diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/registrator/MarkerFileUtility.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/registrator/MarkerFileUtility.java
index 9a3b812be1a2440d9c6fdca6d239b665b46bcf11..7705dde558235f7e4169001341583de93dbe084f 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/registrator/MarkerFileUtility.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/registrator/MarkerFileUtility.java
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ public class MarkerFileUtility
         this.storeRootDirectory = storeRootDirectory;
     }
 
+    public static File getMarkerFileFromIncoming(final File incoming)
+    {
+        return new File(incoming.getParentFile(), IS_FINISHED_PREFIX + incoming.getName());
+    }
+    
     /**
      * From given <var>isFinishedPath</var> gets the incoming data set path and checks it.
      * 
@@ -64,8 +69,7 @@ public class MarkerFileUtility
      */
     public final File getIncomingDataSetPathFromMarker(final File isFinishedPath)
     {
-        final File incomingDataSetPath =
-                FileUtilities.removePrefixFromFileName(isFinishedPath, IS_FINISHED_PREFIX);
+        final File incomingDataSetPath = getIncomingFromMarkerFile(isFinishedPath);
         if (operationLog.isDebugEnabled())
         {
             operationLog.debug(String.format(
@@ -84,6 +88,13 @@ public class MarkerFileUtility
         return incomingDataSetPath;
     }
 
+    static File getIncomingFromMarkerFile(final File isFinishedPath)
+    {
+        final File incomingDataSetPath =
+                FileUtilities.removePrefixFromFileName(isFinishedPath, IS_FINISHED_PREFIX);
+        return incomingDataSetPath;
+    }
+
     public boolean deleteAndLogIsFinishedMarkerFile(File isFinishedFile)
     {
         if (fileOperations.exists(isFinishedFile) == false)
diff --git a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/registrator/MarkerFileUtilityTest.java b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/registrator/MarkerFileUtilityTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5bd030e4b39e584e0b4aa81adcf1b3b4f6ffa138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/registrator/MarkerFileUtilityTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.etlserver.registrator;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.testng.AssertJUnit;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import static ch.systemsx.cisd.common.Constants.IS_FINISHED_PREFIX;
+/**
+ * 
+ *
+ * @author jakubs
+ */
+public class MarkerFileUtilityTest extends AssertJUnit
+{
+    @Test
+    public void testMarkerFileNameGeneration()
+    {
+        File original = new File("a/b/c/d");
+        
+        File markerPath = MarkerFileUtility.getMarkerFileFromIncoming(original);
+        
+        assertEquals(markerPath, new File("a/b/c", IS_FINISHED_PREFIX + original.getName()));
+        
+        assertEquals(original, MarkerFileUtility.getIncomingFromMarkerFile(markerPath));
+    }
+}