diff --git a/backend/src/services/file.ts b/backend/src/services/file.ts
index 7a91e196e..c8d2649fc 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/file.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/file.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ export function isFileInterfaceDoc(data: unknown): data is FileInterfaceDoc {
   return true
 }
 
+export const createFilePath = (modelId: string, fileId: string) => {
+  return `beta/model/${modelId}/files/${fileId}`
+}
+
 export async function uploadFile(user: UserInterface, modelId: string, name: string, mime: string, stream: Readable) {
   const model = await getModelById(user, modelId)
   if (model.settings.mirror.sourceModelId) {
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ export async function uploadFile(user: UserInterface, modelId: string, name: str
   const fileId = longId()
 
   const bucket = config.s3.buckets.uploads
-  const path = `beta/model/${modelId}/files/${fileId}`
+  const path = createFilePath(modelId, fileId)
 
   const file = new FileModel({ modelId, name, mime, bucket, path, complete: true })
 
diff --git a/backend/src/services/mirroredModel.ts b/backend/src/services/mirroredModel.ts
index b2a1ffbe3..42d98a350 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/mirroredModel.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/mirroredModel.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { UserInterface } from '../models/User.js'
 import config from '../utils/config.js'
 import { BadReq, Forbidden, InternalError } from '../utils/error.js'
 import {
+  createFilePath,
   downloadFile,
   getFilesByIds,
   getTotalFileSize,
@@ -166,13 +167,15 @@ export async function importModel(
 
   switch (importKind) {
     case ImportKind.Documents: {
+      log.info({ mirroredModelId, payloadUrl }, 'Importing colection of documents.')
       return await importDocuments(user, res, mirroredModelId, sourceModelId, payloadUrl)
     }
     case ImportKind.File: {
+      log.info({ mirroredModelId, payloadUrl }, 'Importing file data.')
       if (!filePath) {
         throw BadReq('Missing File Path.', { mirroredModelId, sourceModelIdMeta: sourceModelId })
       }
-      const result = await importModelFile(res, filePath, mirroredModelId, sourceModelId)
+      const result = await importModelFile(res, filePath, mirroredModelId)
       return {
         mirroredModel,
         importResult: {
@@ -297,14 +300,9 @@ async function importDocuments(
   }
 }
 
-async function importModelFile(
-  content: Response,
-  importedPath: string,
-  mirroredModelId: string,
-  sourceModelId: string,
-) {
+async function importModelFile(content: Response, importedPath: string, mirroredModelId: string) {
   const bucket = config.s3.buckets.uploads
-  const updatedPath = importedPath.replace(sourceModelId, mirroredModelId)
+  const updatedPath = createFilePath(mirroredModelId, importedPath)
   await putObjectStream(bucket, updatedPath, content.body as Readable)
   log.debug({ bucket, path: updatedPath }, 'Imported file successfully uploaded to S3.')
   await markFileAsCompleteAfterImport(updatedPath)
@@ -362,7 +360,7 @@ async function parseFile(fileJson: string, mirroredModelId: string, sourceModelI
 
   const modelId = file.modelId
   file.modelId = mirroredModelId
-  file.path = file.path.replace(modelId, mirroredModelId)
+  file.path = createFilePath(mirroredModelId, file.id)
   if (sourceModelId !== modelId) {
     throw InternalError('Zip file contains files from an invalid model.', { modelIds: [sourceModelId, modelId] })
   }
@@ -555,13 +553,13 @@ async function addReleaseToZip(
     for (const file of files) {
       zip.append(JSON.stringify(file.toJSON()), { name: `files/${file._id}.json` })
       await uploadToS3(
-        file.path,
+        file.id,
         (await downloadFile(user, file._id)).Body as stream.Readable,
         {
           exporter: user.dn,
           sourceModelId: model.id,
           mirroredModelId,
-          filePath: file.path,
+          filePath: file.id,
           importKind: ImportKind.File,
         },
         {
diff --git a/backend/test/services/mirroredModel.spec.ts b/backend/test/services/mirroredModel.spec.ts
index 306cc056f..fc892eae1 100644
--- a/backend/test/services/mirroredModel.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/test/services/mirroredModel.spec.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ const fileMocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   downloadFile: vi.fn(() => ({ Body: 'test' })),
   markFileAsCompleteAfterImport: vi.fn(),
   isFileInterfaceDoc: vi.fn(() => true),
+  createFilePath: vi.fn(() => 'file/path'),
 }))
 vi.mock('../../src/services/file.js', () => fileMocks)