diff --git a/src/pseudo_peer/cli.rs b/src/pseudo_peer/cli.rs
index 7cdc922e1..7e90742c6 100644
--- a/src/pseudo_peer/cli.rs
+++ b/src/pseudo_peer/cli.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl BlockSourceArgs {
         if let Some(bucket) = value.strip_prefix("s3://") {
             Ok(BlockSourceConfig::s3(bucket.to_string()).await)
         } else {
-            Ok(BlockSourceConfig::local(value.to_string()))
+            Ok(BlockSourceConfig::local(value.into()))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/pseudo_peer/config.rs b/src/pseudo_peer/config.rs
index 11ed0d3de..5635020ab 100644
--- a/src/pseudo_peer/config.rs
+++ b/src/pseudo_peer/config.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-use aws_config::BehaviorVersion;
-
 use super::{
     consts::DEFAULT_S3_BUCKET,
     sources::{
         BlockSourceBoxed, CachedBlockSource, HlNodeBlockSource, LocalBlockSource, S3BlockSource,
     },
 };
-use std::{path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
+use aws_config::BehaviorVersion;
+use std::{env::home_dir, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct BlockSourceConfig {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ pub struct BlockSourceConfig {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum BlockSourceType {
     S3 { bucket: String },
-    Local { path: String },
+    Local { path: PathBuf },
 }
 
 impl BlockSourceConfig {
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ impl BlockSourceConfig {
         Self { source_type: BlockSourceType::S3 { bucket }, block_source_from_node: None }
     }
 
-    pub fn local(path: String) -> Self {
+    pub fn local(path: PathBuf) -> Self {
         Self { source_type: BlockSourceType::Local { path }, block_source_from_node: None }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/pseudo_peer/tests.rs b/src/pseudo_peer/tests.rs
index 8a0f625be..4c8b064bc 100644
--- a/src/pseudo_peer/tests.rs
+++ b/src/pseudo_peer/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
 use crate::pseudo_peer::{prelude::*, BlockSourceType};
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -10,8 +12,10 @@ async fn test_block_source_config_s3() {
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_block_source_config_local() {
-    let config = BlockSourceConfig::local("/test/path".to_string());
-    assert!(matches!(config.source_type, BlockSourceType::Local { path } if path == "/test/path"));
+    let config = BlockSourceConfig::local("/test/path".into());
+    assert!(
+        matches!(config.source_type, BlockSourceType::Local { path } if path == Path::new("/test/path"))
+    );
 }
 
 #[test]