diff --git a/gns3server/schemas/controller/settings.py b/gns3server/schemas/controller/settings.py
index d64d029e1..9925c403c 100644
--- a/gns3server/schemas/controller/settings.py
+++ b/gns3server/schemas/controller/settings.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ says, so exposing or writing it via the API would be useless at best and
 a secret leak at worst.
 """
 
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 from pydantic import ConfigDict, BaseModel, Field
@@ -49,9 +50,11 @@ SECRET_MASK = "**********"
 class ServerSettingsResponse(ServerSettings):
     # plain strings instead of FilePath/DirectoryPath: paths are validated when
     # the settings are loaded or updated, not when echoed back to the client
-    secrets_dir: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Directory where secrets are stored (e.g. the JWT secret key)")
-    certfile: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="SSL certificate file, requires enable_ssl")
-    certkey: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="SSL key file, requires enable_ssl")
+    secrets_dir: Optional[Path] = Field(
+        None, description="Directory where secrets are stored (e.g. the JWT secret key)"
+    )
+    certfile: Optional[Path] = Field(None, description="SSL certificate file, requires enable_ssl")
+    certkey: Optional[Path] = Field(None, description="SSL key file, requires enable_ssl")
     # Optional overrides: typed as plain "str = None" in the config schema,
     # which fails re-validation when the value actually is None
     resources_path: Optional[str] = Field(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c79072b7c..2506a25e7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ module = [
   "gns3server.schemas.compute.qemu_nodes",  # 1
   "gns3server.schemas.compute.virtualbox_nodes",  # 2
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.computes",  # 6
-  "gns3server.schemas.controller.settings",  # 3
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.templates.docker_templates",  # 1
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.templates.iou_templates",  # 1
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.templates.virtualbox_templates",  # 1