diff --git a/bench/codegen.rs b/bench/codegen.rs
index c9578333..75993b55 100644
--- a/bench/codegen.rs
+++ b/bench/codegen.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fn bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
     cornucopia::container::setup(false).unwrap();
     let client = &mut cornucopia_conn().unwrap();
 
-    cornucopia::load_schema(client, vec!["../codegen_test/schema.sql".into()]).unwrap();
+    cornucopia::load_schema(client, &["../codegen_test/schema.sql"]).unwrap();
     c.bench_function("codegen_sync", |b| {
         b.iter(|| {
             cornucopia::generate_live(
diff --git a/bench/usage/main.rs b/bench/usage/main.rs
index f6b1722c..8768c904 100644
--- a/bench/usage/main.rs
+++ b/bench/usage/main.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ fn bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let conn =
         &mut PgConnection::establish("postgresql://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5435/postgres")
             .unwrap();
-    cornucopia::load_schema(client, vec!["usage/cornucopia_benches/schema.sql".into()]).unwrap();
+    cornucopia::load_schema(client, &["usage/cornucopia_benches/schema.sql"]).unwrap();
     {
         let mut group = c.benchmark_group("bench_trivial_query");
         for size in QUERY_SIZE {
diff --git a/cornucopia/src/cli.rs b/cornucopia/src/cli.rs
index e83efda3..66c5c193 100644
--- a/cornucopia/src/cli.rs
+++ b/cornucopia/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 
 use crate::{conn, container, error::Error, generate_live, generate_managed, CodegenSettings};
@@ -11,10 +13,10 @@ struct Args {
     podman: bool,
     /// Folder containing the queries
     #[clap(short, long, default_value = "queries/")]
-    queries_path: String,
+    queries_path: PathBuf,
     /// Destination folder for generated modules
     #[clap(short, long, default_value = "src/cornucopia.rs")]
-    destination: String,
+    destination: PathBuf,
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     action: Action,
     /// Generate synchronous rust code. Async otherwise.
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ enum Action {
     /// Generate your modules against schema files
     Schema {
         /// SQL files containing the database schema
-        schema_files: Vec<String>,
+        schema_files: Vec<PathBuf>,
     },
 }
 
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
         Action::Schema { schema_files } => {
             // Run the generate command. If the command is unsuccessful, cleanup Cornucopia's container
             if let Err(e) = generate_managed(
-                &queries_path,
-                schema_files,
-                Some(&destination),
+                queries_path,
+                &schema_files,
+                Some(destination),
                 podman,
                 CodegenSettings {
                     is_async: !sync,
diff --git a/cornucopia/src/error.rs b/cornucopia/src/error.rs
index 2bf3e918..011b343c 100644
--- a/cornucopia/src/error.rs
+++ b/cornucopia/src/error.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use miette::{Diagnostic, GraphicalReportHandler, GraphicalTheme};
 use thiserror::Error as ThisError;
 
@@ -39,6 +41,6 @@ impl Error {
 #[derive(Debug, ThisError, Diagnostic)]
 #[error("Could not write your queries to destination file `{file_path}`: ({err})")]
 pub struct WriteOutputError {
-    pub(crate) file_path: String,
+    pub(crate) file_path: PathBuf,
     pub(crate) err: std::io::Error,
 }
diff --git a/cornucopia/src/lib.rs b/cornucopia/src/lib.rs
index 6547d04f..1fafda66 100644
--- a/cornucopia/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cornucopia/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ pub mod conn;
 /// High-level interfaces to work with Cornucopia's container manager.
 pub mod container;
 
