diff --git a/pkg/storage/sos/object.go b/pkg/storage/sos/object.go
index 0e1d799d..7c77aaca 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/sos/object.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/sos/object.go
@@ -129,15 +129,18 @@ type DownloadConfig struct {
 }
 
 func (c *Client) DownloadFiles(ctx context.Context, config *DownloadConfig) error {
-	if len(config.Objects) > 1 && !strings.HasSuffix(config.Destination, "/") {
-		return errors.New(`multiple files to download, destination must end with "/"`)
-	}
-
-	// Handle relative filesystem destination (e.g. ".", "../.." etc.)
-	if dstInfo, err := os.Stat(config.Destination); err == nil {
-		if dstInfo.IsDir() && !strings.HasSuffix(config.Destination, "/") {
-			config.Destination += "/"
+	config.Destination = filepath.Clean(strings.TrimRight(config.Destination, string(os.PathSeparator)))
+	dstInfo, err := os.Stat(config.Destination)
+	if err == nil {
+		if !dstInfo.IsDir() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("destination %q is not a directory, use flag `-f` to overwrite", config.Destination)
 		}
+	} else if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(config.Destination, 0o755); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create destination directory: %w", err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error checking destination path: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if config.DryRun {
@@ -146,19 +149,37 @@ func (c *Client) DownloadFiles(ctx context.Context, config *DownloadConfig) erro
 
 	for _, object := range config.Objects {
 		dst := func() string {
-			if strings.HasSuffix(config.Source, "/") {
-				return path.Join(config.Destination, strings.TrimPrefix(aws.ToString(object.Key), config.Prefix))
+			if config.Recursive {
+				relativePath := strings.TrimPrefix(aws.ToString(object.Key), config.Prefix)
+				if !strings.HasPrefix(config.Prefix, "/") && !strings.HasPrefix(relativePath, config.Prefix) {
+					relativePath = filepath.Join(config.Prefix, relativePath)
+				}
+				return filepath.Join(config.Destination, relativePath)
 			}
 
-			if strings.HasSuffix(config.Destination, "/") {
-				return path.Join(config.Destination, path.Base(aws.ToString(object.Key)))
+			if strings.HasSuffix(config.Destination, string(os.PathSeparator)) || dstInfo.IsDir() {
+				return filepath.Join(config.Destination, path.Base(aws.ToString(object.Key)))
 			}
 
-			return path.Join(config.Destination)
+			return filepath.Clean(config.Destination)
 		}()
 
+		if strings.HasSuffix(aws.ToString(object.Key), "/") {
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(dst, 0o755); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory %s: %w", dst, err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		parentDir := filepath.Dir(dst)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(parentDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(parentDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create directories: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+
 		if config.DryRun {
-			fmt.Printf("%s/%s -> %s\n", config.Bucket, aws.ToString(object.Key), dst)
+			fmt.Printf("[DRY-RUN] %s/%s -> %s\n", config.Bucket, aws.ToString(object.Key), dst)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -166,12 +187,6 @@ func (c *Client) DownloadFiles(ctx context.Context, config *DownloadConfig) erro
 			return fmt.Errorf("file %q already exists, use flag `-f` to overwrite", dst)
 		}
 
-		if _, err := os.Stat(path.Dir(dst)); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			if err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(dst), 0o755); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-
 		if err := c.DownloadFile(ctx, config.Bucket, object, dst); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}