Path('digimarks/static')
+    template_dir: DirectoryPath = Path('digimarks/templates')
 
     media_url: str = '/static/'