diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
index 75fb3167..32f324a7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.api
 
-import com.beust.kobalt.Args
-import com.beust.kobalt.HostConfig
-import com.beust.kobalt.Plugins
-import com.beust.kobalt.homeDir
+import com.beust.kobalt.*
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.MainModule
 import com.google.inject.Guice
 import com.google.inject.Injector
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ public class Kobalt {
             "https://maven-central.storage.googleapis.com/",
             "https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/root_repository/",
             "https://jcenter.bintray.com/",
-            if (File(MAVEN_REPO).exists()) MAVEN_REPO else ""
+            if (File(MAVEN_REPO).exists()) file(MAVEN_REPO) else ""
         ).filter { it != "" }
 
         val repos = HashSet<HostConfig>(DEFAULT_REPOS.map { HostConfig(it) })