diff --git a/lib/TypeValidation/PathType.ts b/lib/TypeValidation/PathType.ts
index 8866ef2..a5196d5 100644
--- a/lib/TypeValidation/PathType.ts
+++ b/lib/TypeValidation/PathType.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ export class PathType extends TypeValidation {
     if (typeof value !== 'string')
       throw new Error (`invalid type for ${this.option_type}`);
 
-    const escaped = value.replace (/\\$/u, '');
+    const escaped = value.replace (/\\$/u, '')
+      .replace (/"$/u, '');
     if (!await fs.pathExists (escaped))
       throw new Error ('path does not exist');
     if (this.option_type === 'path')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e1dea98..0e762b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@sapphirecode/console-app",
-  "version": "2.1.3",
+  "version": "2.1.4",
   "main": "dist/lib/index.js",
   "author": {
     "name": "Timo Hocker",