diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveConfiguration.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveConfiguration.cpp
index a965570..6692df0 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveConfiguration.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveConfiguration.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "ArchiveConfiguration.hpp"
 #include "Base/Utils.hpp"
 #include <archive.h>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 namespace OpenVulkano
 {
@@ -34,9 +35,9 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 		return std::string(tName);
 	}
 
-	ArchiveConfiguration ArchiveConfiguration::FromFileName(const char* fileName)
+	ArchiveConfiguration ArchiveConfiguration::FromFileName(std::filesystem::path fileName)
 	{
-		std::string_view fName = fileName;
+		std::string_view fName = fileName.string();
 		ArchiveConfiguration ac;
 		if (auto type = ArchiveType::FromExtension(fName))
 		{
@@ -77,4 +78,4 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 	{
 		return COMP_MAP[static_cast<int>(compression)];
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveConfiguration.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveConfiguration.hpp
index 9a4d879..2ea5abd 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveConfiguration.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveConfiguration.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <filesystem>
+
 #include "ArchiveType.hpp"
 #include <string>
 
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 									   : type(archiveType), compression(compressionType), compressionLevel(level)
 		{}
 
-		[[nodiscard]] static ArchiveConfiguration FromFileName(const char* fileName);
+		[[nodiscard]] static ArchiveConfiguration FromFileName(std::filesystem::path fileName);
 
 		[[nodiscard]] std::string GetFileExtension() const;
 
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp
index 153f1ce..9d0493d 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,29 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 		ChkErr(archive_write_open_filename(m_archive, fileName));
 	}
 
+	ArchiveWriter::ArchiveWriter(const std::filesystem::path& fileName, ArchiveConfiguration archiveConfiguration, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger, const char* password)
+			: ArchiveBase(archive_write_new(), archive_entry_new(), logger)
+			, m_archiveConfig(archiveConfiguration)
+			, m_shouldCompress(&SimpleFileTypeShouldCompressChecker)
+	{ //TODO error handling
+		ChkErr(archive_write_set_format(m_archive, archiveConfiguration.GetLibArchiveArchiveType()));
+		if (archiveConfiguration.type == ArchiveType::TAR)
+		{
+			ChkErr(archive_write_add_filter(m_archive, archiveConfiguration.GetLibArchiveCompressionType()));
+		}
+		if (archiveConfiguration.compression != CompressionType::NONE &&
+			archiveConfiguration.compressionLevel > 0)
+		{
+			std::string level = "compression-level=" + std::to_string(archiveConfiguration.compressionLevel);
+			ChkErr(archive_write_set_options(m_archive, level.c_str()));
+		}
+		if (password) ChkErr(archive_write_set_passphrase(m_archive, password));
+		if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::filesystem::path::value_type, char>)
+			ChkErr(archive_write_open_filename(m_archive, (const char*)fileName.c_str()));
+		else
+			ChkErr(archive_write_open_filename_w(m_archive, (const wchar_t*)fileName.c_str()));
+	}
+
 	ArchiveWriter::~ArchiveWriter()
 	{
 		if (m_asBuffer) { m_asBuffer->Close(); m_asBuffer = nullptr; }
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.hpp
index d13afeb..c5aa5c0 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/IO/Archive/ArchiveWriter.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 
 		ArchiveWriter(const char* fileName, ArchiveConfiguration archiveConfiguration, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger = nullptr, const char* password = nullptr);
 
+		ArchiveWriter(const std::filesystem::path& fileName, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger = nullptr, const char* password = nullptr)
+				: ArchiveWriter(fileName, ArchiveConfiguration::FromFileName(fileName), logger, password)
+		{}
+
+		ArchiveWriter(const std::filesystem::path& fileName, ArchiveConfiguration archiveConfiguration, const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger>& logger = nullptr, const char* password = nullptr);
+
 		~ArchiveWriter() override;
 
 		[[nodiscard]] size_t GetTotalWrittenBytes() const { return m_bytesWritten; }
diff --git a/tests/IO/Archive/ArchiveReaderTest.cpp b/tests/IO/Archive/ArchiveReaderTest.cpp
index 4e0a434..73ec031 100644
--- a/tests/IO/Archive/ArchiveReaderTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/IO/Archive/ArchiveReaderTest.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace
 
 	void makeDummyArchive()
 	{
-		ArchiveWriter writer(dummyArchivePath().c_str());
+		ArchiveWriter writer(dummyArchivePath());
 		FileDescription desc;
 
 		desc.path = "stream1.txt";
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Dummy archive creation, default constructor", "[ArchiveReader]")
 TEST_CASE("Open Archive from File", "[ArchiveReader]")
 {
 	{
-		std::string testArchive = dummyArchivePath();
+		auto testArchive = dummyArchivePath();
 		ArchiveReader reader;
 		bool opened = reader.Open(testArchive);
 		REQUIRE(opened == true);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Open Archive from Directory with Pattern", "[ArchiveReader]")
 
 TEST_CASE("ExtractNext and Skip Functions", "[ArchiveReader]")
 {
-	std::string testArchive = dummyArchivePath();
+	auto testArchive = dummyArchivePath();
 	ArchiveReader reader(testArchive);
 
 	size_t extractedFiles = reader.ExtractRemaining(dummyArchiveDir());
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ TEST_CASE("ExtractNext and Skip Functions", "[ArchiveReader]")
 
 TEST_CASE("Get Next File Operations", "[ArchiveReader]")
 {
-	std::string testArchive = dummyArchivePath();
+	auto testArchive = dummyArchivePath();
 
 	ArchiveReader reader(testArchive);