diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 86a77d4ee..f3355e9cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "159fa412eae48a1d94d0b9ecdb85c97ce56eb2a347c62394d3fdbf221adabc1a"
 dependencies = [
  "path-matchers",
- "path-slash",
+ "path-slash 0.1.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3259,6 +3259,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "meilisearch-types",
  "memmap2",
  "page_size",
+ "path-slash 0.2.1",
  "rayon",
  "reqwest",
  "roaring 0.10.12",
@@ -4784,6 +4785,12 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "498a099351efa4becc6a19c72aa9270598e8fd274ca47052e37455241c88b696"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "path-slash"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e91099d4268b0e11973f036e885d652fb0b21fedcf69738c627f94db6a44f42"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pbkdf2"
 version = "0.12.2"
@@ -6260,7 +6267,7 @@ checksum = "f9c425c07353535ef55b45420f5a8b0a397cd9bc3d7e5236497ca0d90604aa9b"
 dependencies = [
  "change-detection",
  "mime_guess",
- "path-slash",
+ "path-slash 0.1.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/index-scheduler/Cargo.toml b/crates/index-scheduler/Cargo.toml
index fb8b6ff7b..454f0063a 100644
--- a/crates/index-scheduler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/index-scheduler/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ meilisearch-auth = { path = "../meilisearch-auth" }
 meilisearch-types = { path = "../meilisearch-types" }
 memmap2 = "0.9.7"
 page_size = "0.6.0"
+path-slash = "0.2.1"
 rayon = "1.10.0"
 roaring = { version = "0.10.12", features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_snapshot_creation.rs b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_snapshot_creation.rs
index 6971a2a76..f5190860d 100644
--- a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_snapshot_creation.rs
+++ b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_snapshot_creation.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::env::VarError;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ use meilisearch_types::heed::CompactionOption;
 use meilisearch_types::milli::progress::{Progress, VariableNameStep};
 use meilisearch_types::tasks::{Status, Task};
 use meilisearch_types::{compression, VERSION_FILE_NAME};
+use path_slash::PathBufExt;
 use reqwest::header::ETAG;
 use reqwest::Client;
 use rusty_s3::actions::{CreateMultipartUpload, S3Action as _};
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                     bucket_url,
                     bucket_region,
                     bucket_name,
-                    snapshot_prefix,
+                    PathBuf::from_slash(snapshot_prefix),
                     access_key,
                     secret_key,
                     tasks,
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
         bucket_url: String,
         bucket_region: String,
         bucket_name: String,
-        snapshot_prefix: String,
+        snapshot_prefix: PathBuf,
         access_key: String,
         secret_key: String,
         mut tasks: Vec<Task>,
@@ -295,13 +297,13 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
         use std::path::Path;
 
         use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
-        use meilisearch_types::milli::update::new::StdResult;
+        use reqwest::Response;
         use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 
         const ONE_HOUR: Duration = Duration::from_secs(3600);
         // default part size is 250MiB
         // TODO use 375MiB
-        // It must be at least twice 5MiB
+        // It must be at least 2x5MiB
         const PART_SIZE: usize = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
 
         // The maximum number of parts that can be uploaded in parallel.
@@ -317,14 +319,16 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
         let bucket = Bucket::new(url, UrlStyle::Path, bucket_name, bucket_region).unwrap();
         let credential = Credentials::new(access_key, secret_key);
         // TODO change this and use the database name like in the original version
-        let object = format!("{}/data.ms.snapshot", snapshot_prefix);
+        let object_path = snapshot_prefix.join("data.ms.snapshot");
+        let object = object_path.to_slash().expect("Invalid UTF-8 path").into_owned();
+
+        eprintln!("Starting the upload of the snapshot to {object}");
 
         // TODO implement exponential backoff on upload requests: https://docs.rs/backoff
         // TODO return a result with actual errors
         // TODO sign for longer than an hour?
-        // TODO Use a better thing than a String for the object path
-        // NOTE to make it work on Windows we could try using std::io::pipe instead
-        // let (writer, reader) = tokio::net::unix::pipe::pipe()?;
+        // NOTE to make it work on Windows we could try using std::io::pipe instead.
+        //      However, we are still using the tokio unix pipe in the async upload loop.
         let (reader, writer) = std::io::pipe()?;
         let uploader_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             let reader = OwnedFd::from(reader);
@@ -338,10 +342,10 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
 
             let multipart = CreateMultipartUpload::parse_response(&body).unwrap();
             let mut etags = Vec::<String>::new();
-            let mut in_flight = VecDeque::<(
-                JoinHandle<StdResult<reqwest::Response, reqwest::Error>>,
-                Bytes,
-            )>::with_capacity(max_in_flight_parts);
+            let mut in_flight =
+                VecDeque::<(JoinHandle<reqwest::Result<Response>>, Bytes)>::with_capacity(
+                    max_in_flight_parts,
+                );
 
             for part_number in 1u16.. {
                 let part_upload = bucket.upload_part(