diff --git a/src/Commands/DeployLocal.php b/src/Commands/DeployLocal.php
index 55d5fef..59a44cf 100644
--- a/src/Commands/DeployLocal.php
+++ b/src/Commands/DeployLocal.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function handle(): int
             return 2;
         }
 
-        $fullPath = base_path($this->option('path'));
+        $fullPath = base_path((string) $this->option('path'));
 
         if ($this->option('stop')) {
             return $this->stopDocker($fullPath);
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ protected function runInDocker(string $workdir): int
         if ($result->failed()) {
             $this->error($result->errorOutput());
 
-            return $result->exitCode();
+            return $result->exitCode() ?? 0;
         }
 
         $this->info('Docker functions services running in the background.');
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ protected function stopDocker(string $workdir): int
         if ($result->failed()) {
             $this->error($result->errorOutput());
 
-            return $result->exitCode();
+            return $result->exitCode() ?? 0;
         }
 
         $this->info('Docker functions services stopped successfully.');
diff --git a/src/SidecarLayers.php b/src/SidecarLayers.php
index 67583fa..4d24b56 100644
--- a/src/SidecarLayers.php
+++ b/src/SidecarLayers.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public function fetch(LambdaFunction $function, array $arns, ProgressBar $progre
 
         $zipArchive = new ZipArchive();
 
+        /** @var string $basePath */
         $basePath = config('sidecar-local.path') ?? $function->package()->getBasePath();
         $functionLayerDirectory = "{$basePath}/../layers/{$function->name()}";
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public function fetch(LambdaFunction $function, array $arns, ProgressBar $progre
 
             $layerLocation = data_get($layerData, 'Content.Location');
 
-            if (! $layerLocation || ! $this->filesystem->copy($layerLocation, $layerTmpFilePath)) {
+            if (! $layerLocation || ! is_string($layerLocation) || ! $this->filesystem->copy($layerLocation, $layerTmpFilePath)) {
                 throw new \Exception("Cannot download layer for function '{$function->name()}'.");
             }