diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/diff.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/diff.rs
index dd4764e9..1fbbd937 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/diff.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/diff.rs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ pub fn get_diff(
     let work_dir = work_dir(&repo)?;
     let diff = get_diff_raw(&repo, p, stage, false, None)?;
 
-    raw_diff_to_file_diff(&diff, &work_dir)
+    raw_diff_to_file_diff(&diff, work_dir)
 }
 
 /// returns diff of a specific file inside a commit
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ pub fn get_diff_commit(
     let work_dir = work_dir(&repo)?;
     let diff = get_commit_diff(&repo, id, Some(p))?;
 
-    raw_diff_to_file_diff(&diff, &work_dir)
+    raw_diff_to_file_diff(&diff, work_dir)
 }
 
 ///
diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/utils.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/utils.rs
index 21d273d9..e9e67b28 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/utils.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/utils.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ use super::CommitId;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use git2::{IndexAddOption, Repository, RepositoryOpenFlags};
 use scopetime::scope_time;
-use std::{
-    fs::File,
-    io::Write,
-    path::{Path, PathBuf},
-};
+use std::{fs::File, io::Write, path::Path};
 
 ///
 #[derive(PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
@@ -56,10 +52,8 @@ pub(crate) fn repo(repo_path: &str) -> Result<Repository> {
 }
 
 ///
-pub(crate) fn work_dir(repo: &Repository) -> Result<PathBuf> {
-    let path = repo.workdir().ok_or(Error::NoWorkDir)?;
-
-    Ok(path.into())
+pub(crate) fn work_dir(repo: &Repository) -> Result<&Path> {
+    repo.workdir().ok_or(Error::NoWorkDir)
 }
 
 ///