diff --git a/hippunfold/workflow/rules/preproc_t1.smk b/hippunfold/workflow/rules/preproc_t1.smk
index b0671cea..f4d2c82c 100644
--- a/hippunfold/workflow/rules/preproc_t1.smk
+++ b/hippunfold/workflow/rules/preproc_t1.smk
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ else:
 
 def reg_to_template_cmd(wildcards, input, output):
 
-    ref = (
+    ref = str(
         Path(input.template_dir)
         / config["template_files"][config["template"]][wildcards.modality],
     )
diff --git a/hippunfold/workflow/rules/shape_inject.smk b/hippunfold/workflow/rules/shape_inject.smk
index d724d99d..95a02065 100644
--- a/hippunfold/workflow/rules/shape_inject.smk
+++ b/hippunfold/workflow/rules/shape_inject.smk
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ rule import_template_shape:
     container:
         config["singularity"]["autotop"]
     shell:
-        "cp {input} {output}"
+        "cp {params.template_seg} {output.template_seg}"
 
 
 def get_image_pairs(wildcards, input):