+use std::path::Path;
+
 use postgres::Client;
 
 use codegen::generate as generate_internal;
@@ -39,14 +41,14 @@ pub struct CodegenSettings {
 /// using a live database managed by you. If some `destination` is given,
 /// the generated code will be written at that path. Code generation settings are
 /// set using the `settings` parameter.
-pub fn generate_live(
+pub fn generate_live<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     client: &mut Client,
-    queries_path: &str,
-    destination: Option<&str>,
+    queries_path: P,
+    destination: Option<P>,
     settings: CodegenSettings,
 ) -> Result<String, Error> {
     // Read
-    let modules = read_query_modules(queries_path)?
+    let modules = read_query_modules(queries_path.as_ref())?
         .into_iter()
         .map(parse_query_module)
         .collect::<Result<_, parser::error::Error>>()?;
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn generate_live(
     let generated_code = generate_internal(prepared_modules, settings);
     // Write
     if let Some(d) = destination {
-        write_generated_code(d, &generated_code)?;
+        write_generated_code(d.as_ref(), &generated_code)?;
     };
 
     Ok(generated_code)
@@ -68,15 +70,15 @@ pub fn generate_live(
 ///
 /// By default, the container manager is Docker, but Podman can be used by setting the
 /// `podman` parameter to `true`.
-pub fn generate_managed(
-    queries_path: &str,
-    schema_files: Vec<String>,
-    destination: Option<&str>,
+pub fn generate_managed<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+    queries_path: P,
+    schema_files: &[P],
+    destination: Option<P>,
     podman: bool,
     settings: CodegenSettings,
 ) -> Result<String, Error> {
     // Read
-    let modules = read_query_modules(queries_path)?
+    let modules = read_query_modules(queries_path.as_ref())?
         .into_iter()
         .map(parse_query_module)
         .collect::<Result<_, parser::error::Error>>()?;
@@ -88,17 +90,17 @@ pub fn generate_managed(
     container::cleanup(podman)?;
 
     if let Some(destination) = destination {
-        write_generated_code(destination, &generated_code)?;
+        write_generated_code(destination.as_ref(), &generated_code)?;
     };
 
     Ok(generated_code)
 }
 
-fn write_generated_code(destination: &str, generated_code: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+fn write_generated_code(destination: &Path, generated_code: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(
         std::fs::write(destination, generated_code).map_err(|err| WriteOutputError {
             err,
-            file_path: String::from(destination),
+            file_path: destination.to_owned(),
         })?,
     )
 }
diff --git a/cornucopia/src/load_schema.rs b/cornucopia/src/load_schema.rs
index bc60c854..e9f8ea58 100644
--- a/cornucopia/src/load_schema.rs
+++ b/cornucopia/src/load_schema.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
 use miette::NamedSource;
 use postgres::Client;
 
@@ -8,15 +10,16 @@ use self::error::Error;
 /// Loads PostgreSQL schemas into a database.
 ///
 /// Takes a list of file paths as parameter and loads them in their given order.
-pub fn load_schema(client: &mut Client, paths: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub fn load_schema<P: AsRef<Path>>(client: &mut Client, paths: &[P]) -> Result<(), Error> {
     for path in paths {
-        let sql = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).map_err(|err| Error::Io {
-            path: path.clone(),
+        let path = path.as_ref();
+        let sql = std::fs::read_to_string(path).map_err(|err| Error::Io {
+            path: path.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
             err,
         })?;
         client.batch_execute(&sql).map_err(|err| {
             let msg = format!("{:#}", err);
-            let src = NamedSource::new(path, sql);
+            let src = NamedSource::new(path.to_string_lossy(), sql);
             if let Some((position, msg, help)) = db_err(&err) {
                 Error::Postgres {
                     msg,
diff --git a/cornucopia/src/parser.rs b/cornucopia/src/parser.rs
index ac954dfe..13fdad97 100644
--- a/cornucopia/src/parser.rs
+++ b/cornucopia/src/parser.rs
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_query_module(info: ModuleInfo) -> Result<Module, Error> {
             })
         }
         Err(e) => Err(Error {
-            src: info.into(),
+            src: (&info).into(),
             err_span: e[0].span().into(),
             help: e[0].to_string().replace('\n', "\\n"),
         }),
diff --git a/cornucopia/src/read_queries.rs b/cornucopia/src/read_queries.rs
index 75449fa8..31ae2c41 100644
--- a/cornucopia/src/read_queries.rs
+++ b/cornucopia/src/read_queries.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
+use std::{
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    sync::Arc,
+};
+
 use miette::NamedSource;
 
