diff --git a/src/scml/utils.py b/src/scml/utils.py
index ae4d24b0..c6595f26 100755
--- a/src/scml/utils.py
+++ b/src/scml/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import copy
+from pathlib import Path
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import chain
@@ -1162,7 +1163,7 @@ def anac2020_tournament(
     n_runs_per_world: int = 2,
     n_agents_per_competitor: int = 3,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -1250,7 +1251,7 @@ def anac2020_std(
     max_worlds_per_config: int | None = None,
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -1378,7 +1379,7 @@ def anac2020_collusion(
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     n_agents_per_competitor: int = 3,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -1506,7 +1507,7 @@ def anac2021_tournament(
     n_runs_per_world: int = 2,
     n_agents_per_competitor: int = 3,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -1594,7 +1595,7 @@ def anac2021_std(
     max_worlds_per_config: int | None = None,
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -1724,7 +1725,7 @@ def anac2021_collusion(
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     n_agents_per_competitor: int = 3,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -1852,7 +1853,7 @@ def anac2021_oneshot(
     max_worlds_per_config: int | None = None,
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 4,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -1988,7 +1989,7 @@ def anac2022_tournament(
     n_runs_per_world: int = 2,
     n_agents_per_competitor: int = 3,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -2076,7 +2077,7 @@ def anac2022_std(
     max_worlds_per_config: int | None = None,
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -2206,7 +2207,7 @@ def anac2022_collusion(
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     n_agents_per_competitor: int = 3,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -2334,7 +2335,7 @@ def anac2022_oneshot(
     max_worlds_per_config: int | None = None,
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 4,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -2432,7 +2433,7 @@ def anac2023_tournament(
     n_runs_per_world: int = 2,
     n_agents_per_competitor: int = 3,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -2521,7 +2522,7 @@ def anac2023_collusion(
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     n_agents_per_competitor: int = 3,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -2649,7 +2650,7 @@ def anac2023_std(
     max_worlds_per_config: int | None = None,
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 2,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -2778,7 +2779,7 @@ def anac2023_oneshot(
     max_worlds_per_config: int | None = None,
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 4,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -2914,7 +2915,7 @@ def anac2024_std(
     max_worlds_per_config: int | None = None,
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 4,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,
@@ -3050,7 +3051,7 @@ def anac2024_oneshot(
     max_worlds_per_config: int | None = None,
     n_runs_per_world: int = 1,
     min_factories_per_level: int = 4,
-    tournament_path: str | None = None,
+    tournament_path: str | Path | Path | None = None,
     total_timeout: int | None = None,
     parallelism="parallel",
     scheduler_ip: str | None = None,