diff --git a/app/components/path_template_preview.rb b/app/components/path_template_preview.rb
index f8eefb707..6b615c0a9 100644
--- a/app/components/path_template_preview.rb
+++ b/app/components/path_template_preview.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Components::PathTemplatePreview < Components::Base
             tr do
               td(style: "word-break: break-all") { path }
               td { find_or_new_from_path_component(Creator, parsed[:creator])&.name || "❌" }
-              td { find_or_new_from_path_component(Collection, parsed[:collection])&.name || "❌" }
+              td { parsed[:collections] ? Array(find_or_new_from_path_component(Collection, parsed[:collections])).map(&:name).join(", ") : "❌" }
               td {
                 parsed[:tags]&.map do |it|
                   Tag tag: ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.new(name: it), link: false
@@ -46,11 +46,15 @@ class Components::PathTemplatePreview < Components::Base
 
   def find_or_new_from_path_component(klass, path_component)
     return unless path_component
-    klass.find_by(slug: path_component) ||
-      klass.find_by(
-        name: to_human_name(path_component)
-      ) ||
-      klass.new(name: to_human_name(path_component))
+    if path_component.is_a? Array
+      path_component.map { |it| find_or_new_from_path_component(klass, it) }
+    else
+      klass.find_by(slug: path_component) ||
+        klass.find_by(
+          name: to_human_name(path_component)
+        ) ||
+        klass.new(name: to_human_name(path_component))
+    end
   end
 
   def to_human_name(str)
diff --git a/app/jobs/scan/model/parse_metadata_job.rb b/app/jobs/scan/model/parse_metadata_job.rb
index e2c937589..ddb55a48f 100644
--- a/app/jobs/scan/model/parse_metadata_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/scan/model/parse_metadata_job.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Scan::Model::ParseMetadataJob < ApplicationJob
     components = PathParserService.new(library.path_template, path).call
     {
       creator: find_or_create_from_path_component(Creator, components[:creator]),
-      collections: [find_or_create_from_path_component(Collection, components[:collection])].compact,
+      collections: Array(find_or_create_from_path_component(Collection, components[:collections])),
       name: to_human_name(components[:model_name])
     }.compact_blank
   end
@@ -170,10 +170,14 @@ class Scan::Model::ParseMetadataJob < ApplicationJob
 
   def find_or_create_from_path_component(klass, path_component)
     return unless path_component
-    klass.find_by(slug: path_component) ||
-      klass.create_with(slug: path_component.parameterize).find_or_create_by(
-        name: to_human_name(path_component)
-      )
+    if path_component.is_a? Array
+      path_component.map { |it| find_or_create_from_path_component(klass, it) }
+    else
+      klass.find_by(slug: path_component) ||
+        klass.create_with(slug: path_component.parameterize).find_or_create_by(
+          name: to_human_name(path_component)
+        )
+    end
   end
 
   def to_human_name(str)
diff --git a/app/services/path_parser_service.rb b/app/services/path_parser_service.rb
index af6fed163..475f95409 100644
--- a/app/services/path_parser_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/path_parser_service.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ class PathParserService
     components = @path.match(path_parse_pattern)&.named_captures&.symbolize_keys
     return {} if components.nil?
     components.merge({
-      tags: components[:tags]&.split("/")&.compact_blank,
+      tags: components[:tags]&.split(File::SEPARATOR)&.compact_blank,
+      collections: components[:collection] ? [components.delete(:collection)] : components[:collections]&.split("/")&.compact_blank,
       model_id: nil # discard ID, never gonna use it in parsing
-    }).compact
+    }).compact_blank
   end
 
