diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b082dea..649f703 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -107,14 +107,13 @@ fn raw_to_parse_error(map: &CodeMap, err: Error, unicode: bool) -> Box<Error> {
     Box::new(Error::from_loc(message, map.look_up_span(span), unicode))
 }
 
-fn from_string_with_file_name(input: String, file_name: &str, options: &Options) -> Result<String> {
+fn from_string_with_file_name<P: AsRef<Path>>(input: String, file_name: P, options: &Options) -> Result<String> {
     let mut map = CodeMap::new();
-    let file = map.add_file(file_name.to_owned(), input);
+    let path = file_name.as_ref();
+    let file = map.add_file(path.to_string_lossy().into_owned(), input);
     let empty_span = file.span.subspan(0, 0);
     let lexer = Lexer::new_from_file(&file);
 
-    let path = Path::new(file_name);
-
     let input_syntax = options
         .input_syntax
         .unwrap_or_else(|| InputSyntax::for_path(path));
@@ -178,9 +177,9 @@ fn from_string_with_file_name(input: String, file_name: &str, options: &Options)
 /// ```
 
 #[inline]
-pub fn from_path(p: &str, options: &Options) -> Result<String> {
+pub fn from_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(p: P, options: &Options) -> Result<String> {
     from_string_with_file_name(
-        String::from_utf8(options.fs.read(Path::new(p))?)?,
+        String::from_utf8(options.fs.read(p.as_ref())?)?,
         p,
         options,
     )
diff --git a/src/options.rs b/src/options.rs
index d891acb..cdfe0a3 100644
--- a/src/options.rs
+++ b/src/options.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use crate::{Fs, StdFs};
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{Fs, StdFs};
 pub struct Options<'a> {
     pub(crate) fs: &'a dyn Fs,
     pub(crate) style: OutputStyle,
-    pub(crate) load_paths: Vec<&'a Path>,
+    pub(crate) load_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
     pub(crate) allows_charset: bool,
     pub(crate) unicode_error_messages: bool,
     pub(crate) quiet: bool,
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ impl<'a> Options<'a> {
     /// This method will append a single path to the list.
     #[must_use]
     #[inline]
-    pub fn load_path(mut self, path: &'a Path) -> Self {
-        self.load_paths.push(path);
+    pub fn load_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(mut self, path: P) -> Self {
+        self.load_paths.push(path.as_ref().to_owned());
         self
     }
 
@@ -101,8 +101,11 @@ impl<'a> Options<'a> {
     /// load paths
     #[must_use]
     #[inline]
-    pub fn load_paths(mut self, paths: &'a [&'a Path]) -> Self {
-        self.load_paths.extend_from_slice(paths);
+    pub fn load_paths<P: AsRef<Path>>(mut self, paths: &[P]) -> Self {
+        for path in paths {
+            self.load_paths.push(path.as_ref().to_owned());
+        }
+
         self
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/important.rs b/tests/important.rs
index a92aa2c..12a923b 100644
--- a/tests/important.rs
+++ b/tests/important.rs
@@ -31,5 +31,13 @@ test!(
     "a {\n  color: !    important;\n}\n",
     "a {\n  color: !important;\n}\n"
 );
-
-// todo: loud comment between !<>i, silent comment between !<>i
+test!(
+    loud_comment_after_exclamation,
+    "a {\n  color: !/**/important;\n}\n",
+    "a {\n  color: !important;\n}\n"
+);
+test!(
+    silent_comment_after_exclamation,
+    "a {\n  color: !//\nimportant;\n}\n",
+    "a {\n  color: !important;\n}\n"
+);