diff --git a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/Driver.kt b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/Driver.kt
index d743d99..5fb2fbc 100644
--- a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/Driver.kt
+++ b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/Driver.kt
@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
 package space.kscience.snark.storage
 
 import java.nio.file.Path
+import kotlin.io.path.*
 
 public interface Directory : AutoCloseable {
-    @Deprecated("Use Path, not String")
-    public suspend fun get(filename: String): FileReader
-
     // get file from subtree
     public suspend fun get(filename: Path): FileReader
 
     @Deprecated("Use put")
     public suspend fun create(filename: String, ignoreIfExists: Boolean = false)
 
-    @Deprecated("Use Path, not String")
-    public suspend fun put(filename: String): FileWriter
-
     // put file to subtree
     public suspend fun put(filename: Path): FileWriter
 
     public suspend fun getSubdir(path: Path): Directory
 
-    public suspend operator fun div(path: Path): Directory = getSubdir(path)
-
     @Deprecated("Directories are created on put")
     public suspend fun createSubdir(dirname: String, ignoreIfExists: Boolean = false): Directory
 
@@ -29,6 +22,15 @@ public interface Directory : AutoCloseable {
     public val path: Path
 }
 
+
+public suspend fun Directory.get(filename: String): FileReader = get(Path(filename))
+
+public suspend fun Directory.put(filename: String): FileWriter = put(Path(filename))
+
+public suspend operator fun Directory.div(path: Path): Directory = getSubdir(path)
+
+public suspend operator fun Directory.div(path: String): Directory = getSubdir(Path(path))
+
 public interface FileReader : AutoCloseable {
     public suspend fun readAll(): ByteArray
 }
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 d6c5e94..ea452e7 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
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ internal class LocalFile(private val path: Path) : FileReader, FileWriter {
         path.parent.createDirectories()
         try {
             path.createFile()
-        } catch (ex: java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException) {
+        } catch (ex: Exception) {
             // Do nothing
         }
         path.writeBytes(bytes)
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ internal class LocalDirectory(private val root: Path, private val currentDir: Pa
 
     override fun close() {}
 
-    @Deprecated("Use Path, not String")
-    override suspend fun get(filename: String): LocalFile = LocalFile(realpath(filename))
-
     override suspend fun get(filename: Path): LocalFile = LocalFile(realpath(filename))
 
     @Deprecated("Use put")
@@ -51,9 +48,6 @@ internal class LocalDirectory(private val root: Path, private val currentDir: Pa
         }
     }
 
-    @Deprecated("Use Path, not String")
-    override suspend fun put(filename: String): LocalFile = get(filename)
-
     override suspend fun put(filename: Path): LocalFile = get(filename)
 
     override suspend fun getSubdir(path: Path): LocalDirectory = LocalDirectory(root, currentDir / path)
diff --git a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/s3/S3Directory.kt b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/s3/S3Directory.kt
index 6416dc3..8ec96a5 100644
--- a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/s3/S3Directory.kt
+++ b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/s3/S3Directory.kt
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ internal class S3Directory(
     private val bucketName: String,
     private val currentDir: Path,
 ) : Directory {
-    @Deprecated("Use Path, not String")
-    override suspend fun get(filename: String): FileReader =
-        S3FileReader(client, bucketName, currentDir / filename)
-
     override suspend fun get(filename: Path): FileReader =
         S3FileReader(client, bucketName, currentDir / filename)
 
@@ -26,10 +22,6 @@ internal class S3Directory(
         }
     }
 
-    @Deprecated("Use Path, not String")
-    override suspend fun put(filename: String): FileWriter =
-        S3FileWriter(client, bucketName, currentDir / filename)
-
     override suspend fun put(filename: Path): FileWriter =
         S3FileWriter(client, bucketName, currentDir / filename)
 
diff --git a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/s3/S3Root.kt b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/s3/S3Root.kt
index 8f32607..19ad43f 100644
--- a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/s3/S3Root.kt
+++ b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/s3/S3Root.kt
@@ -21,22 +21,16 @@ internal fun splitPathIntoBucketAndPath(path: Path): Pair<String, Path> {
 }
 
 internal class S3Root(private val client: S3Client) : Directory {
-    override suspend fun get(filename: String): FileReader {
-        throw NoSuchFileException(Path(filename).toFile())
-    }
 
     override suspend fun get(filename: Path): FileReader {
         throw NoSuchFileException(filename.toFile())
     }
 
+    @Deprecated("Use put")
     override suspend fun create(filename: String, ignoreIfExists: Boolean) {
         throw NoSuchFileException(Path(filename).toFile())
     }
 
-    override suspend fun put(filename: String): FileWriter {
-        throw NoSuchFileException(Path(filename).toFile())
-    }
-
     override suspend fun put(filename: Path): FileWriter {
         throw NoSuchFileException(filename.toFile())
     }
@@ -51,6 +45,7 @@ internal class S3Root(private val client: S3Client) : Directory {
         throw AccessDeniedException(path.toFile(), reason = ex.message)
     }
 
+    @Deprecated("Directories are created on put")
     override suspend fun createSubdir(dirname: String, ignoreIfExists: Boolean): Directory = try {
         val (bucketName, filePath) = splitPathIntoBucketAndPath(Path(dirname))
         client.createBucket {
diff --git a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/unzip/Unzip.kt b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/unzip/Unzip.kt
index 5201930..b60cc9c 100644
--- a/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/unzip/Unzip.kt
+++ b/snark-storage-driver/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/unzip/Unzip.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package space.kscience.snark.storage.unzip
 
-import space.kscience.snark.storage.Directory
+import space.kscience.snark.storage.*
 import java.io.FileInputStream
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream
 
diff --git a/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/Example.kt b/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/Example.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..324120f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snark-storage-driver/src/test/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/storage/local/Example.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package space.kscience.snark.storage.local
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll
+import space.kscience.snark.storage.*
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import kotlin.io.path.createTempDirectory
+import kotlin.io.path.deleteExisting
+import kotlin.test.AfterTest
+import kotlin.test.BeforeTest
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.io.path.*
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+class Example {
+    var tempDir: Path? = null
+    var somedir: Directory? = null
+
+    @BeforeTest
+    fun setUp() {
+        tempDir = createTempDirectory()
+        somedir = localStorage(tempDir!!)
+    }
+
+    @AfterTest
+    fun tearDown() {
+        tempDir!!.toFile().deleteRecursively()
+        somedir = null
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun exampleTest() = runBlocking {
+        somedir!!.put(Path("somefile")).write("hello".toByteArray())
+        assertEquals("hello", somedir!!.get(Path("somefile")).readAll().decodeToString())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun subdirExample() = runBlocking {
+        val dir1 = somedir!! / "tmp1"
+        dir1.put("somefile").write("hello".toByteArray())
+
+        val dir2 = somedir!! / "tmp1"
+        val data = dir2.get("somefile").readAll()
+
+        assertEquals("hello", data.decodeToString())
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
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 ec5765e..f47e7fa 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
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package space.kscience.snark.storage.local
 
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 
-import space.kscience.snark.storage.Directory
+import space.kscience.snark.storage.*
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.*
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 3b6e054..b567948 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
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ package space.kscience.snark.storage.unzip
 
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 
-import space.kscience.snark.storage.Directory
-import space.kscience.snark.storage.local.LocalDirectory
+import space.kscience.snark.storage.*
 import space.kscience.snark.storage.local.localStorage
 import java.io.*
 import java.nio.file.Files