diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.cpp
index 4987888..f9bb154 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	#include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 #include <fstream>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <string>
 #include <locale>
 #include <codecvt>
@@ -61,13 +62,21 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 #endif
 	}
 
-	Array<char> Utils::ReadFile(const std::string& filePath, bool emptyOnMissing, bool nullTerminateString)
+	template<typename T>
+	Array<char> Utils::ReadFile(const T& filePath, bool emptyOnMissing, bool nullTerminateString)
 	{
 		std::ifstream file(filePath, std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary);
 		if (!file.is_open())
 		{
 			if (emptyOnMissing) return {};
-			throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open file '" + filePath + "'!");
+			if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::remove_reference_t<std::remove_cv_t<T>>, std::filesystem::path>)
+			{
+				throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open file '" + filePath.string() + "'!");
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open file '" + filePath + "'!");
+			}
 		}
 		const size_t fileSize = static_cast<size_t>(file.tellg());
 		Array<char> data(fileSize + nullTerminateString);
@@ -77,4 +86,9 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 		file.close();
 		return data;
 	}
+
+	template Array<char> Utils::ReadFile<std::string>(const std::string& filePath, bool emptyOnMissing, bool nullTerminateString);
+	template Array<char> Utils::ReadFile<std::filesystem::path>(const std::filesystem::path& filePath,
+	                                                            bool emptyOnMissing, bool nullTerminateString);
+
 }
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.hpp
index 803995c..3b8f880 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Utils.hpp
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 			return subs;
 		}
 
-		static Array<char> ReadFile(const std::string& filePath, bool emptyOnMissing = false,
+		template<typename T>
+		static Array<char> ReadFile(const T& filePath, bool emptyOnMissing = false,
 		                            bool nullTerminateString = false);
 
 		template<class T>