diff --git a/IPython/lib/demo.py b/IPython/lib/demo.py
index 0b19c41..bfef82f 100644
--- a/IPython/lib/demo.py
+++ b/IPython/lib/demo.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ import re
 import shlex
 import sys
 import pygments
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from IPython.utils.text import marquee
 from IPython.utils import openpy
@@ -403,8 +404,8 @@ class Demo(object):
             index -= 1
 
         filename = self.shell.mktempfile(self.src_blocks[index])
-        self.shell.hooks.editor(filename,1)
-        with open(filename, 'r') as f:
+        self.shell.hooks.editor(filename, 1)
+        with open(Path(filename), "r") as f:
             new_block = f.read()
         # update the source and colored block
         self.src_blocks[index] = new_block