diff --git a/ATXCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs b/ATXCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
index acedcacc3455bd6c0d4ed1c64e52f544d98f7016..c2dbee968b6a910f27bbcaba27972b8ace8a69f7 100644
--- a/ATXCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
+++ b/ATXCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ namespace ATXCommon.Serializables
         private DateTime _lastGraceNotification;
 
         private string _limitReason;
-        string _currentTransferSrc;
-        string _currentTargetTmp;
+        private string _currentTransferSrc;
+        private string _currentTargetTmp;
 
         bool _transferInProgress;
         private bool _serviceSuspended;
@@ -217,5 +217,15 @@ namespace ATXCommon.Serializables
                 "LastGraceNotification: " +
                 LastGraceNotification.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") + "\n";
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Helper method to generate the full path of the current temp directory.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A string with the path to the last tmp dir.</returns>
+        public string CurrentTargetTmpFull() {
+            return Path.Combine(_config.DestinationDirectory,
+                _config.TmpTransferDir,
+                _currentTargetTmp);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/AutoTx/AutoTx.cs b/AutoTx/AutoTx.cs
index ae91a53e688e0ee7d7392678224e7ef438d19087..374b38ca3752f101af75ef93af583ba778f0a10a 100644
--- a/AutoTx/AutoTx.cs
+++ b/AutoTx/AutoTx.cs
@@ -509,16 +509,6 @@ namespace AutoTx
 
         #region transfer tasks
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Helper method to generate the full path of the current temp directory.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>A string with the path to the last tmp dir.</returns>
-        private string ExpandCurrentTargetTmp() {
-            return Path.Combine(_config.DestinationDirectory,
-                _config.TmpTransferDir,
-                _status.CurrentTargetTmp);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Assemble the transfer destination path and check if it exists.
         /// </summary>
@@ -627,7 +617,8 @@ namespace AutoTx
                 Log.Debug("Finalizing transfer, cleaning up target storage location...");
                 var finalDst = DestinationPath(_status.CurrentTargetTmp);
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(finalDst)) {
-                    if (MoveAllSubDirs(new DirectoryInfo(ExpandCurrentTargetTmp()), finalDst, true)) {
+                    if (MoveAllSubDirs(new DirectoryInfo(_status.CurrentTargetTmpFull()),
+                        finalDst, true)) {
                         _status.CurrentTargetTmp = "";
                     }
                 }
@@ -658,7 +649,7 @@ namespace AutoTx
                 return;
 
             Log.Debug("Resuming interrupted transfer from [{0}] to [{1}]",
-                _status.CurrentTransferSrc, ExpandCurrentTargetTmp());
+                _status.CurrentTransferSrc, _status.CurrentTargetTmpFull());
             StartTransfer(_status.CurrentTransferSrc);
         }
 
diff --git a/AutoTx/RoboCommand.cs b/AutoTx/RoboCommand.cs
index 0078517b2100c31749a0d4443ff962baa4d1c437..e36b40358adee7be58168f24d4193c28cd1f2e84 100644
--- a/AutoTx/RoboCommand.cs
+++ b/AutoTx/RoboCommand.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace AutoTx
 
             // the user name is expected to be the last part of the path:
             _status.CurrentTargetTmp = new DirectoryInfo(sourcePath).Name;
-            CreateNewDirectory(ExpandCurrentTargetTmp(), false);
+            CreateNewDirectory(_status.CurrentTargetTmpFull(), false);
 
             _transferState = TxState.Active;
             _status.TransferInProgress = true;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace AutoTx
 
                 // copy options
                 _roboCommand.CopyOptions.Source = sourcePath;
-                _roboCommand.CopyOptions.Destination = ExpandCurrentTargetTmp();
+                _roboCommand.CopyOptions.Destination = _status.CurrentTargetTmpFull();
 
                 // limit the transfer bandwidth by waiting between packets:
                 _roboCommand.CopyOptions.InterPacketGap = _config.InterPacketGap;