diff --git a/nixide/src/store/path.rs b/nixide/src/store/path.rs
index 40c139b..5eed4fd 100644
--- a/nixide/src/store/path.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/store/path.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::ffi::{CString, c_void};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
+use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use super::Store;
 use crate::NixideResult;
@@ -15,7 +17,8 @@ use crate::util::wrappers::AsInnerPtr;
 /// Represents a store path that can be realized, queried, or manipulated.
 ///
 pub struct StorePath {
-    pub(crate) inner: NonNull<sys::StorePath>,
+    inner: NonNull<sys::StorePath>,
+    store: Rc<RefCell<Store>>,
 }
 
 impl Clone for StorePath {
@@ -25,7 +28,10 @@ impl Clone for StorePath {
                 panic_issue_call_failed!("nix_store_path_clone returned None for valid path")
             });
 
-        StorePath { inner }
+        StorePath {
+            inner,
+            store: self.store.clone(),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -65,17 +71,17 @@ impl StorePath {
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// Returns an error if the path cannot be parsed.
-    pub fn parse(store: &Store, path: &str) -> NixideResult<Self> {
+    pub fn parse(store: Rc<RefCell<Store>>, path: &str) -> NixideResult<Self> {
         let c_path = CString::new(path).or(Err(new_nixide_error!(StringNulByte)))?;
 
         let inner = wrap::nix_ptr_fn!(|ctx: &ErrorContext| unsafe {
-            sys::nix_store_parse_path(ctx.as_ptr(), store.as_ptr(), c_path.as_ptr())
+            sys::nix_store_parse_path(ctx.as_ptr(), store.borrow().as_ptr(), c_path.as_ptr())
         })?;
 
-        Ok(Self { inner })
+        Ok(Self { inner, store })
     }
 
-    pub fn fake_path(store: &Store) -> NixideResult<Self> {
+    pub fn fake_path(store: Rc<RefCell<Store>>) -> NixideResult<Self> {
         Self::parse(store, "/nix/store/00000000000000000000000000000000-fake")
     }
 
@@ -108,22 +114,18 @@ impl StorePath {
     /// Not all types of stores support this operation.
     ///
     /// # Arguments
-    /// * `context` [in]  - Optional, stores error information
-    /// * `store` [in]  - nix store reference
-    /// * `path` [in]  - the path to get the real path from
-    /// * `callback` [in]  - called with the real path
-    /// * `user_data` [in]  - arbitrary data, passed to the callback when it's called.
+    /// * `store`  - nix store reference
     ///
     /// # Arguments
     ///
     /// * `store` - The store containing the path
     ///
-    pub fn real_path(&self, store: &Store) -> NixideResult<PathBuf> {
+    pub fn real_path(&self) -> NixideResult<PathBuf> {
         wrap::nix_pathbuf_callback!(
             |callback, userdata: *mut __UserData, ctx: &ErrorContext| unsafe {
                 sys::nix_store_real_path(
                     ctx.as_ptr(),
-                    store.inner.as_ptr(),
+                    self.store.borrow().as_ptr(),
                     self.as_ptr(),
                     Some(callback),
                     userdata as *mut c_void,