diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/MultiPartArchiveWriter.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/MultiPartArchiveWriter.cpp
index 6250a84..063670c 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/MultiPartArchiveWriter.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/MultiPartArchiveWriter.cpp
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ namespace openVulkanoCpp
 {
 	MultiPartArchiveWriter::MultiPartArchiveWriter(const std::string& dir, const std::string& fileNamePattern,
 												   const ArchiveConfiguration& archiveConfiguration,
-												   size_t sizeLimit, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger)
+												   size_t sizeLimit, bool lazyCreation,
+												   const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger)
 			: m_fileSizeLimit(sizeLimit), m_archiveId(0), m_archiveConfig(archiveConfiguration)
-			, m_dir(dir), m_fileNamePattern(fileNamePattern), m_logger(logger)
+			, m_dir(dir), m_fileNamePattern(fileNamePattern), m_logger(logger), m_lazyCreation(lazyCreation)
 	{
 		if (!m_dir.empty() && !std::filesystem::exists(m_dir))
 		{
 			std::filesystem::create_directories(m_dir);
 		}
-		StartNewFile();
+		if (!lazyCreation) StartNewFile();
 	}
 
 	MultiPartArchiveWriter::~MultiPartArchiveWriter()
@@ -99,12 +100,12 @@ namespace openVulkanoCpp
 			m_archives.clear();
 		}
 		m_dir = newDir;
-		StartNewFile();
+		if (!m_lazyCreation) StartNewFile();
 	}
 
 	void MultiPartArchiveWriter::Split()
 	{
-		if (!m_writer->GetTotalWrittenBytes()) return; // Nothing has been written yet, no need to split file
+		if (!m_writer || !m_writer->GetTotalWrittenBytes()) return; // Nothing has been written yet, no need to split file
 		m_writer = nullptr;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/MultiPartArchiveWriter.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/MultiPartArchiveWriter.hpp
index a209704..da02723 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/MultiPartArchiveWriter.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/MultiPartArchiveWriter.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "ArchiveWriter.hpp"
+#include "Math/ByteSize.hpp"
 #include <memory>
 
 namespace openVulkanoCpp
@@ -21,13 +22,14 @@ namespace openVulkanoCpp
 		std::unique_ptr<ArchiveWriter> m_writer;
 		std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> m_logger;
 		std::vector<std::filesystem::path> m_archives;
+		bool m_lazyCreation;
 
 		void StartNewFile();
 
 		void CheckSize(size_t size);
 
 	public:
-		MultiPartArchiveWriter(const std::string& dir, const std::string& fileNamePattern, const ArchiveConfiguration& archiveConfiguration, size_t sizeLimit = 2ull << 30, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger = nullptr);
+		MultiPartArchiveWriter(const std::string& dir, const std::string& fileNamePattern, const ArchiveConfiguration& archiveConfiguration, size_t sizeLimit = 2_GiB, bool lazyCreation = false, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger = nullptr);
 
 		~MultiPartArchiveWriter() override;