diff --git a/openfl/experimental/workspace_builder/build.py b/openfl/experimental/workspace_builder/build.py
index 5c421bad195..26d01f42b73 100644
--- a/openfl/experimental/workspace_builder/build.py
+++ b/openfl/experimental/workspace_builder/build.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def __import_exported_script(self):
         import sys
         import importlib
 
-        sys.path.append(self.script_path.parent)
+        sys.path.append(str(self.script_path.parent))
         self.exported_script_module = importlib.import_module(self.script_name)
         self.available_modules_in_exported_script = dir(self.exported_script_module)
 
diff --git a/tests/github/experimental/testflow_datastore_cli.py b/tests/github/experimental/testflow_datastore_cli.py
index 2d500f2e1be..370721ad877 100644
--- a/tests/github/experimental/testflow_datastore_cli.py
+++ b/tests/github/experimental/testflow_datastore_cli.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class TestFlowDatastoreAndCli(FLSpec):
     """
     Testflow for Dataflow and CLI Functionality
     """
+
     def __init__(self, model=None, optimizer=None, rounds=3, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         if model is not None: