diff --git a/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs b/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
index 5025a8977575d8bd6cddad145c9de6d831e3cb74..9404e2c2ec75db52587d9da9d71130a2ebef6a22 100644
--- a/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
+++ b/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceStatus.cs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace ATxCommon.Serializables
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The user account name that should receive the data from the currently running transfer.
-        /// See also <seealso cref="CurrentTargetTmpFull"/> on details for assembling the path that
+        /// See also <seealso cref="TxTargetTmp"/> on details for assembling the path that
         /// is being used as a temporary location while a transfer is in progress.
         /// </summary>
         public string TxTargetUser {
@@ -282,18 +282,22 @@ namespace ATxCommon.Serializables
         }
 
         #endregion getter / setter methods
-        
+
+
+        #region getter only methods
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Helper method to generate the full path of the current temp directory.
+        /// The full path of the current transfer's temp directory on the target storage.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>A string with the path to the last tmp dir.</returns>
-        public string CurrentTargetTmpFull() {
-            return Path.Combine(_config.DestinationDirectory,
+        /// <returns>A string with the path to the current tmp dir.</returns>
+        public string TxTargetTmp =>
+            Path.Combine(_config.DestinationDirectory,
                 _txTargetUser,
                 _config.TmpTransferDir,
                 Environment.MachineName);
-        }
+
+        #endregion getter only methods
+
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Helper to set the service state, logging a message if the state has changed.
@@ -332,10 +336,9 @@ namespace ATxCommon.Serializables
             }
 
             // TxTargetUser
-            var currentTargetTmpPath = s.CurrentTargetTmpFull();
             if (s.TxTargetUser.Length > 0
-                && !Directory.Exists(currentTargetTmpPath)) {
-                ReportInvalidStatus("CurrentTargetTmpPath", currentTargetTmpPath,
+                && !Directory.Exists(s.TxTargetTmp)) {
+                ReportInvalidStatus("CurrentTargetTmpPath", s.TxTargetTmp,
                     "invalid temporary path of an unfinished transfer");
                 s.TxTargetUser = "";
             }
diff --git a/ATxService/AutoTx.cs b/ATxService/AutoTx.cs
index 6f807fff5b349c511b62c1d3a8ce468a8bb6039d..27806a74988c1ab04f4495e0e50ca527696ea744 100644
--- a/ATxService/AutoTx.cs
+++ b/ATxService/AutoTx.cs
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ namespace ATxService
                 Log.Debug("Finalizing transfer, cleaning up target storage location...");
                 var finalDst = DestinationPath(_status.TxTargetUser);
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(finalDst)) {
-                    if (FsUtils.MoveAllSubDirs(new DirectoryInfo(_status.CurrentTargetTmpFull()),
+                    if (FsUtils.MoveAllSubDirs(new DirectoryInfo(_status.TxTargetTmp),
                         finalDst, _config.EnforceInheritedACLs)) {
                         _status.TxTargetUser = "";
                     }
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ namespace ATxService
                 return;
 
             Log.Debug("Resuming interrupted transfer from [{0}] to [{1}]",
-                _status.CurrentTransferSrc, _status.CurrentTargetTmpFull());
+                _status.CurrentTransferSrc, _status.TxTargetTmp);
             StartTransfer(_status.CurrentTransferSrc);
         }
 
diff --git a/ATxService/RoboCommand.cs b/ATxService/RoboCommand.cs
index 0e06cda20cbd31417ea3339b2616f9a0a2c624e2..76b3b5b330fe391904ce4013e745e45ba9f9aa4d 100644
--- a/ATxService/RoboCommand.cs
+++ b/ATxService/RoboCommand.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace ATxService
 
             // the user name is expected to be the last part of sourcePath:
             _status.TxTargetUser = new DirectoryInfo(sourcePath).Name;
-            FsUtils.CreateNewDirectory(_status.CurrentTargetTmpFull(), false);
+            FsUtils.CreateNewDirectory(_status.TxTargetTmp, false);
 
             _transferState = TxState.Active;
             _status.TransferInProgress = true;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace ATxService
 
                 // copy options
                 _roboCommand.CopyOptions.Source = sourcePath;
-                _roboCommand.CopyOptions.Destination = _status.CurrentTargetTmpFull();
+                _roboCommand.CopyOptions.Destination = _status.TxTargetTmp;
 
                 // limit the transfer bandwidth by waiting between packets:
                 _roboCommand.CopyOptions.InterPacketGap = _config.InterPacketGap;