diff --git a/application/api/internal/routes.py b/application/api/internal/routes.py
index 80759593..70c62877 100755
--- a/application/api/internal/routes.py
+++ b/application/api/internal/routes.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def upload_index_files():
     type = secure_filename(request.form["type"])
     remote_data = request.form["remote_data"] if "remote_data" in request.form else None
     sync_frequency = secure_filename(request.form["sync_frequency"]) if "sync_frequency" in request.form else None
+    
+    original_file_path = request.form.get("original_file_path")
 
     storage = StorageCreator.get_storage()
     index_base_path = f"indexes/{id}"
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ def upload_index_files():
                     "retriever": retriever,
                     "remote_data": remote_data,
                     "sync_frequency": sync_frequency,
+                    "file_path": original_file_path,
                 }
             },
         )
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ def upload_index_files():
                 "retriever": retriever,
                 "remote_data": remote_data,
                 "sync_frequency": sync_frequency,
+                "file_path": original_file_path, ## relative path to the original file, for the storage referrence
             }
         )
     return {"status": "ok"}
diff --git a/application/worker.py b/application/worker.py
index 285b13af..a73bd8f3 100755
--- a/application/worker.py
+++ b/application/worker.py
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ def ingest_worker(
                 "retriever": retriever,
                 "id": str(id),
                 "type": "local",
+                "original_file_path": source_file_path,  # Pass the original file path
             }
 
             upload_index(vector_store_path, file_data)