diff --git a/CityDoctorParent/CityDoctorModel/src/main/java/de/hft/stuttgart/citydoctor2/utils/ArchivePacker.java b/CityDoctorParent/CityDoctorModel/src/main/java/de/hft/stuttgart/citydoctor2/utils/ArchivePacker.java
index b20881e1607f937d8b56b03d5e98503e887860fc..fa7aebf0b12ccaa49174a3b25b5d31f02a57df80 100644
--- a/CityDoctorParent/CityDoctorModel/src/main/java/de/hft/stuttgart/citydoctor2/utils/ArchivePacker.java
+++ b/CityDoctorParent/CityDoctorModel/src/main/java/de/hft/stuttgart/citydoctor2/utils/ArchivePacker.java
@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@ import de.hft.stuttgart.citydoctor2.datastructure.CityDoctorModel;
 import de.hft.stuttgart.citydoctor2.zip.CityGmlZipArchive;
 import de.hft.stuttgart.citydoctor2.zip.CityGmlZipEntry;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
@@ -23,9 +22,9 @@ public class ArchivePacker {
     private ArchivePacker(){}
 
     public static void packArchive(String targetPath, CityGmlZipArchive archive){
-        if (!targetPath.endsWith(".zip")){
-            targetPath = targetPath.concat(".zip");
-        }
+        Path outputPath = Path.of(targetPath);
+        outputPath = outputPath.getParent().resolve(
+                FilenameUtils.removeExtension(outputPath.getFileName().toString()) + ".zip");
         Path tmpDir = null;
         try{
             tmpDir = Files.createTempDirectory("zipTmp");
@@ -35,10 +34,10 @@ public class ArchivePacker {
                     continue;
                 }
                 CityDoctorModel model = entry.getModel();
-                String filename = tmpDir.toString() + File.separator + entry.getFullFileName();
-                model.saveAs(filename, model.isValidated());
+                Path filePath = tmpDir.resolve(entry.getFullFileName());
+                model.saveAs(filePath.toString(), model.isValidated());
             }
-            zipDirectory(targetPath, tmpDir.toString());
+            zipFolder(tmpDir.toFile(), outputPath.toFile());
 
         }catch (Exception e){
             logger.error(e);
@@ -53,45 +52,46 @@ public class ArchivePacker {
         }
     }
 
-    private static void zipDirectory(String targetPath, String sourcePath){
-        File directory = new File(sourcePath);
-        if (!directory.exists()){
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Directory " + sourcePath + " does not exist");
+
+    public static void zipFolder(File folder, File zipFile) throws IOException {
+        zipFolder(folder, new FileOutputStream(zipFile));
+    }
+
+    public static void zipFolder(File folder, OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException {
+        try (ZipOutputStream zipOutputStream = new ZipOutputStream(outputStream)) {
+            processFolder(folder, zipOutputStream, folder.getPath().length() + 1);
         }
-        List<String> fileList = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(directory.list()));
-        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+    }
 
-        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(targetPath);
-             ZipOutputStream zos =  new ZipOutputStream(fos)){
-            for (String file : fileList){
-                ZipEntry ze = new ZipEntry(file);
-                zos.putNextEntry(ze);
-                Path sourceFile = Path.of(sourcePath+File.separator+file);
-                try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(sourceFile.toAbsolutePath().toString())){
-                    int len;
-                    while ((len = in.read(buffer)) > 0) {
-                        zos.write(buffer, 0, len);
-                    }
+    private static void processFolder(File folder, ZipOutputStream zipOutputStream, int prefixLength)
+            throws IOException {
+        for (File file : folder.listFiles()) {
+            if (file.isFile()) {
+                ZipEntry zipEntry = new ZipEntry(file.getPath().substring(prefixLength));
+                zipOutputStream.putNextEntry(zipEntry);
+                try (FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+                    IOUtils.copy(inputStream, zipOutputStream);
                 }
+                zipOutputStream.closeEntry();
+            } else if (file.isDirectory()) {
+                processFolder(file, zipOutputStream, prefixLength);
             }
-            logger.info("Successfully created zip-archive");
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.error(e);
         }
     }
 
     public static void packAndDeleteDirectory(String directoryPath) throws IOException {
-        Path path = Path.of(directoryPath);
-        if (!path.toFile().exists()) {
+        Path sourcePath = Path.of(directoryPath);
+        if (!Files.exists(sourcePath)) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Directory " + directoryPath + " does not exist");
         }
-        if (!path.toFile().isDirectory()) {
+
+        if (!Files.isDirectory(sourcePath)) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Path " + directoryPath + " is not a directory");
         }
-        String outputPath = path.getParent().resolve(path.getFileName() + ".zip").toString();
-        zipDirectory(outputPath, directoryPath);
+        Path outputPath = sourcePath.getParent().resolve(sourcePath.getFileName() + ".zip");
+        zipFolder(sourcePath.toFile(), outputPath.toFile());
 
-        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(path.toFile());
+        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(sourcePath.toFile());
     }
 
 }