diff --git a/pyontutils/__init__.py b/pyontutils/__init__.py
index b04cffbb..60eb1afd 100644
--- a/pyontutils/__init__.py
+++ b/pyontutils/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.17'
+__version__ = '0.1.18'
diff --git a/pyontutils/ontload.py b/pyontutils/ontload.py
index 91efb646..81df8502 100755
--- a/pyontutils/ontload.py
+++ b/pyontutils/ontload.py
@@ -246,7 +246,11 @@ def make_graphload_config(graphload_config_template, graphload_ontologies,
             config['ontologies'] = []
 
         config['graphConfiguration']['location'] = graph_path.as_posix()
-        lbasposix = local_base.as_posix()
+        if isinstance(local_base, Path):
+            lbasposix = local_base.as_posix()
+        else:
+            lbasposix = local_base
+
         config['ontologies'] = [{k:v.replace(remote_base, lbasposix)
                                 if k == 'url'
                                 else v