diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/file-storage/providers/s3.provider.ts b/packages/core/src/core/file-storage/providers/s3.provider.ts
index 1eae6f6418f..a51c3f9dc53 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/file-storage/providers/s3.provider.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/file-storage/providers/s3.provider.ts
@@ -184,10 +184,7 @@ export class S3Provider extends Provider<S3Provider> {
 						if (filename) {
 							fileName = typeof filename === 'string' ? filename : filename(file, extension);
 						} else {
-							fileName = `${prefix}-${moment().unix()}-${parseInt(
-								'' + Math.random() * 1000,
-								10
-							)}.${extension}`;
+							fileName = `${prefix}-${moment().unix()}-${parseInt('' + Math.random() * 1000, 10)}.${extension}`;
 						}
 
 						// Replace double backslashes with single forward slashes
@@ -241,6 +238,9 @@ export class S3Provider extends Provider<S3Provider> {
 	 */
 	async putFile(fileContent: string, key: string = ''): Promise<UploadedFile> {
 		try {
+			// Replace double backslashes with single forward slashes
+			key = key.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+
 			const s3Client = this.getS3Instance();
 			const filename = basename(key);
 
@@ -332,7 +332,12 @@ export class S3Provider extends Provider<S3Provider> {
 						accessKeyId: this.config.aws_access_key_id,
 						secretAccessKey: this.config.aws_secret_access_key
 					},
-					region
+					region,
+					/**
+					 * Whether to force path style URLs for S3 objects
+					 * (e.g., https://s3.amazonaws.com/<bucketName>/<key> instead of https://<bucketName>.s3.amazonaws.com/<key>
+					 */
+					forcePathStyle: true
 				});
 
 				return s3Client;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/file-storage/providers/wasabi-s3.provider.ts b/packages/core/src/core/file-storage/providers/wasabi-s3.provider.ts
index 74ea952c0c4..d18d7699371 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/file-storage/providers/wasabi-s3.provider.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/file-storage/providers/wasabi-s3.provider.ts
@@ -295,10 +295,7 @@ export class WasabiS3Provider extends Provider<WasabiS3Provider> {
 						if (filename) {
 							fileName = typeof filename === 'string' ? filename : filename(file, extension);
 						} else {
-							fileName = `${prefix}-${moment().unix()}-${parseInt(
-								'' + Math.random() * 1000,
-								10
-							)}.${extension}`;
+							fileName = `${prefix}-${moment().unix()}-${parseInt('' + Math.random() * 1000, 10)}.${extension}`;
 						}
 
 						// Replace double backslashes with single forward slashes
@@ -356,6 +353,9 @@ export class WasabiS3Provider extends Provider<WasabiS3Provider> {
 	 */
 	async putFile(fileContent: string, key: string = ''): Promise<UploadedFile> {
 		try {
+			// Replace double backslashes with single forward slashes
+			key = key.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+
 			const s3Client = this.getWasabiInstance();
 
 			if (s3Client) {
@@ -460,7 +460,14 @@ export class WasabiS3Provider extends Provider<WasabiS3Provider> {
 						secretAccessKey: this.config.wasabi_aws_secret_access_key
 					},
 					region: this.config.wasabi_aws_default_region || 'us-east-1',
-					endpoint
+					endpoint,
+					/**
+					 * Whether to force path style URLs for S3 objects
+					 *
+					 * https://s3.wasabisys.com
+					 * (e.g., https://s3.wasabisys.com/<bucketName>/<key> instead of https://<bucketName>.s3.wasabisys.com/<key>
+					 */
+					forcePathStyle: true
 				});
 
 				return s3Client;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/image-asset/image-asset.controller.ts b/packages/core/src/image-asset/image-asset.controller.ts
index e4be83a5b5b..5b88db3dd73 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/image-asset/image-asset.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/image-asset/image-asset.controller.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,14 @@ export class ImageAssetController extends CrudController<ImageAsset> {
 				const request: any = ctx.switchToHttp().getRequest();
 				const folder: string = request?.params?.folder || 'image_assets';
 
+				// Define the base directory for storing media
+				const baseDirectory = path.join('uploads', folder);
+
+				// Generate unique sub directories based on the current tenant
+				const subDirectory = path.join(RequestContext.currentTenantId() || uuid());
+
 				return new FileStorage().storage({
-					dest: () => path.join('uploads', folder, RequestContext.currentTenantId() || uuid())
+					dest: () => path.join(baseDirectory, subDirectory),
 				});
 			}
 		})
@@ -94,7 +100,10 @@ export class ImageAssetController extends CrudController<ImageAsset> {
 			const thumbName = `thumb-${file.filename}`;
 			const thumbDir = path.dirname(file.key);
 
-			thumbnail = await provider.putFile(data, path.join(thumbDir, thumbName));
+			// Replace double backslashes with single forward slashes
+			const fullPath = path.join(thumbDir, thumbName).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+
+			thumbnail = await provider.putFile(data, fullPath);
 		} catch (error) {
 			console.error('Error while uploading media asset into file storage provider:', error);
 		}