diff --git a/blenderpack.py b/blenderpack.py
index 6a402fa..045908a 100755
--- a/blenderpack.py
+++ b/blenderpack.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, '/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages')
 import requests
 import json
 import os
+import pathlib
 import ast
 import argparse
 import zipfile
@@ -44,28 +45,28 @@ def parse_blinfo(source: str) -> dict:
     raise BadAddon('No bl_info found')
 
 
-def extract_blinfo(path):
+def extract_blinfo(path: pathlib.Path) -> dict:
     """Extract bl_info dict from addon at path (can be single file, module, or zip)"""
 
     source = None
-    # get last component of path, including when the path ends with trailing slash
-    addon_name = os.path.split(path.rstrip(os.path.sep))[1]
+    # get last component of path
+    addon_name = path.parts[-1]
 
-    if os.path.isdir(path):
-        with open(os.path.join(path, '__init__.py'), 'r') as f:
+    if path.is_dir():
+        with open(path / '__init__.py', 'r') as f:
             source = f.read()
     else:
 
         # HACK: perhaps not the best approach determining filetype..?
         try:
-            with zipfile.ZipFile(path, 'r') as z:
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(str(path), 'r') as z:
                 for fname in z.namelist():
                     # HACK: this seems potentially fragile; depends on zipfile listing root contents first
                     if fname.endswith('__init__.py'):
                         source = z.read(fname)
                         break
         except zipfile.BadZipFile:
-            with open(path, 'r') as f:
+            with path.open() as f:
                 source = f.read()
 
     if source == None:
@@ -75,18 +76,18 @@ def extract_blinfo(path):
 
 
 
-def make_repo(outpath):
-    """Make repo.json for files in directory 'outpath'"""
+def make_repo(repopath: pathlib.Path):
+    """Make repo.json for files in directory 'repopath'"""
 
     repo_data = {}
     package_data = []
 
-    if not os.path.exists(outpath):
-        raise FileNotFoundError
+    if not repopath.is_dir():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(repopath)
 
-    for addon in os.listdir(outpath):
+    for addon_path in repopath.iterdir():
         package_datum = {}
-        addon_path = os.path.join(outpath, addon)
+        addon = addon_path.parts[-1]
 
         try:
             bl_info = extract_blinfo(addon_path)
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ def make_repo(outpath):
 
     repo_data['packages'] = package_data
 
-    with open(os.path.join(outpath, "repo.json"), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as repo_file:
+    with (repopath / 'repo.json').open('w', encoding='utf-8') as repo_file:
         json.dump(repo_data, repo_file, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
 
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     make = subparsers.add_parser('make')
     make.add_argument('path')
-    make.set_defaults(func=lambda args: make_repo(args.path))
+    make.set_defaults(func=lambda args: make_repo(pathlib.Path(args.path)))
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     args.func(args)
diff --git a/tests/test_blenderpack.py b/tests/test_blenderpack.py
index f95768c..4aa2724 100644
--- a/tests/test_blenderpack.py
+++ b/tests/test_blenderpack.py
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import unittest
-import os.path
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
 import json
 import blenderpack
 
 class test_blenderpack_make_repo(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    helper_path = os.path.join('tests', 'test_helpers')
-    addon_path = os.path.join(helper_path, 'addons')
+    helper_path = Path('tests', 'test_helpers')
+    addon_path = Path(helper_path, 'addons')
 
     def test_extract_blinfo_from_nonexistent(self):
         test_file = 'file_that_doesnt_exist'
         self.assertRaises(
                 FileNotFoundError,
                 blenderpack.extract_blinfo,
-                os.path.join(self.addon_path, test_file)
+                Path(self.addon_path, test_file)
                 )
 
     def test_extract_blinfo_from_nonaddon(self):
@@ -23,22 +24,22 @@ class test_blenderpack_make_repo(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(
                 blenderpack.BadAddon,
                 blenderpack.extract_blinfo,
-                os.path.join(self.addon_path, test_file)
+                Path(self.addon_path, test_file)
                 )
 
     def test_make_repo_valid(self):
-        blenderpack.make_repo(os.path.join(self.helper_path, 'addons'))
-        repojson = os.path.join(self.helper_path, 'addons', 'repo.json')
+        blenderpack.make_repo(Path(self.helper_path, 'addons'))
+        repojson = Path(self.helper_path, 'addons', 'repo.json')
 
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(repojson))
-        with open(repojson, 'r') as f:
+        self.assertTrue(repojson.is_file())
+        with repojson.open('r') as f:
             json.loads(f.read())
 
         os.remove(repojson)
         self.fail('unfinished test')
 
     def test_make_repo_from_nonexistent(self):
-        blenderpack.make_repo(os.path.join(self.helper_path, 'addons'))
+        blenderpack.make_repo(Path(self.helper_path, 'addons'))
         self.fail('unfinished test')
 
 
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ bl_info_tests = {
 
 def generate_test(test_file):
     def test(self):
-        reality = str(blenderpack.extract_blinfo(os.path.join(self.addon_path, test_file)))
-        with open(os.path.join(self.helper_path, test_file + '_output'), 'r') as f:
+        reality = str(blenderpack.extract_blinfo(Path(self.addon_path, test_file)))
+        with (self.helper_path / (test_file + '_output')).open() as f:
             expectation = f.read()
         self.assertEqual(expectation, reality)
     return test