diff --git a/frontend/src/utility-functions/computational-geometry.ts b/frontend/src/utility-functions/computational-geometry.ts
index 922ada78..80bb8cec 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utility-functions/computational-geometry.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utility-functions/computational-geometry.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export function booleanDivide(path1: string, path2: string): string {
 }
 
 function booleanOperation(path1: string, path2: string, operation: "unite" | "subtract" | "intersect" | "exclude"): string {
-	const paperPath1 = new paper.Path(path1);
-	const paperPath2 = new paper.Path(path2);
+	const paperPath1 = new paper.CompoundPath(path1);
+	const paperPath2 = new paper.CompoundPath(path2);
 	const result = paperPath1[operation](paperPath2);
 	paperPath1.remove();
 	paperPath2.remove();