diff --git a/integration_tests/test_downloading.py b/integration_tests/test_downloading.py
index e9402bbc..e77feea4 100644
--- a/integration_tests/test_downloading.py
+++ b/integration_tests/test_downloading.py
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ def test_that_downloader_correctly_downloads_file_and_updates_database(
             )
         ).is_between(before_invocation, after_invocation)
 
-    today_str = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
     bucket_objects = list(upload_bucket.objects.all())
     assert_that(bucket_objects).is_length(1)
-    assert_that(bucket_objects[0].key).is_equal_to(
-        f"{today_str}/integration-test-filename.SAFE"
-    )
+    assert_that(bucket_objects[0].key).is_equal_to("integration-test-filename.zip")
diff --git a/lambdas/downloader/handler.py b/lambdas/downloader/handler.py
index a9ce6f89..0e86e9f7 100644
--- a/lambdas/downloader/handler.py
+++ b/lambdas/downloader/handler.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def handler(event, context):
     LOGGER.info(f"Received event to download image: {image_filename}")
 
     try:
-        granule = get_granule(image_id)
+        get_granule(image_id)
     except GranuleNotFoundException:
         return
     except GranuleAlreadyDownloadedException:
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ def handler(event, context):
             image_id,
             image_filename,
             download_url,
-            granule.beginposition,
         )
 
         LOGGER.info(f"Successfully downloaded image: {image_filename}")
@@ -178,7 +177,6 @@ def download_file(
     image_id: str,
     image_filename: str,
     download_url: str,
-    begin_position: datetime,
 ):
     """
     For a given image of id `image_id` and download location of `download_url`, make
@@ -192,8 +190,6 @@ def download_file(
         `granule` table
     :param download_url: str representing the SciHub URL to request the images file
         from
-    :param begin_position: datetime representing the begin_position of the image in the
-        `granule` table
     """
     session_maker = get_session_maker()
     with get_session(session_maker) as db:
@@ -204,14 +200,14 @@ def download_file(
 
             aws_checksum = generate_aws_checksum(image_checksum)
 
-            begin_position_str = begin_position.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
-
             s3_client = get_s3_client()
             upload_bucket = os.environ["UPLOAD_BUCKET"]
+            root, ext = os.path.splitext(image_filename)
+            zip_key = f"{root}.zip"
             s3_client.put_object(
                 Body=response.raw.read(),
                 Bucket=upload_bucket,
-                Key=f"{begin_position_str}/{image_filename}",
+                Key=f"{zip_key}",
                 ContentMD5=aws_checksum,
             )
 
diff --git a/lambdas/downloader/tests/test_downloader_handler.py b/lambdas/downloader/tests/test_downloader_handler.py
index 1f50b88e..54712e9b 100644
--- a/lambdas/downloader/tests/test_downloader_handler.py
+++ b/lambdas/downloader/tests/test_downloader_handler.py
@@ -216,7 +216,10 @@ def test_that_download_file_correctly_raises_exception_if_request_fails(
 
     with pytest.raises(FailedToDownloadFileException) as ex:
         download_file(
-            "ACHECKSUM", "test-id", "test-filename.SAFE", download_url, datetime.now()
+            "ACHECKSUM",
+            "test-id",
+            "test-filename.SAFE",
+            download_url,
         )
     assert_that(str(ex.value)).is_equal_to(
         (
@@ -260,7 +263,6 @@ def put_object(self, **args):
                 "test-id",
                 "test-filename.SAFE",
                 download_url,
-                datetime.now(),
             )
         assert_that(str(ex.value)).is_equal_to(
             (
@@ -308,7 +310,6 @@ def test_that_download_file_correctly_raises_exception_if_db_update_fails(
                 "test-id",
                 "test-filename.SAFE",
                 download_url,
-                datetime.now(),
             )
     assert_that(str(ex.value)).is_equal_to(
         (
@@ -356,15 +357,13 @@ def test_that_download_file_correctly_uploads_file_to_s3_and_updates_db(
     )
     patched_generate_aws_checksum.return_value = "an-aws-checksum"
 
-    download_file(
-        "ACHECKSUM", "test-id", "test-filename.SAFE", download_url, datetime.now()
-    )
+    download_file("ACHECKSUM", "test-id", "test-filename.SAFE", download_url)
 
     patched_generate_aws_checksum.assert_called_once_with("ACHECKSUM")
 
     bucket_objects = list(mock_s3_bucket.objects.all())
     assert_that(bucket_objects).is_length(1)
-    assert_that(bucket_objects[0].key).is_equal_to("2020-01-01/test-filename.SAFE")
+    assert_that(bucket_objects[0].key).is_equal_to("test-filename.zip")
     bucket_object_content = bucket_objects[0].get()["Body"].read().decode("utf-8")
     assert_that(bucket_object_content).contains("THIS IS A FAKE SAFE FILE")
 
@@ -873,7 +872,7 @@ def test_that_handler_correctly_downloads_file_and_updates_granule(
 
     bucket_objects = list(mock_s3_bucket.objects.all())
     assert_that(bucket_objects).is_length(1)
-    assert_that(bucket_objects[0].key).is_equal_to("2020-02-02/test-filename")
+    assert_that(bucket_objects[0].key).is_equal_to("test-filename.zip")
     bucket_object_content = bucket_objects[0].get()["Body"].read().decode("utf-8")
     assert_that(bucket_object_content).contains("THIS IS A FAKE SAFE FILE")
 
@@ -938,7 +937,7 @@ def test_that_handler_correctly_downloads_file_and_updates_granule_using_inthub2
     db_session.add(
         Granule(
             id="test-id",
-            filename="test-filename",
+            filename="test-filename.SAFE",
             tileid="NM901",
             size=100,
             beginposition=datetime.now(),
@@ -958,7 +957,7 @@ def test_that_handler_correctly_downloads_file_and_updates_granule_using_inthub2
 
     bucket_objects = list(mock_s3_bucket.objects.all())
     assert_that(bucket_objects).is_length(1)
-    assert_that(bucket_objects[0].key).is_equal_to("2020-02-02/test-filename")
+    assert_that(bucket_objects[0].key).is_equal_to("test-filename.zip")
     bucket_object_content = bucket_objects[0].get()["Body"].read().decode("utf-8")
     assert_that(bucket_object_content).contains("THIS IS A FAKE SAFE FILE")