diff --git a/pytorch_pretrained_bert/file_utils.py b/pytorch_pretrained_bert/file_utils.py
index f734b7e22b1..1b34407b82d 100644
--- a/pytorch_pretrained_bert/file_utils.py
+++ b/pytorch_pretrained_bert/file_utils.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import requests
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
-PYTORCH_PRETRAINED_BERT_CACHE = Path(os.getenv('PYTORCH_PRETRAINED_BERT_CACHE',
-                                               Path.home() / '.pytorch_pretrained_bert'))
+PYTORCH_PRETRAINED_BERT_CACHE = str(Path(os.getenv('PYTORCH_PRETRAINED_BERT_CACHE',
+                                               Path.home() / '.pytorch_pretrained_bert')))
 
 
 def url_to_filename(url: str, etag: str = None) -> str: