diff --git a/src/user_preferences/mod.rs b/src/user_preferences/mod.rs
index d5dfc97..0870554 100644
--- a/src/user_preferences/mod.rs
+++ b/src/user_preferences/mod.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use crate::user_preferences::v0::UserPreferencesV0;
 use crate::{InstanceSettings, Pronoun, WeightedTable};
 
 use data_encoding::BASE32_NOPAD;
-use serde;
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
 /// A user's preferences for the probabilities of certain pronouns
 ///
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use serde;
 /// Because parsing a prefstring must be done in relation to an [`InstanceSettings`], the
 /// `UserPreferences` struct shares a lifetime with the settings it was created with.
 #[non_exhaustive]
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(try_from = "Intermediary", into = "Intermediary")]
 pub enum UserPreferences {
 	V0(v0::UserPreferencesV0)
diff --git a/web/src/configuration.rs b/web/src/configuration.rs
index b301a0a..f06d6dd 100644
--- a/web/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/web/src/configuration.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use pronouns_today::PronounList;
 use pronouns_today::UserPreferences;
 use std::fs::OpenOptions;
@@ -45,16 +46,16 @@ pub struct Run {
 	#[cfg_attr(feature = "docker",
 			   argh(
 				   option,
-				   default = "String::from(\"/data/config.yml\")",
+				   default = "PathBuf::from(\"/data/config.yml\")",
 				   short = 'c'))]
 	#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "docker"),
 			   argh(
 				   option,
-				   default = "String::from(\"/etc/pronouns_today.yml\")",
+				   default = "PathBuf::from(\"/etc/pronouns_today.yml\")",
 				   short = 'c'))]
 	/// path to the config file (generated if needed).  Defaults to
 	/// /etc/pronouns_today.yml
-	pub config: String,
+	pub config: PathBuf,
 
 	#[argh(switch)]
 	/// don't attempt to read or generate a config file, just use command line args.  Missing
@@ -152,6 +153,6 @@ pub enum ConfigError {
 	/// The config file was missing, but has been created
 	///
 	/// The program should now prompt the user to fill the config in, and then exit.  The
-	/// provided [`String`] contains the path to the new config file
-	ConfigCreated(String),
+	/// provided [`PathBuf`] contains the path to the new config file
+	ConfigCreated(PathBuf),
 }
diff --git a/web/src/main.rs b/web/src/main.rs
index cd7b16f..3f2c5b9 100644
--- a/web/src/main.rs
+++ b/web/src/main.rs
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
 				Err(ConfigError::ConfigCreated(path)) => {
 					println!("A config file has been generated at {}!  Please check it out
 							 and modify it to your liking, and then run this command
-							 again", path);
-					exit(0);
+							 again", path.display());
+					exit(1002);
 				}
 			};
 			log::info!("Starting with configuration {:?}", config);