diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/file_name_formatter.py b/bulkredditdownloader/file_name_formatter.py
index 6eea2d0..aac4b48 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/file_name_formatter.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/file_name_formatter.py
@@ -16,13 +16,21 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class FileNameFormatter:
-    key_terms = ('title', 'subreddit', 'redditor', 'postid', 'upvotes', 'flair', 'date')
+    key_terms = (
+        'date',
+        'flair',
+        'postid',
+        'redditor',
+        'subreddit',
+        'title',
+        'upvotes',
+    )
 
     def __init__(self, file_format_string: str, directory_format_string: str):
         if not self.validate_string(file_format_string):
             raise BulkDownloaderException(f'"{file_format_string}" is not a valid format string')
         self.file_format_string = file_format_string
-        self.directory_format_string = directory_format_string
+        self.directory_format_string: list[str] = directory_format_string.split('/')
 
     @staticmethod
     def _format_name(submission: (Comment, Submission), format_string: str) -> str:
@@ -34,8 +42,8 @@ class FileNameFormatter:
             raise BulkDownloaderException(f'Cannot name object {type(submission).__name__}')
         result = format_string
         for key in attributes.keys():
-            if re.search(r'(?i).*{{{}}}.*'.format(key), result):
-                result = re.sub(r'(?i){{{}}}'.format(key), str(attributes.get(key, 'unknown')), result)
+            if re.search(fr'(?i).*{{{key}}}.*', result):
+                result = re.sub(fr'(?i){{{key}}}', str(attributes.get(key, 'unknown')), result)
                 logger.log(9, f'Found key string {key} in name')
 
         result = result.replace('/', '')
@@ -67,7 +75,7 @@ class FileNameFormatter:
             'postid': comment.id,
             'upvotes': comment.score,
             'flair': '',
-            'date': comment.created_utc
+            'date': comment.created_utc,
         }
         return comment_attributes
 
@@ -75,8 +83,12 @@ class FileNameFormatter:
             self,
             resource: Resource,
             destination_directory: Path,
-            index: Optional[int] = None) -> Path:
-        subfolder = destination_directory / self._format_name(resource.source_submission, self.directory_format_string)
+            index: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> Path:
+        subfolder = Path(
+            destination_directory,
+            *[self._format_name(resource.source_submission, part) for part in self.directory_format_string]
+        )
         index = f'_{str(index)}' if index else ''
         if not resource.extension:
             raise BulkDownloaderException(f'Resource from {resource.url} has no extension')
@@ -102,8 +114,11 @@ class FileNameFormatter:
             filename = filename[:-1]
         return filename + ending
 
-    def format_resource_paths(self, resources: list[Resource],
-                              destination_directory: Path) -> list[tuple[Path, Resource]]:
+    def format_resource_paths(
+            self,
+            resources: list[Resource],
+            destination_directory: Path,
+    ) -> list[tuple[Path, Resource]]:
         out = []
         if len(resources) == 1:
             out.append((self.format_path(resources[0], destination_directory, None), resources[0]))
@@ -121,7 +136,8 @@ class FileNameFormatter:
         if result:
             if 'POSTID' not in test_string:
                 logger.warning(
-                    f'Post ID not included in this file scheme, so file names are not guaranteed to be unique')
+                    'Some files might not be downloaded due to name conflicts as filenames are'
+                    ' not guaranteed to be be unique without {POSTID}')
             return True
         else:
             return False
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/test_file_name_formatter.py b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/test_file_name_formatter.py
index 2f6e9c6..bf8cee1 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/test_file_name_formatter.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/test_file_name_formatter.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def submission() -> MagicMock:
     return test
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()
+@pytest.fixture(scope='session')
 def reddit_submission(reddit_instance: praw.Reddit) -> praw.models.Submission:
     return reddit_instance.submission(id='lgilgt')
 
@@ -267,9 +267,30 @@ def test_format_archive_entry_comment(
         test_comment_id: str,
         expected_name: str,
         tmp_path: Path,
-        reddit_instance: praw.Reddit):
+        reddit_instance: praw.Reddit,
+):
     test_comment = reddit_instance.comment(id=test_comment_id)
     test_formatter = FileNameFormatter(test_file_scheme, test_folder_scheme)
     test_entry = Resource(test_comment, '', '.json')
     result = test_formatter.format_path(test_entry, tmp_path)
     assert result.name == expected_name
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(('test_folder_scheme', 'expected'), (
+    ('{REDDITOR}/{SUBREDDIT}', 'person/randomreddit'),
+    ('{POSTID}/{SUBREDDIT}/{REDDITOR}', '12345/randomreddit/person'),
+))
+def test_multilevel_folder_scheme(
+        test_folder_scheme: str,
+        expected: str,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        submission: MagicMock,
+):
+    test_formatter = FileNameFormatter('{POSTID}', test_folder_scheme)
+    test_resource = MagicMock()
+    test_resource.source_submission = submission
+    test_resource.extension = '.png'
+    result = test_formatter.format_path(test_resource, tmp_path)
+    result = result.relative_to(tmp_path)
+    assert str(result.parent) == expected
+    assert len(result.parents) == (len(expected.split('/')) + 1)