diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/storage/maven2/Maven2RepositoryPathTranslator.java b/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/storage/maven2/Maven2RepositoryPathTranslator.java
index 4dbab61fe..734f4133f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/storage/maven2/Maven2RepositoryPathTranslator.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/storage/maven2/Maven2RepositoryPathTranslator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import org.apache.archiva.metadata.model.ArtifactMetadata;
 import org.apache.archiva.metadata.repository.storage.RepositoryPathTranslator;
 import org.apache.archiva.common.utils.VersionUtil;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
@@ -38,11 +40,17 @@
 public class Maven2RepositoryPathTranslator
     implements RepositoryPathTranslator
 {
-    private static final char PATH_SEPARATOR = '/';
+
+    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
+
+    private static final char PATH_SEPARATOR = File.separatorChar;// '/';
 
     private static final char GROUP_SEPARATOR = '.';
 
     private static final Pattern TIMESTAMP_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( "([0-9]{8}.[0-9]{6})-([0-9]+).*" );
+    
+
+    private static final Pattern MAVEN_PLUGIN_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( "^(maven-.*-plugin)|(.*-maven-plugin)$" );    
 
     /**
      *
@@ -59,7 +67,6 @@ public Maven2RepositoryPathTranslator()
     @PostConstruct
     public void initialize()
     {
-
         //artifactMappingProviders = new ArrayList<ArtifactMappingProvider>(
         //    applicationContext.getBeansOfType( ArtifactMappingProvider.class ).values() );
 
@@ -323,7 +330,6 @@ else if ( c == '.' )
         return metadata;
     }
 
-    private static final Pattern MAVEN_PLUGIN_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( "^(maven-.*-plugin)|(.*-maven-plugin)$" );
 
     public boolean isArtifactIdValidMavenPlugin( String artifactId )
     {
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml
index 491ad48ed..71d05dcad 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
               org.apache.archiva.model;version=${project.version},
               org.apache.archiva.repository*;version=${project.version},
               org.apache.commons.io;version="[1.4,2)",
-              org.springframework*;version="[3,4)"
+              org.springframework*;version="[3,4)",
+              org.slf4j;resolution:=optional
             </Import-Package>
           </instructions>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/stagerepository/merge/Maven2RepositoryMerger.java b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/stagerepository/merge/Maven2RepositoryMerger.java
index da4d46c15..ab7bd991c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/stagerepository/merge/Maven2RepositoryMerger.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/stagerepository/merge/Maven2RepositoryMerger.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 import org.apache.archiva.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataReader;
 import org.apache.archiva.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataWriter;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@
 public class Maven2RepositoryMerger
     implements RepositoryMerger
 {
+
+    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
     /**
      *
      */
@@ -135,6 +139,8 @@ private void createFolderStructure( String sourceRepoId, String targetRepoId, Ar
 
         String sourceRepoPath = sourceRepoConfig.getLocation();
 
+
+
         String artifactPath = pathTranslator.toPath( artifactMetadata.getNamespace(), artifactMetadata.getProject(),
                                                      artifactMetadata.getProjectVersion(), artifactMetadata.getId() );