diff --git a/migra-core/src/path.rs b/migra-core/src/path.rs
index cc8ae73..f05be98 100644
--- a/migra-core/src/path.rs
+++ b/migra-core/src/path.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,20 @@ pub struct PathBuilder {
     buf: PathBuf,
 }
 
-impl PathBuilder {
-    pub fn new<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Self {
+impl<P: AsRef<Path>> From<P> for PathBuilder {
+    fn from(path: P) -> Self {
         PathBuilder {
             buf: path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
         }
     }
+}
+
+impl PathBuilder {
+    pub fn new<P: AsRef<Path>>() -> Self {
+        PathBuilder {
+            buf: PathBuf::new(),
+        }
+    }
 
     pub fn append<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, path: P) -> &mut Self {
         self.buf.push(path);
@@ -37,21 +45,21 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn create_path_builder() {
-        let path = PathBuilder::new("test").build();
+        let path = PathBuilder::from("test").build();
 
         assert_eq!(path, Path::new("test"))
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn append_path_to_builder() {
-        let path = PathBuilder::new("directory").append("schema.sql").build();
+        let path = PathBuilder::from("directory").append("schema.sql").build();
 
         assert_eq!(path, Path::new("directory/schema.sql"))
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn add_default_extension_for_path() {
-        let path = PathBuilder::new("directory")
+        let path = PathBuilder::from("directory")
             .append("schema")
             .default_extension("sql")
             .build();