diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c774e22..0974f2a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 id            = hmci
 group         = biz.nellemann.hmci
-version       = 1.1.5
+version       = 1.1.6
diff --git a/src/main/java/biz/nellemann/hmci/Application.java b/src/main/java/biz/nellemann/hmci/Application.java
index 6953eac..bb1a26a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biz/nellemann/hmci/Application.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biz/nellemann/hmci/Application.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 public class Application implements Callable<Integer> {
 
     @Option(names = { "-c", "--conf" }, description = "Configuration file [default: '/etc/hmci.toml'].", defaultValue = "/etc/hmci.toml", paramLabel = "<file>")
-    private String configurationFile;
+    private File configurationFile;
 
     @Option(names = { "-d", "--debug" }, description = "Enable debugging [default: 'false'].")
     private boolean[] enableDebug = new boolean[0];
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ public class Application implements Callable<Integer> {
         InfluxClient influxClient;
         List<Thread> threadList = new ArrayList<>();
 
-        File file = new File(configurationFile);
-        if(!file.exists()) {
-            System.err.println("Error - No configuration file found at: " + file.toString());
+        if(!configurationFile.exists()) {
+            System.err.println("Error - No configuration file found at: " + configurationFile.toString());
             return -1;
         }
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ public class Application implements Callable<Integer> {
         }
 
         try {
-            configuration = new Configuration(configurationFile);
+            configuration = new Configuration(configurationFile.toPath());
             influxClient = new InfluxClient(configuration.getInflux());
             influxClient.login();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/biz/nellemann/hmci/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/biz/nellemann/hmci/Configuration.java
index 847b2a0..0c99c54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biz/nellemann/hmci/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biz/nellemann/hmci/Configuration.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import org.tomlj.TomlTable;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -20,10 +19,9 @@ public final class Configuration {
     final private InfluxObject influx;
     final private List<HmcObject> hmcList;
 
-    Configuration(String configurationFile) throws IOException {
+    Configuration(Path configurationFile) throws IOException {
 
-        Path source = Paths.get(configurationFile);
-        TomlParseResult result = Toml.parse(source);
+        TomlParseResult result = Toml.parse(configurationFile);
         result.errors().forEach(error -> System.err.println(error.toString()));
 
         if(result.contains("hmci.update"))  {
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/biz/nellemann/hmci/ConfigurationTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/biz/nellemann/hmci/ConfigurationTest.groovy
index 5725185..3b82c50 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/biz/nellemann/hmci/ConfigurationTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/biz/nellemann/hmci/ConfigurationTest.groovy
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ package biz.nellemann.hmci
 
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+
 
 class ConfigurationTest extends Specification {
 
-    String testConfigurationFile = new File(getClass().getResource('/hmci.toml').toURI()).absolutePath
+    Path testConfigurationFile = Paths.get(getClass().getResource('/hmci.toml').toURI())
 
     void "test parsing"() {