diff --git a/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs b/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs
index 520072170..9f324189f 100644
--- a/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::hash::{BuildHasher, BuildHasherDefault, Hash, Hasher};
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ fn compute_color(idxs: &Datasets) -> Color {
 pub struct RevIndex {
     db: Arc<DB>,
     collection: Arc<CollectionSet>,
-    path: PathBuf,
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn merge_datasets(
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ impl RevIndex {
         let index = Self {
             db,
             collection: Arc::new(collection),
-            path: path.into(),
         };
 
         index.collection.par_iter().for_each(|(dataset_id, _)| {
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ impl RevIndex {
         read_only: bool,
         storage_spec: Option<&str>,
     ) -> Result<module::RevIndex> {
-        let mut opts = db_options();
+        let opts = db_options();
 
         // prepare column family descriptors
         let cfs = cf_descriptors();
@@ -129,11 +127,7 @@ impl RevIndex {
             storage_spec,
         )?);
 
-        Ok(module::RevIndex::Plain(Self {
-            db,
-            collection,
-            path: path.as_ref().into(),
-        }))
+        Ok(module::RevIndex::Plain(Self { db, collection }))
     }
 
     fn load_collection_from_rocksdb(
@@ -471,11 +465,14 @@ impl RevIndexOps for RevIndex {
         let new_storage = RocksDBStorage::from_db(self.db.clone());
 
         // use manifest to copy from current storage to new one
-        self.collection().par_iter().for_each(|(_, record)| {
-            let path = record.internal_location().as_str();
-            let sig_data = self.collection.storage().load(path).unwrap();
-            new_storage.save(path, &sig_data);
-        });
+        self.collection()
+            .par_iter()
+            .try_for_each(|(_, record)| -> Result<()> {
+                let path = record.internal_location().as_str();
+                let sig_data = self.collection.storage().load(path).unwrap();
+                new_storage.save(path, &sig_data)?;
+                Ok(())
+            })?;
 
         // Replace storage for collection.
         // Using unchecked version because we just used the manifest
diff --git a/src/core/src/index/revindex/mod.rs b/src/core/src/index/revindex/mod.rs
index b46db02b3..d2a620716 100644
--- a/src/core/src/index/revindex/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/index/revindex/mod.rs
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ mod test {
     use crate::collection::Collection;
     use crate::prelude::*;
     use crate::selection::Selection;
+    use crate::storage::{InnerStorage, RocksDBStorage};
     use crate::Result;
 
     use super::{prepare_query, RevIndex, RevIndexOps};
@@ -931,7 +932,7 @@ mod test {
             assert_eq!(matches_external, matches_internal);
         }
         let new_path = outdir.path().join("new_index_path");
-        std::fs::rename(output.as_path(), new_path.as_path());
+        std::fs::rename(output.as_path(), new_path.as_path())?;
 
         let index = RevIndex::open(new_path, false, None)?;
 
@@ -949,4 +950,75 @@ mod test {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rocksdb_storage_from_path() -> Result<()> {
+        let basedir = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+
+        let mut zip_collection = basedir.clone();
+        zip_collection.push("../../tests/test-data/track_abund/track_abund.zip");
+
+        let outdir = TempDir::new()?;
+
+        let zip_copy = PathBuf::from(
+            outdir
+                .path()
+                .join("sigs.zip")
+                .into_os_string()
+                .into_string()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
+        std::fs::copy(zip_collection, zip_copy.as_path())?;
+
+        let selection = Selection::builder().ksize(31).scaled(10000).build();
+        let collection = Collection::from_zipfile(zip_copy.as_path())?.select(&selection)?;
+        let output = outdir.path().join("index");
+
+        // Step 1: create an index
+        let index = RevIndex::create(output.as_path(), collection.try_into()?, false)?;
+
+        // Step 2: internalize the storage for the index
+        {
+            let mut index = index;
+            index
+                .internalize_storage()
+                .expect("Error internalizing storage");
+        }
+
+        // Step 3: load rocksdb storage from path
+        // should have the same content as zipfile
+
+        // Iter thru collection, make sure all records are present
+        let collection = Collection::from_zipfile(zip_copy.as_path())?.select(&selection)?;
+        assert_eq!(collection.len(), 2);
+        let col_storage = collection.storage();
+
+        let spec;
+        {
+            let rdb_storage = RocksDBStorage::from_path(output.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap());
+            spec = rdb_storage.spec();
+            collection.iter().for_each(|(_, r)| {
+                assert_eq!(
+                    rdb_storage.load(r.internal_location().as_str()).unwrap(),
+                    col_storage.load(r.internal_location().as_str()).unwrap()
+                );
+            });
+        }
+
+        // Step 4: verify rocksdb storage spec
+        assert_eq!(
+            spec,
+            format!("rocksdb://{}", output.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap())
+        );
+
+        let storage = InnerStorage::from_spec(spec)?;
+        collection.iter().for_each(|(_, r)| {
+            assert_eq!(
+                storage.load(r.internal_location().as_str()).unwrap(),
+                col_storage.load(r.internal_location().as_str()).unwrap()
+            );
+        });
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/src/storage/rocksdb.rs b/src/core/src/storage/rocksdb.rs
index a849a6763..4145ab4c3 100644
--- a/src/core/src/storage/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/storage/rocksdb.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ impl RocksDBStorage {
 
         let db = Arc::new(DB::open_cf_descriptors(&opts, path, cfs).unwrap());
 
-        // TODO: save storage_args
-
         Self { db }
     }
 
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ impl Storage for RocksDBStorage {
     }
 
     fn spec(&self) -> String {
-        "rocksdb://".into()
+        format!("rocksdb://{}", self.db.path().display())
     }
 }