diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/data/sft.py b/src/axolotl/utils/data/sft.py
index 39c50b1a07..dbc4172b4b 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/data/sft.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/data/sft.py
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ def for_d_in_datasets(dataset_configs):
 
         if cfg.local_rank == 0:
             LOG.info(f"Saving merged prepared dataset to disk... {prepared_ds_path}")
-            dataset.save_to_disk(prepared_ds_path)
+            dataset.save_to_disk(str(prepared_ds_path))
             if cfg.push_dataset_to_hub:
                 LOG.info(
                     f"Saving merged prepared dataset with push_to_hub... {cfg.push_dataset_to_hub}/{ds_hash}"
diff --git a/tests/test_datasets.py b/tests/test_datasets.py
index 8b7b3dae6a..a274b7b894 100644
--- a/tests/test_datasets.py
+++ b/tests/test_datasets.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def test_load_from_save_to_disk(self):
         """Usual use case.  Verify datasets saved via `save_to_disk` can be loaded."""
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
             tmp_ds_name = Path(tmp_dir) / "tmp_dataset"
-            self.dataset.save_to_disk(tmp_ds_name)
+            self.dataset.save_to_disk(str(tmp_ds_name))
 
             prepared_path = Path(tmp_dir) / "prepared"
             cfg = DictDefault(