diff --git a/src/gitingest/query_ingestion.py b/src/gitingest/query_ingestion.py
index 11e2151a..e490ce15 100644
--- a/src/gitingest/query_ingestion.py
+++ b/src/gitingest/query_ingestion.py
@@ -897,6 +897,6 @@ def run_ingest_query(query: ParsedQuery) -> Tuple[str, str, str]:
         raise ValueError(f"{query.slug} cannot be found")
 
     if query.type and query.type == "blob":
-        return _ingest_single_file(_normalize_path(path.resolve()), query)
+        return _ingest_single_file(path, query)
 
-    return _ingest_directory(_normalize_path(path.resolve()), query)
+    return _ingest_directory(path, query)
diff --git a/src/gitingest/repository_ingest.py b/src/gitingest/repository_ingest.py
index b91950e0..73438cb7 100644
--- a/src/gitingest/repository_ingest.py
+++ b/src/gitingest/repository_ingest.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ async def ingest_async(
         # Clean up the temporary directory if it was created
         if parsed_query.url:
             # Clean up the temporary directory
-            shutil.rmtree(TMP_BASE_PATH, ignore_errors=True)
+            shutil.rmtree(TMP_BASE_PATH)
 
 
 def ingest(