diff --git a/src/facade/reply_builder.cc b/src/facade/reply_builder.cc
index 68186af5afb4..478e3d855fa6 100644
--- a/src/facade/reply_builder.cc
+++ b/src/facade/reply_builder.cc
@@ -297,13 +297,14 @@ void SinkReplyBuilder2::Send() {
   uint64_t before_ns = util::fb2::ProactorBase::GetMonotonicTimeNs();
   reply_stats.io_write_cnt++;
   reply_stats.io_write_bytes += total_size_;
-
+  DVLOG(2) << "Writing " << total_size_ << " bytes";
   if (auto ec = sink_->Write(vecs_.data(), vecs_.size()); ec)
     ec_ = ec;
 
   uint64_t after_ns = util::fb2::ProactorBase::GetMonotonicTimeNs();
   reply_stats.send_stats.count++;
   reply_stats.send_stats.total_duration += (after_ns - before_ns) / 1'000;
+  DVLOG(2) << "Finished writing " << total_size_ << " bytes";
   send_active_ = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/server/detail/save_stages_controller.cc b/src/server/detail/save_stages_controller.cc
index 924aa427d97b..8b4c21d73b48 100644
--- a/src/server/detail/save_stages_controller.cc
+++ b/src/server/detail/save_stages_controller.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 namespace {
 
 bool IsCloudPath(string_view path) {
-  return absl::StartsWith(path, kS3Prefix);
+  return absl::StartsWith(path, kS3Prefix) || absl::StartsWith(path, kGCSPrefix);
 }
 
 // Create a directory and all its parents if they don't exist.
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ RdbSaver::SnapshotStats SaveStagesController::GetCurrentSnapshotProgress() const
 // Summary file is always last in snapshots array.
 void SaveStagesController::SaveDfs() {
   // Extend all filenames with -{sid} or -summary and append .dfs.tmp
-  const string_view ext = is_cloud_ ? ".dfs" : ".dfs.tmp";
+  const string_view ext = snapshot_storage_->IsCloud() ? ".dfs" : ".dfs.tmp";
   ShardId sid = 0;
   for (auto& [_, filename] : snapshots_) {
     filename = full_path_;
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ void SaveStagesController::SaveRdb() {
   filename = full_path_;
   if (!filename.has_extension())
     filename += ".rdb";
-  if (!is_cloud_)
+  if (!snapshot_storage_->IsCloud())
     filename += ".tmp";
 
   if (auto err = snapshot->Start(SaveMode::RDB, filename, RdbSaver::GetGlobalData(service_)); err) {
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ void SaveStagesController::InitResources() {
 
 // Remove .tmp extension or delete files in case of error
 GenericError SaveStagesController::FinalizeFileMovement() {
-  if (is_cloud_)
+  if (snapshot_storage_->IsCloud())
     return {};
   DVLOG(1) << "FinalizeFileMovement start";
 
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ GenericError SaveStagesController::BuildFullPath() {
   dest_buf.resize(len);
 
   full_path_ = dir_path / dest_buf;
-  is_cloud_ = IsCloudPath(full_path_.string());
+
   return {};
 }
 
diff --git a/src/server/detail/save_stages_controller.h b/src/server/detail/save_stages_controller.h
index 646fe25093dc..0b9db29c46dc 100644
--- a/src/server/detail/save_stages_controller.h
+++ b/src/server/detail/save_stages_controller.h
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ struct SaveStagesController : public SaveStagesInputs {
  private:
   time_t start_time_;
   std::filesystem::path full_path_;
-  bool is_cloud_;
 
