diff --git a/pantherdb/__init__.py b/pantherdb/__init__.py
index 3b3fe4a..8607dc9 100644
--- a/pantherdb/__init__.py
+++ b/pantherdb/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from pantherdb.pantherdb import PantherDB, PantherCollection, PantherDocument, PantherDBException, Cursor
 
-__version__ = '2.1.0'
+__version__ = '2.1.1'
diff --git a/pantherdb/pantherdb.py b/pantherdb/pantherdb.py
index b1a93c9..3b0cddc 100644
--- a/pantherdb/pantherdb.py
+++ b/pantherdb/pantherdb.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         else:
             db_name = cls.db_name
 
+        db_name = str(db_name)  # Can be PosixPath
         # Replace with .removesuffix('.pdb') after python3.8 compatible support
         if db_name.endswith('.pdb'):
             db_name = db_name[:-4]