diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/helpers/compression.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/helpers/compression.rs
index 7e8b5e3f3..e12e5b479 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/helpers/compression.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/helpers/compression.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ pub fn to_tar_gz(src: &Path, dest: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
 }
 
 pub fn from_tar_gz(src: impl AsRef<Path>, dest: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    println!("inflating from {:?} to {:?}", src.as_ref(), dest.as_ref());
     let f = File::open(&src)?;
     let gz = GzDecoder::new(f);
     let mut ar = Archive::new(gz);
     create_dir_all(&dest)?;
     ar.unpack(&dest)?;
+    println!("here");
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor.rs
index 4b5c68b56..bfa3097a7 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor.rs
@@ -423,7 +423,11 @@ impl<S: IndexStore + Sync + Send> IndexActor<S> {
             .map_err(|e| IndexError::Error(e.into()))?;
 
         if let Some(index) = self.store.get(uuid).await? {
-            let index_path = path.join(format!("index-{}", uuid));
+            let mut index_path = path.join(format!("index-{}", uuid));
+            create_dir_all(&index_path)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| IndexError::Error(e.into()))?;
+            index_path.push("data.mdb");
             spawn_blocking(move || -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 // Get write txn to wait for ongoing write transaction before snapshot.
                 let _txn = index.write_txn()?;
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_store.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_store.rs
index 587b060af..e17c56e10 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_store.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_store.rs
@@ -380,13 +380,13 @@ where
     }
 
     pub fn snapshot(&self, txn: &mut heed::RwTxn, path: impl AsRef<Path>, uuid: Uuid) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        println!("snapshoting updates in {:?}", path.as_ref());
         let update_path = path.as_ref().join("updates");
         create_dir_all(&update_path)?;
 
-        let snapshot_path = update_path.join(format!("update-{}", uuid));
+        let mut snapshot_path = update_path.join(format!("update-{}", uuid));
         // acquire write lock to prevent further writes during snapshot
-        println!("acquired lock");
+        create_dir_all(&snapshot_path)?;
+        snapshot_path.push("data.mdb");
 
         // create db snapshot
         self.env.copy_to_path(&snapshot_path, CompactionOption::Enabled)?;
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver.rs
index 7d755e9b6..5bdbe667f 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver.rs
@@ -253,8 +253,9 @@ impl HeedUuidStore {
     }
 
     fn from_snapshot(snapshot: impl AsRef<Path>, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
-        let snapshot = snapshot.as_ref().join("uuids");
-        compression::from_tar_gz(snapshot, &path)?;
+        let src = snapshot.as_ref().join("uuids");
+        let dst = path.as_ref().join("uuids");
+        compression::from_tar_gz(src, dst)?;
         Self::new(path)
     }
 }
@@ -347,7 +348,9 @@ impl UuidStore for HeedUuidStore {
                 let uuid = Uuid::from_slice(uuid)?;
                 entries.push(uuid)
             }
-            path.push("uuids");
+            path.push("index_uuids");
+            create_dir_all(&path).unwrap();
+            path.push("data.mdb");
             env.copy_to_path(path, CompactionOption::Enabled)?;
             Ok(entries)
         })