 use self::error::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct ModuleInfo {
-    pub(crate) path: String,
+    pub(crate) path: PathBuf,
     pub(crate) name: String,
-    pub(crate) content: String,
+    pub(crate) content: Arc<String>,
 }
 
 impl From<ModuleInfo> for NamedSource {
     fn from(m: ModuleInfo) -> Self {
-        Self::new(m.path, m.content)
+        Self::new(m.path.to_string_lossy(), m.content)
     }
 }
 
 impl From<&ModuleInfo> for NamedSource {
     fn from(m: &ModuleInfo) -> Self {
-        Self::new(&m.path, m.content.clone())
+        Self::new(&m.path.to_string_lossy(), m.content.clone())
     }
 }
 
@@ -25,11 +30,11 @@ impl From<&ModuleInfo> for NamedSource {
 ///
 /// # Error
 /// Returns an error if `dir_path` does not point to a valid directory or if a query file cannot be parsed.
-pub(crate) fn read_query_modules(dir_path: &str) -> Result<Vec<ModuleInfo>, Error> {
+pub(crate) fn read_query_modules(dir_path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<ModuleInfo>, Error> {
     let mut modules_info = Vec::new();
     for entry_result in std::fs::read_dir(dir_path).map_err(|err| Error {
         err,
-        path: String::from(dir_path),
+        path: dir_path.to_owned(),
     })? {
         // Directory entry
         let entry = entry_result.map_err(|err| Error {
@@ -57,9 +62,9 @@ pub(crate) fn read_query_modules(dir_path: &str) -> Result<Vec<ModuleInfo>, Erro
             })?;
 
             modules_info.push(ModuleInfo {
-                path: String::from(path_buf.to_string_lossy()),
+                path: path_buf,
                 name: module_name,
-                content: file_contents,
+                content: Arc::new(file_contents),
             });
         }
     }
@@ -69,6 +74,8 @@ pub(crate) fn read_query_modules(dir_path: &str) -> Result<Vec<ModuleInfo>, Erro
 }
 
 pub(crate) mod error {
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+
     use miette::Diagnostic;
     use thiserror::Error as ThisError;
 
@@ -76,6 +83,6 @@ pub(crate) mod error {
     #[error("[{path}] : {err:#}")]
     pub struct Error {
         pub(crate) err: std::io::Error,
-        pub(crate) path: String,
+        pub(crate) path: PathBuf,
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/auto_build/_build.rs b/examples/auto_build/_build.rs
index 8652e278..700b9bf9 100644
--- a/examples/auto_build/_build.rs
+++ b/examples/auto_build/_build.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={schema_file}");
     cornucopia::generate_managed(
         queries_path,
-        vec![schema_file.into()],
+        &[schema_file],
         Some(destination),
         false,
         settings,
diff --git a/integration/src/main.rs b/integration/src/main.rs
index eb42a1b2..f57257b8 100644
--- a/integration/src/main.rs
+++ b/integration/src/main.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ fn run_errors_test(
 
             // Run codegen
             let result: Result<(), cornucopia::Error> = (|| {
-                cornucopia::load_schema(client, vec!["schema.sql".into()])?;
+                cornucopia::load_schema(client, &["schema.sql"])?;
                 cornucopia::generate_live(
                     client,
                     "queries",
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ fn run_codegen_test(
 
             // Load schema
             reset_db(client)?;
-            cornucopia::load_schema(client, vec![schema_path.to_string()])?;
+            cornucopia::load_schema(client, &[schema_path])?;
 
             // If `--apply`, then the code will be regenerated.
             // Otherwise, it is only checked.