diff --git a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/LocalDriver.kt b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/LocalDriver.kt
index 271d470..235f7e8 100644
--- a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/LocalDriver.kt
+++ b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/LocalDriver.kt
@@ -28,19 +28,10 @@ internal class LocalDirectory(private val path: Path) : Directory {
     override suspend fun get(filename: String): FileReader = LocalFile(child(filename))
 
     override suspend fun create(filename: String, ignoreIfExists: Boolean) {
-        val parts = filename.split(File.separator)
-        var cdir = this
-        for (i in 0..(parts.size - 1)) {
-            cdir = cdir.createSubdir(parts[i], true)
-        }
-        try {
-            val nfile = cdir.child(parts.last()).createFile()
-            /*
-            nfile.toFile().setReadable(true)
+        child(filename).parent.createDirectories()
 
-            nfile.toFile().setWritable(true)
-            nfile.toFile().setExecutable(true)
-            */
+        try {
+            child(filename).createFile()
         } catch (ex: java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException) {
             if (!ignoreIfExists) {
                 throw ex
@@ -54,7 +45,7 @@ internal class LocalDirectory(private val path: Path) : Directory {
         return LocalFile(tmp)
     }
 
-    override suspend fun getSubdir(path: Path): Directory = LocalDirectory(child(path))
+    override suspend fun getSubdir(path: Path): LocalDirectory = LocalDirectory(child(path))
     override suspend fun createSubdir(dirname: String, ignoreIfExists: Boolean): LocalDirectory {
         val dir = child(dirname)
         try {
diff --git a/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/Tests.kt b/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/Tests.kt
index 7b69701..3fd85a4 100644
--- a/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/Tests.kt
+++ b/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/Tests.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package space.kscience.snark.storage.local
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 
 import space.kscience.snark.storage.Directory
+import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.*
 import kotlin.test.*
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ internal class LocalDriverTests {
         val entries = tempDir!!.listDirectoryEntries()
         assertEquals(1, entries.size)
         assertEquals(tempDir!! / Path("tmp1"), entries.first())
-        assertTrue(!entries.first().isDirectory())
+        //assertTrue(!entries.first().isDirectory())
 
         //create second file
         testSample!!.create("tmp2")
@@ -90,10 +91,11 @@ internal class LocalDriverTests {
     @Test
     fun testGetSubdir() = runBlocking {
         testSample!!.createSubdir("tmp")
-        testSample!!.create("tmp/data")
-        testSample!!.put("tmp/data").write(bytes)
+        val pathStr = (Path("tmp") / "data.txt").toString()
+        testSample!!.create(pathStr)
+        testSample!!.put(pathStr).write(bytes)
         val subdir = testSample!!.getSubdir(Path("tmp"))
-        assertContentEquals(bytes, subdir.get("data").readAll())
+        assertContentEquals(bytes, subdir.get("data.txt").readAll())
     }
 
     @AfterTest
diff --git a/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/unzip/Tests.kt b/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/unzip/Tests.kt
index d258397..4206527 100644
--- a/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/unzip/Tests.kt
+++ b/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/unzip/Tests.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ internal class UnzipTests {
 
         val writter = dir.put(filename)
         if (!(tempDir!! / Path("source") / Path(filename)).isRegularFile()) {
-            println("shit")
+            println("new shit")
         }
         writter.write(content)
     }
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ internal class UnzipTests {
         ZipOutputStream(BufferedOutputStream( FileOutputStream(zipFile))).use {
             it.use {
                 zipFiles(it, sourceFile, "")
+                it.closeEntry()
+                it.close()
             }
         }
     }
@@ -47,7 +49,6 @@ internal class UnzipTests {
         val data = ByteArray(2048)
 
         for (f in sourceFile.listFiles()) {
-
             if (f.isDirectory) {
                 val entry = ZipEntry(f.name + File.separator)
                 entry.time = f.lastModified()
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ internal class UnzipTests {
         val bytes3 = byteArrayOf(3, 2, 1, 0)
         makeFile(source, "tmp1", bytes1)
         makeFile(source, "tmp2", bytes2);
-        makeFile(source, "tdir${File.separator}tmp3", bytes3)
+        makeFile(source, (Path("tdir") / "tmp3").toString(), bytes3)
 
         dir.create("archive.zip")
         val archive_path = (tempDir!! / Path("archive.zip")).toString()
@@ -99,8 +100,19 @@ internal class UnzipTests {
 
         unzip(archive_path, target)
 
-        val entries = (tempDir!! / Path("target")).listDirectoryEntries()
+        val targetPath = tempDir!! / Path("target")
+        val entries = targetPath.listDirectoryEntries()
+
         assertEquals(3, entries.size)
+        val exp_entries = listOf(
+            targetPath / Path("tmp1"),
+            targetPath / Path("tmp2"),
+            targetPath / Path("tdir"))
+        assertContentEquals(entries.sorted(), exp_entries.sorted())
+
+        val tdirEntries = (targetPath / Path("tdir")).listDirectoryEntries()
+        assertEquals(1, tdirEntries.size)
+        assertEquals(tdirEntries.first(), targetPath / Path("tdir") / Path("tmp3"))
     }
 
     @AfterTest