diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6e63750..1a87933 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3768,7 +3768,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "microagents-cli"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "astchunk",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/microagents-cli/Cargo.toml b/microagents-cli/Cargo.toml
index 2e98e63..3ae8151 100644
--- a/microagents-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/microagents-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "microagents-cli"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/microagents-cli/src/tools.rs b/microagents-cli/src/tools.rs
index 32d3b51..c7237eb 100644
--- a/microagents-cli/src/tools.rs
+++ b/microagents-cli/src/tools.rs
@@ -174,7 +174,12 @@ impl ToolFunction<()> for SearchTool {
         };
         let document_paths: Option<Vec<String>> = input["document_paths"].as_array().map(|arr| {
             arr.iter()
-                .filter_map(|v| v.as_str().map(|s| s.to_string()))
+                .filter_map(|v| v.as_str())
+                .map(|s| {
+                    std::fs::canonicalize(s)
+                        .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/").to_string())
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|_| s.to_string())
+                })
                 .collect()
         });
         let limit = input["limit"].as_u64().map(|l| l as usize);
diff --git a/search-evals/Cargo.toml b/search-evals/Cargo.toml
index c93cb87..c04df4d 100644
--- a/search-evals/Cargo.toml
+++ b/search-evals/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-microagents-cli = { path = "../microagents-cli", version = "0.3.0" }
+microagents-cli = { path = "../microagents-cli", version = "0.3.1" }
 serde = { version =  "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.150"
 anyhow = "1"