diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
index e0591e2..9d5a369 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
@@ -70,3 +70,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test | Run pytest
         run: ${{ inputs.run-test-command }}
 
+      - name: Test | Run End-to-End App Test
+        run: ./tests/e2e_test_app.py
+
+      - name: Test | Check End-to-End Test Results
+        run: [ "$(wc -l < e2e-test-app-stderr.log)" -eq 3 ] && [ "$(wc -l < e2e-test-logfile.log)" -eq 3 ] && [ ! -s "e2e-test-logfile_root.log" ]
diff --git a/src/readylog/__init__.py b/src/readylog/__init__.py
index bf588fd..0c95a29 100644
--- a/src/readylog/__init__.py
+++ b/src/readylog/__init__.py
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 
 
 def create_dict_config(
-    logfile: Path,
+    logfile: Path | str,
     app_name: str,
     console_log_level: str | int = "WARNING",
     file_log_level: str | int = "DEBUG",
     console_handler_factory: Callable = StreamHandler,
     file_handler_factory: Callable = FileHandler,
 ) -> dict[str, str]:
+    logfile = Path(logfile)
     console_log_level = _checkLevel(console_log_level)
     file_log_level = _checkLevel(file_log_level)
     min_level = getLevelName(min(console_log_level, file_log_level))
diff --git a/tests/e2e_test_app.py b/tests/e2e_test_app.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f596db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e_test_app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
+#
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.11"
+# dependencies = [
+#     "readylog",
+# ]
+#
+# [tool.uv.sources]
+# readylog = { path = "..", editable = true }
+# ///
+
+from logging import getLogger
+from logging.config import dictConfig
+
+from readylog import create_dict_config
+from readylog.decorators import debug
+
+logging_configuration = create_dict_config(
+    "e2e-test-logfile.log", "e2e-test-app", console_log_level="DEBUG"
+)
+dictConfig(logging_configuration)
+
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@debug
+def greet(greeting: str, name: str) -> None:
+    return f"{greeting.title()}, {name.title()}"
+
+
+logger.debug("e2e-test-app runs")
+
+greet("hello", "world")