diff --git a/src/file_manager.rs b/src/file_manager.rs
index 25d5b8d..7a28424 100644
--- a/src/file_manager.rs
+++ b/src/file_manager.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use colored::Colorize;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct File {
-    pub path: String,
+    pub path: PathBuf,
     pub size: Option<u64>,
     pub hash: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ pub struct File {
 pub fn delete_files(files: Vec<File>) -> Result<()> {
     files.into_iter().for_each(|file| {
         match std::fs::remove_file(file.path.clone()) {
-            Ok(_) => println!("{}: {}", "DELETED".green(), file.path),
-            Err(_) => println!("{}: {}", "FAILED".red(), file.path)
+            Ok(_) => println!("{}: {}", "DELETED".green(), file.path.display()),
+            Err(_) => println!("{}: {}", "FAILED".red(), file.path.display())
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index 8767bfb..0e2201a 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressIterator, ProgressStyle};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use prettytable::{format, row, Table};
 use std::io::Write;
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::{fs, io};
 use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
 
-fn format_path(path: &str, opts: &Params) -> Result<String> {
-    let display_path = path.replace(opts.get_directory()?.to_string_lossy().as_ref(), "");
+fn format_path(path: &Path, opts: &Params) -> Result<String> {
+    let display_path = path
+        .to_string_lossy()
+        .replace(opts.get_directory()?.to_string_lossy().as_ref(), "");
     let display_range = if display_path.chars().count() > 32 {
         display_path
             .graphemes(true)
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ fn file_size(file: &File) -> Result<String> {
     Ok(format!("{:>12}", bytesize::ByteSize::b(file.size.unwrap())))
 }
 
-fn modified_time(path: &String) -> Result<String> {
+fn modified_time(path: &Path) -> Result<String> {
     let mdata = fs::metadata(path)?;
     let modified_time: DateTime<Utc> = mdata.modified()?.into();
 
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ fn process_group_action(duplicates: &Vec<File>, dup_index: usize, dup_size: usiz
         .clone()
         .enumerate()
         .for_each(|(index, file)| {
-            println!("{}: {}", index.to_string().blue(), file.path);
+            println!("{}: {}", index.to_string().blue(), file.path.display());
         });
 
     match scan_group_confirmation().unwrap() {
diff --git a/src/scanner.rs b/src/scanner.rs
index 35a32ca..2138b1c 100644
--- a/src/scanner.rs
+++ b/src/scanner.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ use memmap2::Mmap;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::hash::Hasher;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{
+    fs,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 enum IndexCritera {
@@ -57,7 +60,6 @@ fn scan(app_opts: &Params) -> Result<Vec<File>> {
         .progress_with_style(ProgressStyle::with_template(
             "{spinner:.green} [processing mapped paths] [{wide_bar:.cyan/blue}] {pos}/{len} files",
         )?)
-        .map(|fpath| fpath.display().to_string())
         .map(|fpath| File {
             path: fpath.clone(),
             hash: None,
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ fn index_files(
     Ok(store)
 }
 
-fn incremental_hashing(filepath: &str) -> Result<String> {
+fn incremental_hashing(filepath: &Path) -> Result<String> {
     let file = fs::File::open(filepath)?;
     let fmap = unsafe { Mmap::map(&file)? };
     let mut inchasher = fxhash::FxHasher::default();
@@ -121,12 +123,12 @@ fn incremental_hashing(filepath: &str) -> Result<String> {
     Ok(format!("{}", inchasher.finish()))
 }
 
-fn standard_hashing(filepath: &str) -> Result<String> {
+fn standard_hashing(filepath: &Path) -> Result<String> {
     let file = fs::read(filepath)?;
     Ok(hasher(&*file).to_string())
 }
 
-fn hash_file(filepath: &str) -> Result<String> {
+fn hash_file(filepath: &Path) -> Result<String> {
     let filemeta = fs::metadata(filepath)?;
 
     // NOTE: USE INCREMENTAL HASHING ONLY FOR FILES > 100MB