diff --git a/mithril-aggregator/src/artifact_builder/cardano_database_artifacts/ancillary.rs b/mithril-aggregator/src/artifact_builder/cardano_database_artifacts/ancillary.rs
index 8554d29e67..e4ed6d58cf 100644
--- a/mithril-aggregator/src/artifact_builder/cardano_database_artifacts/ancillary.rs
+++ b/mithril-aggregator/src/artifact_builder/cardano_database_artifacts/ancillary.rs
@@ -119,9 +119,13 @@ impl AncillaryArtifactBuilder {
             self.compression_algorithm.tar_file_extension()
         );
 
+        let ancillary_archive_path = Path::new("cardano-database")
+            .join("ancillary")
+            .join(&archive_name);
+
         let snapshot = self
             .snapshotter
-            .snapshot_subset(&archive_name, paths_to_include)
+            .snapshot_subset(&ancillary_archive_path, paths_to_include)
             .with_context(|| {
                 format!(
                     "Failed to create ancillary archive for immutable file number: {}",
diff --git a/mithril-aggregator/src/artifact_builder/cardano_immutable_files_full.rs b/mithril-aggregator/src/artifact_builder/cardano_immutable_files_full.rs
index 34006596ac..cbfa9430ff 100644
--- a/mithril-aggregator/src/artifact_builder/cardano_immutable_files_full.rs
+++ b/mithril-aggregator/src/artifact_builder/cardano_immutable_files_full.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use semver::Version;
 use slog::{debug, warn, Logger};
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ impl CardanoImmutableFilesFullArtifactBuilder {
         // spawn a separate thread to prevent blocking
         let ongoing_snapshot =
             tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot> {
-                snapshotter.snapshot_all(&snapshot_name)
+                snapshotter.snapshot_all(Path::new(&snapshot_name))
             })
             .await??;
 
diff --git a/mithril-aggregator/src/snapshotter.rs b/mithril-aggregator/src/snapshotter.rs
index 9af9c0de89..d624ac3b5f 100644
--- a/mithril-aggregator/src/snapshotter.rs
+++ b/mithril-aggregator/src/snapshotter.rs
@@ -18,15 +18,11 @@ use crate::ZstandardCompressionParameters;
 
 /// Define the ability to create snapshots.
 pub trait Snapshotter: Sync + Send {
-    /// Create a new snapshot with the given archive name.
-    fn snapshot_all(&self, archive_name: &str) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot>;
+    /// Create a new snapshot with the given filepath.
+    fn snapshot_all(&self, filepath: &Path) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot>;
 
-    /// Create a new snapshot with the given archive name from a subset of directories and files.
-    fn snapshot_subset(
-        &self,
-        archive_name: &str,
-        files: Vec<PathBuf>,
-    ) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot>;
+    /// Create a new snapshot with the given filepath from a subset of directories and files.
+    fn snapshot_subset(&self, filepath: &Path, files: Vec<PathBuf>) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot>;
 }
 
 /// Compression algorithm and parameters of the [CompressedArchiveSnapshotter].
@@ -161,17 +157,17 @@ pub enum SnapshotError {
 }
 
 impl Snapshotter for CompressedArchiveSnapshotter {
-    fn snapshot_all(&self, archive_name: &str) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot> {
+    fn snapshot_all(&self, filepath: &Path) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot> {
         let appender = AppenderDirAll {
             db_directory: self.db_directory.clone(),
         };
 
-        self.snapshot(archive_name, appender)
+        self.snapshot(filepath, appender)
     }
 
     fn snapshot_subset(
         &self,
-        archive_name: &str,
+        filepath: &Path,
         entries: Vec<PathBuf>,
     ) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot> {
         if entries.is_empty() {
@@ -183,7 +179,7 @@ impl Snapshotter for CompressedArchiveSnapshotter {
             entries,
         };
 
-        self.snapshot(archive_name, appender)
+        self.snapshot(filepath, appender)
     }
 }
 
@@ -222,12 +218,16 @@ impl CompressedArchiveSnapshotter {
         })
     }
 
-    fn snapshot<T: TarAppender>(
-        &self,
-        archive_name: &str,
-        appender: T,
-    ) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot> {
-        let archive_path = self.ongoing_snapshot_directory.join(archive_name);
+    fn snapshot<T: TarAppender>(&self, filepath: &Path, appender: T) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot> {
+        let archive_path = self.ongoing_snapshot_directory.join(filepath);
+        if let Some(archive_dir) = archive_path.parent() {
+            fs::create_dir_all(archive_dir).with_context(|| {
+                format!(
+                    "Can not create archive directory: '{}'",
+                    archive_dir.display()
+                )
+            })?;
+        }
         let filesize = self.create_and_verify_archive(&archive_path, appender).inspect_err(|_err| {
             if archive_path.exists() {
                 if let Err(remove_error) = fs::remove_file(&archive_path) {
@@ -261,7 +261,11 @@ impl CompressedArchiveSnapshotter {
             archive_path.display()
         );
 
