diff --git a/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequest.cpp b/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequest.cpp
index 658acc98df11d5665a3c9b060b77c66b538a277d..fad961799b344784d6e8d7c5b7f5fa9e13686ab8 100644
--- a/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequest.cpp
+++ b/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequest.cpp
@@ -57,23 +57,42 @@ void cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::setArchiveFile(
   m_payload.set_archivefile(archiveFile);
 }
 
+std::string cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::getArchiveFile() {
+  checkPayloadReadable();
+  return m_payload.archivefile();
+}
+
+
 void cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::setRemoteFile(
   const std::string& remoteFile) {
-  checkHeaderReadable();
+  checkPayloadWritable();
   m_payload.set_remotefile(remoteFile);
 }
 
+std::string cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::getRemoteFile() {
+  checkPayloadReadable();
+  return m_payload.remotefile();
+}
+
+
 void cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::setPriority(uint64_t priority) {
   checkPayloadWritable();
   m_payload.set_priority(priority);
 }
 
-void cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::setLog(
+void cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::setCreationLog(
   const objectstore::CreationLog& creationLog) {
-  checkPayloadReadable();
+  checkPayloadWritable();
   creationLog.serialize(*m_payload.mutable_log());
 }
 
+auto cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::getCreationLog() -> CreationLog {
+  checkPayloadReadable();
+  CreationLog ret;
+  ret.deserialize(m_payload.log());
+  return ret;
+}
+
 void cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::setArchiveToDirRequestAddress(
   const std::string& dirRequestAddress) {
   checkPayloadWritable();
@@ -94,7 +113,7 @@ auto cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::dumpJobs() -> std::list<JobDump> {
 }
 
 uint64_t cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::getSize() {
-  checkPayloadWritable();
+  checkPayloadReadable();
   return m_payload.size();
 }
 
@@ -104,4 +123,3 @@ void cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest::setSize(uint64_t size) {
 }
 
 
-
diff --git a/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequest.hpp b/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequest.hpp
index b9d87b09ebb5ed112159b70ae5a4c361a4514931..f34b647b1226bfef359a574a4af85ff61c7a341e 100644
--- a/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequest.hpp
+++ b/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequest.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ public:
   void setRemoteFile (const std::string & remoteFile);
   std::string getRemoteFile();
   void setPriority (uint64_t priority);
-  void setLog (const objectstore::CreationLog& creationLog);
+  void setCreationLog (const objectstore::CreationLog& creationLog);
+  CreationLog getCreationLog();
   void setArchiveToDirRequestAddress(const std::string & dirRequestAddress);
   void setSize(uint64_t size);
   uint64_t getSize();
diff --git a/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequestTest.cpp b/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequestTest.cpp
index 917152591333dc1164d5b3465dec2dc8db36cb5b..020ba84184b65a28472ce88a4645002ccf4701c4 100644
--- a/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequestTest.cpp
+++ b/objectstore/ArchiveToFileRequestTest.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "ArchiveToFileRequest.hpp"
 #include "BackendVFS.hpp"
 #include "Agent.hpp"
+#include "CreationLog.hpp"
+#include "UserIdentity.hpp"
 
 namespace unitTests {
   
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ TEST(ObjectStore, ArchiveToFileRequestBasicAccess) {
   cta::objectstore::BackendVFS be;
   cta::objectstore::Agent agent(be);
   agent.generateName("unitTest");
+  time_t now;
   std::string tapeAddress = agent.nextId("ArchiveToFileRequest");
   {
     // Try to create the ArchiveToFileRequest entry
@@ -35,8 +38,8 @@ TEST(ObjectStore, ArchiveToFileRequestBasicAccess) {
     atfr.setArchiveFile("cta://dir/file");
     atfr.setRemoteFile("eos://dir2/file2");
     atfr.setSize(12345678);
-    atfr.setLog(cta::CreationLog(cta::UserIdentity(123,456),"testHost", 
-      time(NULL), "Comment"));
+    atfr.setCreationLog(cta::CreationLog(cta::UserIdentity(123,456),"testHost", 
+      now=time(NULL), "Comment"));
     atfr.setPriority(12);
     atfr.insert();
   }
@@ -45,7 +48,15 @@ TEST(ObjectStore, ArchiveToFileRequestBasicAccess) {
     cta::objectstore::ArchiveToFileRequest atfr(tapeAddress, be);
     cta::objectstore::ScopedSharedLock atfrl(atfr);
     atfr.fetch();
-    ASSERT_EQ("cta://dir/file", atfr.getARchiveFile());
+    ASSERT_EQ("cta://dir/file", atfr.getArchiveFile());
+    ASSERT_EQ("eos://dir2/file2", atfr.getRemoteFile());
+    ASSERT_EQ(12345678, atfr.getSize());
+    cta::objectstore::CreationLog log(atfr.getCreationLog());
+    ASSERT_EQ(123, log.user.uid);
+    ASSERT_EQ(456, log.user.gid);
+    ASSERT_EQ("testHost", log.host);
+    ASSERT_EQ(now, log.time);
+    ASSERT_EQ("Comment", log.comment);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/objectstore/CMakeLists.txt b/objectstore/CMakeLists.txt
index 730907f39997f9c7d12913a813b90f59fdd48ef5..36447ff61b3931e5a9e15b976d170f6e9d914285 100644
--- a/objectstore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/objectstore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ set(ObjectStoreUnitTests
   RootEntryTest.cpp
   TapeTest.cpp
   GarbageCollectorTest.cpp
+  ArchiveToFileRequestTest.cpp
 )
 
 add_library(ctaobjectstoreunittests SHARED ${ObjectStoreUnitTests})
diff --git a/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp b/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp
index 989ba487e1b4551fd980232f4851c819da1898a3..1dcf24f11ea3caa66311201322717d1b0bce82b3 100644
--- a/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp
+++ b/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ void OStoreDB::queue(const cta::ArchiveToFileRequest& rqst) {
   atfr.setArchiveFile(rqst.getArchiveFile());
   atfr.setRemoteFile(rqst.getRemoteFile());
   atfr.setPriority(rqst.getPriority());
-  atfr.setLog(rqst.getCreationLog());
+  atfr.setCreationLog(rqst.getCreationLog());
   // We will need to identity tapepools is order to construct the request
   RootEntry re(m_objectStore);
   ScopedSharedLock rel(re);