diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/pillars/codec.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/pillars/codec.scala
index 5874fd062..c41782324 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/pillars/codec.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/pillars/codec.scala
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@ import io.circe.Codec
 import io.circe.Decoder
 import io.circe.Encoder
 import io.circe.derivation.Configuration
+import java.nio.file.Path
 import org.http4s.Uri
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
 import scala.jdk.DurationConverters.*
 
 object codec:
 
+    given Decoder[Path] = Decoder.decodeString.emap(t => Right(Path.of(t)))
+
+    given Encoder[Path] = Encoder.encodeString.contramap(_.toString)
+
     given Decoder[Host] = Decoder.decodeString.emap(t => Host.fromString(t).toRight("Failed to parse Host"))
 
     given Encoder[Host] = Encoder.encodeString.contramap(_.toString)
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index e95a00630..7f0e02f63 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ object Dependencies {
         "org.typelevel" %% "mouse" % "1.2.2"
     )
 
-    val module: Seq[ModuleID] = Seq(
-        "io.github.classgraph" % "classgraph" % "4.8.165",
-        "com.outr" %% "moduload" % "1.1.7"
-    )
     val model: Seq[ModuleID] = Seq(
         "com.comcast" %% "ip4s-core" % "3.4.0",
         "io.github.iltotore" %% "iron" % "2.4.0",
@@ -93,5 +89,5 @@ object Dependencies {
     ) ++ tests
     val httpClient: Seq[ModuleID] = http4sClient ++ http4s ++ tests
     val core: Seq[ModuleID] =
-        effect ++ module ++ json ++ tapir ++ http4sServer ++ model ++ commandLine ++ logging ++ observability ++ tests
+        effect ++ json ++ tapir ++ http4sServer ++ model ++ commandLine ++ logging ++ observability ++ tests
 }