-        let tar_file = File::create(archive_path).map_err(SnapshotError::CreateArchiveError)?;
+        let tar_file = File::create(archive_path)
+            .map_err(SnapshotError::CreateArchiveError)
+            .with_context(|| {
+                format!("Error while creating the archive with path: {archive_path:?}")
+            })?;
 
         match self.compression_algorithm {
             SnapshotterCompressionAlgorithm::Gzip => {
@@ -466,13 +470,13 @@ impl Default for DumbSnapshotter {
 }
 
 impl Snapshotter for DumbSnapshotter {
-    fn snapshot_all(&self, archive_name: &str) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot> {
+    fn snapshot_all(&self, archive_name: &Path) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot> {
         let mut value = self
             .last_snapshot
             .write()
             .map_err(|e| SnapshotError::UploadFileError(e.to_string()))?;
         let snapshot = OngoingSnapshot {
-            filepath: Path::new(archive_name).to_path_buf(),
+            filepath: archive_name.to_path_buf(),
             filesize: 0,
         };
         *value = Some(snapshot.clone());
@@ -482,7 +486,7 @@ impl Snapshotter for DumbSnapshotter {
 
     fn snapshot_subset(
         &self,
-        archive_name: &str,
+        archive_name: &Path,
         _files: Vec<PathBuf>,
     ) -> StdResult<OngoingSnapshot> {
         self.snapshot_all(archive_name)
@@ -535,13 +539,15 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_dumb_snapshotter_snasphot_return_archive_name_with_size_0() {
         let snapshotter = DumbSnapshotter::new();
-        let snapshot = snapshotter.snapshot_all("archive.tar.gz").unwrap();
+        let snapshot = snapshotter
+            .snapshot_all(Path::new("archive.tar.gz"))
+            .unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(PathBuf::from("archive.tar.gz"), *snapshot.get_file_path());
         assert_eq!(0, *snapshot.get_file_size());
 
         let snapshot = snapshotter
-            .snapshot_subset("archive.tar.gz", vec![PathBuf::from("whatever")])
+            .snapshot_subset(Path::new("archive.tar.gz"), vec![PathBuf::from("whatever")])
             .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(PathBuf::from("archive.tar.gz"), *snapshot.get_file_path());
         assert_eq!(0, *snapshot.get_file_size());
@@ -556,7 +562,7 @@ mod tests {
             .is_none());
 
         let snapshot = snapshotter
-            .snapshot_all("whatever")
+            .snapshot_all(Path::new("whatever"))
             .expect("Dumb snapshotter::snapshot should not fail.");
         assert_eq!(
             Some(snapshot),
@@ -566,7 +572,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
 
         let snapshot = snapshotter
-            .snapshot_subset("another_whatever", vec![PathBuf::from("subdir")])
+            .snapshot_subset(Path::new("another_whatever"), vec![PathBuf::from("subdir")])
             .expect("Dumb snapshotter::snapshot should not fail.");
         assert_eq!(
             Some(snapshot),
@@ -641,7 +647,7 @@ mod tests {
         File::create(pending_snapshot_directory.join("other-process.file")).unwrap();
 
         let _ = snapshotter
-            .snapshot_all("whatever.tar.gz")
+            .snapshot_all(Path::new("whatever.tar.gz"))
             .expect_err("Snapshotter::snapshot should fail if the db is empty.");
         let remaining_files: Vec<String> = fs::read_dir(&pending_snapshot_directory)
             .unwrap()
@@ -687,7 +693,7 @@ mod tests {
             .expect("verify_archive should not fail");
 
         snapshotter
-            .snapshot_all(pending_snapshot_archive_file)
+            .snapshot_all(Path::new(pending_snapshot_archive_file))
             .expect("Snapshotter::snapshot should not fail.");
     }
 
@@ -728,7 +734,7 @@ mod tests {
             .expect("verify_archive should not fail");
 
         snapshotter
-            .snapshot_all(pending_snapshot_archive_file)
+            .snapshot_all(Path::new(pending_snapshot_archive_file))
             .expect("Snapshotter::snapshot should not fail.");
     }
 
@@ -753,7 +759,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let snapshot = snapshotter
             .snapshot_subset(
-                &random_archive_name(),
+                Path::new(&random_archive_name()),
                 vec![
                     directory_to_archive_path.clone(),
                     file_to_archive_path.clone(),
@@ -784,7 +790,10 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
 
         snapshotter
-            .snapshot_subset(&random_archive_name(), vec![PathBuf::from("not_exist")])
+            .snapshot_subset(
+                Path::new(&random_archive_name()),
+                vec![PathBuf::from("not_exist")],
+            )
             .expect_err("snapshot_subset should return error when file or directory not exist");
     }
 
@@ -803,7 +812,7 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
 
         snapshotter
-            .snapshot_subset(&random_archive_name(), vec![])
+            .snapshot_subset(Path::new(&random_archive_name()), vec![])
             .expect_err("snapshot_subset should return error when entries is empty");
     }
 
@@ -826,7 +835,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let snapshot = snapshotter
             .snapshot_subset(
-                &random_archive_name(),
+                Path::new(&random_archive_name()),
                 vec![
                     directory_to_archive_path.clone(),
                     directory_to_archive_path.clone(),