   private
@@ -22,15 +23,17 @@ class PathParserService
         when "{tags}"
           "(?<tags>[[:print:]]*)"
         when "{creator}"
-          "(?<creator>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)"
+          "(?<creator>[[:print:]&&[^#{File::SEPARATOR}]]*?)"
         when "{collection}"
-          "(?<collection>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)"
+          "(?<collection>[[:print:]&&[^#{File::SEPARATOR}]]*?)"
+        when "{collections}"
+          "(?<collections>[[:print:]]*)"
         when "{modelName}"
-          "(?<model_name>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)"
+          "(?<model_name>[[:print:]&&[^#{File::SEPARATOR}]]*?)"
         when "{modelId}"
           "(?<model_id>#[[:digit:]]+)?"
         else
-          "[[:print:]&&[^/]]*"
+          "[[:print:]&&[^#{File::SEPARATOR}]]*"
         end
       } + "$")
   end
diff --git a/app/validators/path_template_validator.rb b/app/validators/path_template_validator.rb
index ca25ac1b2..8405bdd20 100644
--- a/app/validators/path_template_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/path_template_validator.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class PathTemplateValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
     "tags",
     "creator",
     "collection",
+    "collections",
     "modelName",
     "modelId"
   ]
diff --git a/app/views/libraries/_path_template_help.html.erb b/app/views/libraries/_path_template_help.html.erb
index 98152f252..a3660a2bf 100644
--- a/app/views/libraries/_path_template_help.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/libraries/_path_template_help.html.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       <code>{creator}</code>: <%= t ".tokens.creator" %>
     </li>
     <li>
-      <code>{collection}</code>: <%= t ".tokens.collection" %>
+      <code>{collections}</code>: <%= t ".tokens.collections" %>
     </li>
     <li>
       <code>{modelName}</code>: <%= t ".tokens.model_name" %>
diff --git a/spec/services/path_parser_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/path_parser_service_spec.rb
index bbd67f58f..505039742 100644
--- a/spec/services/path_parser_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/path_parser_service_spec.rb
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ RSpec.describe PathParserService do
     "{tags}" => %r{^/?.*?(?<tags>[[:print:]]*)$},
     "{creator}" => %r{^/?.*?(?<creator>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)$},
     "{collection}" => %r{^/?.*?(?<collection>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)$},
+    "{collections}" => %r{^/?.*?(?<collections>[[:print:]]*)$},
     "{tags}/{creator}" => %r{^/?.*?(?<tags>[[:print:]]*)/(?<creator>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)$},
     "{tags}/{creator}/{modelName}{modelId}" => %r{^/?.*?(?<tags>[[:print:]]*)/(?<creator>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)/(?<model_name>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)(?<model_id>#[[:digit:]]+)?$},
     "@{creator}{modelId}" => %r{^/?.*?@(?<creator>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)(?<model_id>#[[:digit:]]+)?$},
-    "{creator}/{collection}/{tags}/{modelName}{modelId}" => %r{^/?.*?(?<creator>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)/(?<collection>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)/(?<tags>[[:print:]]*)/(?<model_name>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)(?<model_id>#[[:digit:]]+)?$}
+    "{creator}/{collection}/{tags}/{modelName}{modelId}" => %r{^/?.*?(?<creator>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)/(?<collection>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)/(?<tags>[[:print:]]*)/(?<model_name>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)(?<model_id>#[[:digit:]]+)?$},
+    "{collections}/{creator}" => %r{^/?.*?(?<collections>[[:print:]]*)/(?<creator>[[:print:]&&[^/]]*?)$}
   }.each_pair do |tag, regexp|
     it "correctly converts #{tag} into a regexp matcher" do
       service = described_class.new(tag, path)
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ RSpec.describe PathParserService do
       model_name: "prefix - name"
     },
     "{collection}/{modelName}{modelId}" => {
-      collection: "bottom",
+      collections: ["bottom"],
       model_name: "prefix - name"
     },
     "{tags}/{creator}/{modelName}{modelId}" => {
@@ -42,8 +44,13 @@ RSpec.describe PathParserService do
     "{tags}/{creator}/{collection} - {modelName}{modelId}" => {
       tags: ["top", "middle"],
       creator: "bottom",
-      collection: "prefix",
+      collections: ["prefix"],
       model_name: "name"
+    },
+    "{collections}/{creator}/{modelName}{modelId}" => {
+      collections: ["top", "middle"],
+      creator: "bottom",
+      model_name: "prefix - name"
     }
   }.each_pair do |tag, values|
     it "correctly matches components of #{tag}" do