diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c041a5c..ccf7b0b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ xmpp = "0.5"
 hmac = "0.12"
 sha2 = "0.10"
 hex = "0.4"
+camino = { version = "1.1", features = ["serde"] }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 forgejo-hooks = { path = "forgejo-hooks" }
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 99114e5..ccb8c7e 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 use std::io::{Error as IoError, ErrorKind as IoErrorKind};
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr};
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
+use camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
 use jid::BareJid;
 use log::debug;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl Config {
 		SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1)), 3000)
 	}
 
-	pub fn from_file(file: PathBuf) -> Result<Config, Error> {
+	pub fn from_file(file: Utf8PathBuf) -> Result<Config, Error> {
 		if file.try_exists().is_err() {
 			let err = IoError::new(IoErrorKind::NotFound, format!("{:?} not found", file));
 			return Err(Error::Io(err));
@@ -68,20 +68,16 @@ impl Config {
 		Ok(toml::from_str(&buf)?)
 	}
 
-	pub fn from_arg(file: Option<&PathBuf>) -> Result<Config, Error> {
+	pub fn from_arg(file: Option<&Utf8PathBuf>) -> Result<Config, Error> {
 		let path = if let Some(path) = file {
 			// Provided by --config flag
-			if !path.starts_with("/") {
-				std::env::current_dir()?.join(path)
-			} else {
-				path.to_path_buf()
-			}
+			path.canonicalize_utf8()?
 		} else {
-			let confdir: PathBuf = match std::env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") {
-				Ok(ref dir) => Path::new(dir).to_path_buf(),
+			let confdir: Utf8PathBuf = match std::env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") {
+				Ok(ref dir) => Utf8Path::new(dir).to_path_buf(),
 				Err(_) => {
 					let home = std::env::var("HOME")?;
-					Path::new(home.as_str()).join(".config")
+					Utf8Path::new(home.as_str()).join(".config")
 				}
 			};
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3075efe..cbc261d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::hook::Hook;
 use crate::web::hooks;
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
+use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
 use clap::{command, value_parser, Arg};
 use hyper::{server::conn::http1, service::service_fn};
 use hyper_util::rt::tokio::{TokioIo, TokioTimer};
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ async fn main() -> Result<!, Error> {
 				.short('c')
 				.long("config")
 				.required(false)
-				.value_parser(value_parser!(PathBuf)),
+				.value_parser(value_parser!(Utf8PathBuf)),
 		)
 		.get_matches();
 
-	let config = Config::from_arg(matches.get_one::<PathBuf>("config"))?;
+	let config = Config::from_arg(matches.get_one::<Utf8PathBuf>("config"))?;
 
 	let (value_tx, mut value_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel::<Hook>();