diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
index eff24225d1..69bb4d8ccb 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
         #endregion
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Save inventory to a file.
+        /// Save inventory to a file archive
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="cmdparams"></param>
         protected void SaveInv(string[] cmdparams)
@@ -697,11 +697,19 @@ namespace OpenSim
                 m_log.Error("[CONSOLE]: usage is save-inv <first name> <last name> <inventory path> [<save file path>]");
                 return;
             }
-            new InventoryArchiveWriteRequest(m_sceneManager.CurrentOrFirstScene,m_commsManager).execute(cmdparams);
+            
+            string firstName = cmdparams[0];
+            string lastName = cmdparams[1];
+            string invPath = cmdparams[2];
+            string savePath = (cmdparams.Length > 3 ? cmdparams[3] : DEFAULT_INV_BACKUP_FILENAME);
+            
+            new InventoryArchiveWriteRequest(
+                m_sceneManager.CurrentOrFirstScene,m_commsManager).execute(
+                    firstName, lastName, invPath, savePath);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Load inventory from a tar.gz file.
+        /// Load inventory from an inventory file archive
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="cmdparams"></param>
         protected void LoadInv(string[] cmdparams)
@@ -712,7 +720,15 @@ namespace OpenSim
                 m_log.Error("[CONSOLE]: usage is load-inv <first name> <last name> <inventory path> [<load file path>]");
                 return;
             }
-            new InventoryArchiveReadRequest(m_sceneManager.CurrentOrFirstScene, m_commsManager).execute(cmdparams);
+            
+            string firstName = cmdparams[0];
+            string lastName = cmdparams[1];
+            string invPath = cmdparams[2];
+            string loadPath = (cmdparams.Length > 3 ? cmdparams[3] : DEFAULT_INV_BACKUP_FILENAME);
+            
+            new InventoryArchiveReadRequest(
+                m_sceneManager.CurrentOrFirstScene, m_commsManager).execute(
+                    firstName, lastName, invPath, loadPath);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
index 91763a7b3e..79e00cdea1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
 {
     public class InventoryArchiveReadRequest
     {
+        private static ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+        
         protected Scene scene;
         protected TarArchiveReader archive;
         private static System.Text.ASCIIEncoding m_asciiEncoding = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
-        ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+        
         CachedUserInfo userInfo;
         UserProfileData userProfile;
         CommunicationsManager commsManager;
-        string loadPath;
 
         public InventoryArchiveReadRequest(Scene currentScene, CommunicationsManager commsManager)
         {
@@ -142,22 +143,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
             return item;
         }
 
-        public void execute(string[] cmdparams)
+        public void execute(string firstName, string lastName, string invPath, string loadPath)
         {
             string filePath = "ERROR";
             int successfulAssetRestores = 0;
             int failedAssetRestores = 0;
-
-            string firstName = cmdparams[0];
-            string lastName = cmdparams[1];
-            //string invPath = cmdparams[2];
-            loadPath = (cmdparams.Length > 3 ? cmdparams[3] : "inventory.tar.gz");
+            int successfulItemRestores = 0;
 
             archive
                 = new TarArchiveReader(new GZipStream(
                     new FileStream(loadPath, FileMode.Open), CompressionMode.Decompress));
 
-
             userProfile = commsManager.UserService.GetUserProfile(firstName, lastName);
             userInfo = commsManager.UserProfileCacheService.GetUserDetails(userProfile.ID);
 
@@ -175,13 +171,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
                 {
                     //Load the item
                     InventoryItemBase item = loadInvItem(filePath, m_asciiEncoding.GetString(data));
-                    if (item != null) userInfo.AddItem(item);
+                    if (item != null) 
+                    {
+                        userInfo.AddItem(item);
+                        successfulItemRestores++;
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
             archive.Close();
 
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Restored {0} assets", successfulAssetRestores);
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Restored {0} assets", successfulAssetRestores);
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Restored {0} items", successfulItemRestores);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
index 195dade678..017ebcc040 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
@@ -41,15 +41,20 @@ using log4net;
 
 
 namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
-{
+{        
     public class InventoryArchiveWriteRequest
     {
+        private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+        
         protected Scene scene;
         protected TarArchiveWriter archive;
         protected CommunicationsManager commsManager;
         Dictionary<UUID, int> assetUuids;
-        string savePath;
-
+        
+        /// <value>
+        /// The path to which the inventory archive will be saved.
+        /// </value>
+        private string m_savePath;
 
         public InventoryArchiveWriteRequest(Scene currentScene, CommunicationsManager commsManager)
         {
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
         {
             AssetsArchiver assetsArchiver = new AssetsArchiver(assetsFound);
             assetsArchiver.Archive(archive);
-            archive.WriteTar(new GZipStream(new FileStream(savePath, FileMode.Create), CompressionMode.Compress));
+            archive.WriteTar(new GZipStream(new FileStream(m_savePath, FileMode.Create), CompressionMode.Compress));
         }
 
         protected void saveInvItem(InventoryItemBase inventoryItem, string path)
@@ -156,15 +161,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
             }
         }
 
-        public void execute(string[] cmdparams)
+        public void execute(string firstName, string lastName, string invPath, string savePath)
         {
-            ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
-
-            string firstName = cmdparams[0];
-            string lastName = cmdparams[1];
-            string invPath = cmdparams[2];
-            savePath = (cmdparams.Length > 3 ? cmdparams[3] : "inventory.tar.gz");
-
+            m_savePath = savePath;
+            
             UserProfileData userProfile = commsManager.UserService.GetUserProfile(firstName, lastName);
             if (null == userProfile)
             {
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
             }
 
             new AssetsRequest(assetUuids.Keys, scene.AssetCache, ReceivedAllAssets).Execute();
-
         }
-
     }
 }