diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c523d2c..8c690af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <artifactId>gitblit-plugin</artifactId>
   <description>GitBlit for Gerrit integrated as a plugin</description>
   <name>Gerrit - GitBlit Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.11.10</version>
+  <version>2.12</version>
   <licenses>
     <license>
       <name>Apache License 2.0</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitblit/GerritGitBlitContext.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitblit/GerritGitBlitContext.java
index 6e3d101..d32e5e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitblit/GerritGitBlitContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitblit/GerritGitBlitContext.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
   void init(ServletContext context) {
     // Manually configure IRuntimeManager
-    runtime.setBaseFolder(sitePaths.site_path);
+    runtime.setBaseFolder(sitePaths.site_path.toFile());
     runtime.getStatus().servletContainer = context.getServerInfo();
     runtime.start();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitblit/app/GitBlitSettings.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitblit/app/GitBlitSettings.java
index 67a3090..e81ef0d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitblit/app/GitBlitSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitblit/app/GitBlitSettings.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     this.properties = new Properties();
     this.repoManager = repoManager;
     this.config = new GitBlitUrlsConfig(config);
-    this.etcDir = sitePaths.etc_dir;
+    this.etcDir = sitePaths.etc_dir.toFile();
     load();
   }
 
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
     try {
       properties = new Properties();
       properties.load(resin);
-      properties.put("git.repositoriesFolder", repoManager.getBasePath()
-          .getAbsolutePath());
+      properties.put("git.repositoriesFolder",
+          getBasePath().getAbsolutePath());
       properties.put("realm.userService",
           GerritToGitBlitUserService.class.getName());
       if (properties.get("web.otherUrls") != null) {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
   }
 
   public File getBasePath() {
-    return repoManager.getBasePath();
+    return repoManager.getBasePath().toFile();
   }
 
   @Override