diff --git a/spec/xattr_spec.cr b/spec/xattr_spec.cr
index 455358c..87715c6 100644
--- a/spec/xattr_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/xattr_spec.cr
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ describe XAttr do
 
       xattr = XAttr.new(path)
       {% if flag?(:linux) %}
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: No data available") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: No data available") do
           xattr["user.foo"]
         end
       {% elsif flag?(:darwin) %}
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: Attribute not found") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: Attribute not found") do
           xattr["user.foo"]
         end
       {% end %}
     end
 
     it "raises IO Error ENOENT if target file is missing" do
-      expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: No such file or directory") do
+      expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: No such file or directory") do
         xattr = XAttr.new("spec/not_there.txt")
         xattr[key]
       end
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ describe XAttr do
       file = File.touch(path)
 
       {% if flag?(:linux) %}
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: No data available") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: No data available") do
           xattr = XAttr.new(path, only_create: true, only_replace: true)
           xattr[key] = "mytag1"
         end
 
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: File exists") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: File exists") do
           xattr = XAttr.new(path)
           xattr[key] = "mytag1"
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe XAttr do
           xattr[key] = "mytag2"
         end
       {% elsif flag?(:darwin) %}
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: Invalid argument") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: Invalid argument") do
           xattr = XAttr.new(path, only_create: true, only_replace: true)
           xattr[key] = "mytag1"
         end
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe XAttr do
     end
 
     it "raise an exception if the target file is missing" do
-      expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: No such file or directory") do
+      expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: No such file or directory") do
         xattr = XAttr.new("spec/test_dir/not_there.txt")
         xattr[key] = "mytag1"
       end
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ describe XAttr do
       xattr = XAttr.new(path, only_create: true)
       xattr[key] = "mytag2"
 
-      expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: File exists") do
+      expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: File exists") do
         xattr[key] = "mytag2"
       end
     end
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ describe XAttr do
 
       xattr = XAttr.new(path, only_replace: true)
       {% if flag?(:linux) %}
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: No data available") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: No data available") do
           xattr["user.xdg.nonexisting"] = "mytag1"
         end
       {% elsif flag?(:darwin) %}
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: Attribute not found") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: Attribute not found") do
           xattr["user.xdg.nonexisting"] = "mytag1"
         end
       {% end %}
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ describe XAttr do
 
     context "with no file" do
       it "raises IO Error" do
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: No such file or directory") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: No such file or directory") do
           xattr = XAttr.new("spec/not_there.txt")
           xattr.keys
         end
@@ -179,8 +179,16 @@ describe XAttr do
     end
 
     it "raise an exception if the target file is missing" do
-      expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: No such file or directory") do
+      expect_raises(File::NotFoundError, "Please check the target file: No such file or directory") do
         xattr = XAttr.new("spec/test_dir/not_there.txt")
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "raise an exception if the target file is missing (removed while setting up)" do
+      expect_raises(File::NotFoundError, "Please check the target file: No such file or directory") do
+				file = File.touch(path)
+        xattr = XAttr.new(path)
+        File.delete path
         xattr.remove(key)
       end
     end
@@ -190,11 +198,11 @@ describe XAttr do
 
       xattr = XAttr.new(path)
       {% if flag?(:linux) %}
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: No data available") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: No data available") do
           xattr.remove("user.foo")
         end
       {% elsif flag?(:darwin) %}
-        expect_raises(IO::Error, "Please check the target file: Attribute not found") do
+        expect_raises(File::Error, "Please check the target file: Attribute not found") do
           xattr.remove("user.foo")
         end
       {% end %}
diff --git a/src/xattr.cr b/src/xattr.cr
index 54aa789..7cc1413 100644
--- a/src/xattr.cr
+++ b/src/xattr.cr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require "./xattr/**"
 module XAttr
   VERSION = {{ `shards version "#{__DIR__}"`.chomp.stringify }}
 
-  def self.new(path : String, no_follow = false, only_create = false, only_replace = false)
+  def self.new(path : String | Path, no_follow = false, only_create = false, only_replace = false)
     XAttr.new(path, no_follow: no_follow, only_create: only_create, only_replace: only_replace)
   end
 end
diff --git a/src/xattr/xattr.cr b/src/xattr/xattr.cr
index f94d577..feeb73f 100644
--- a/src/xattr/xattr.cr
+++ b/src/xattr/xattr.cr
@@ -1,46 +1,43 @@
 module XAttr
   class XAttr
-    def initialize(path : String, no_follow = false, only_create = false, only_replace = false)
-      @path = path
-      @no_follow = no_follow
-      @only_create = only_create
-      @only_replace = only_replace
+    def initialize(@path : String | Path, @no_follow = false, @only_create = false, @only_replace = false)
+			@path = Path.new(@path).expand
+			raise File::NotFoundError.from_errno("Please check the target file: No such file or directory", file: @path) unless File.exists? @path
     end
 
     def [](key)
-      size = bindings.get(@path, key, nil, 0, @no_follow)
+      size = bindings.get(@path.to_s, key, nil, 0, @no_follow)
       raise_error(size) if size == -1
       return unless size > 0
 
       ptr = Slice(LibC::Char).new(size)
-      res = bindings.get(@path, key, ptr, size, @no_follow)
+      res = bindings.get(@path.to_s, key, ptr, size, @no_follow)
       raise_error(res) if res == -1
 
       String.new(ptr)
     end
 
     def []=(key, value)
-      res = bindings.set(@path, key, value, value.bytesize, @no_follow, @only_create, @only_replace)
+      res = bindings.set(@path.to_s, key, value, value.bytesize, @no_follow, @only_create, @only_replace)
       raise_error(res) if res == -1
 
       res
     end
 
     def keys
-      size = bindings.list(@path, nil, 0, @no_follow)
+      size = bindings.list(@path.to_s, nil, 0, @no_follow)
       raise_error(size) if size == -1
       return [] of String unless size > 0
 
       ptr = Slice(LibC::Char).new(size)
-      bindings.list(@path, ptr, size, @no_follow)
+      bindings.list(@path.to_s, ptr, size, @no_follow)
 
       String.new(ptr).split("\000", remove_empty: true).sort
     end
 
     def remove(key)
-      res = bindings.remove(@path, key, @no_follow)
+      res = bindings.remove(@path.to_s, key, @no_follow)
       raise_error(res) if res == -1
-
       res
     end
 
@@ -57,7 +54,7 @@ module XAttr
     end
 
     private def raise_error(res)
-      raise IO::Error.from_errno("Please check the target file")
+      raise File::Error.from_errno("Please check the target file", file: @path)
     end
 
     private def bindings