diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8a68a64..a03e23d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use typst_html::{HtmlAttr, HtmlDocument, HtmlElement, HtmlNode};
 
 
 pub fn compile_article(
-    article_dir: PathBuf,
-    prepend: Option<PathBuf>,
+    article_dir: &PathBuf,
+    prepend: &Option<PathBuf>,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
 
     let template_file = article_dir.join("index.typ");
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index db73559..b836b3f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     let args = Args::parse();
 
-    if let Err(e) = compile_article(args.dir, args.prepend) {
+    if let Err(e) = compile_article(&args.dir, &args.prepend) {
         eprintln!("{e}");
         std::process::exit(1);
     }