diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/buildagent/service/BuildJobContainerService.java b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/buildagent/service/BuildJobContainerService.java
index a7bd9960179b..161e8ef30ded 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/buildagent/service/BuildJobContainerService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/buildagent/service/BuildJobContainerService.java
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ private void addDirectory(String containerId, String directoryName, boolean crea
         executeDockerCommand(containerId, null, false, false, true, command);
     }
 
-    private void copyToContainer(String sourcePath, String containerId) {
+    private void copyToContainer(Path sourcePath, String containerId) {
         try (final var uploadStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(createTarArchive(sourcePath).toByteArray());
                 final var copyToContainerCommand = buildAgentConfiguration.getDockerClient().copyArchiveToContainerCmd(containerId).withRemotePath(LOCALCI_WORKING_DIRECTORY)
                         .withTarInputStream(uploadStream)) {