diff --git a/backend/src/data_readers.clj b/backend/src/data_readers.clj
index a326552da9..d15ece02fa 100644
--- a/backend/src/data_readers.clj
+++ b/backend/src/data_readers.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {penpot/inst app.common.time/inst
  penpot/cron app.util.cron/cron
  penpot/duration app.common.time/duration
+ penpot/path-data app.common.types.path/from-string
  penpot/matrix app.common.geom.matrix/decode-matrix
  penpot/point app.common.geom.point/decode-point}
diff --git a/common/src/app/common/types/path/impl.cljc b/common/src/app/common/types/path/impl.cljc
index ae1520e78b..1efb35c152 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/types/path/impl.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/types/path/impl.cljc
@@ -451,6 +451,16 @@
      (-pr-writer [this writer _]
        (cljs.core/-write writer (str "#penpot/path-data \"" (.toString this) "\"")))))
 
+#?(:clj
+   (defmethod print-method PathData
+     [o w]
+     (print-dup o w)))
+
+#?(:clj
+   (defmethod print-dup PathData
+     [^PathData o ^java.io.Writer writer]
+     (.write writer (str "#penpot/path-data \"" (.toString o) "\""))))
+
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 ;; SCHEMA
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