   AggregateGenericError shared_err_;
   std::vector<std::pair<std::unique_ptr<RdbSnapshot>, std::filesystem::path>> snapshots_;
diff --git a/src/server/detail/snapshot_storage.cc b/src/server/detail/snapshot_storage.cc
index 454998eb56ab..dd5bb5445da7 100644
--- a/src/server/detail/snapshot_storage.cc
+++ b/src/server/detail/snapshot_storage.cc
@@ -41,11 +41,8 @@ constexpr string_view kSummarySuffix = "summary.dfs"sv;
 
 pair<string, string> GetBucketPath(string_view path) {
   string_view clean = path;
-  if (absl::StartsWith(clean, kS3Prefix)) {
-    clean = absl::StripPrefix(clean, kS3Prefix);
-  } else {
-    clean = absl::StripPrefix(clean, kGCSPrefix);
-  }
+  auto prefix = absl::StartsWith(clean, kS3Prefix) ? kS3Prefix : kGCSPrefix;
+  clean = absl::StripPrefix(clean, prefix);
 
   size_t pos = clean.find('/');
   if (pos == string_view::npos) {
diff --git a/src/server/detail/snapshot_storage.h b/src/server/detail/snapshot_storage.h
index e3aa4127ff6e..4fbb64626494 100644
--- a/src/server/detail/snapshot_storage.h
+++ b/src/server/detail/snapshot_storage.h
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class SnapshotStorage {
   // Searches for all the relevant snapshot files given the RDB file or DFS summary file path.
   io::Result<std::vector<std::string>, GenericError> ExpandSnapshot(const std::string& load_path);
 
+  virtual bool IsCloud() const {
+    return false;
+  }
+
  protected:
   virtual io::Result<std::vector<std::string>, GenericError> ExpandFromPath(
       const std::string& path) = 0;
@@ -94,6 +98,10 @@ class GcsSnapshotStorage : public SnapshotStorage {
   io::Result<std::string, GenericError> LoadPath(std::string_view dir,
                                                  std::string_view dbfilename) override;
 
+  bool IsCloud() const final {
+    return true;
+  }
+
  private:
   io::Result<std::vector<std::string>, GenericError> ExpandFromPath(const std::string& path) final;
 
@@ -117,6 +125,10 @@ class AwsS3SnapshotStorage : public SnapshotStorage {
   io::Result<std::string, GenericError> LoadPath(std::string_view dir,
                                                  std::string_view dbfilename) override;
 
+  bool IsCloud() const final {
+    return true;
+  }
+
  private:
   io::Result<std::vector<std::string>, GenericError> ExpandFromPath(const std::string& path) final;
 
diff --git a/src/server/server_family.cc b/src/server/server_family.cc
index f0476f3d2959..dba0c92fccfe 100644
--- a/src/server/server_family.cc
+++ b/src/server/server_family.cc
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ using strings::HumanReadableNumBytes;
 namespace {
 
 const auto kRedisVersion = "6.2.11";
-constexpr string_view kS3Prefix = "s3://"sv;
 
 using EngineFunc = void (ServerFamily::*)(CmdArgList args, Transaction* tx,
                                           SinkReplyBuilder* builder, ConnectionContext* cntx);
@@ -252,8 +251,12 @@ string UnknownCmd(string cmd, CmdArgList args) {
                       absl::StrJoin(args.begin(), args.end(), ", ", CmdArgListFormatter()));
 }
 
-bool IsCloudPath(string_view path) {
-  return absl::StartsWith(path, kS3Prefix);
+bool IsS3Path(string_view path) {
+  return absl::StartsWith(path, detail::kS3Prefix);
+}
+
+bool IsGCSPath(string_view path) {
+  return absl::StartsWith(path, detail::kGCSPrefix);
 }
 
 // Check that if TLS is used at least one form of client authentication is
@@ -866,7 +869,7 @@ void ServerFamily::Init(util::AcceptServer* acceptor, std::vector<facade::Listen
   }
 
   string flag_dir = GetFlag(FLAGS_dir);
-  if (IsCloudPath(flag_dir)) {
+  if (IsS3Path(flag_dir)) {
 #ifdef WITH_AWS
     shard_set->pool()->GetNextProactor()->Await([&] { util::aws::Init(); });
     snapshot_storage_ = std::make_shared<detail::AwsS3SnapshotStorage>(
@@ -875,6 +878,14 @@ void ServerFamily::Init(util::AcceptServer* acceptor, std::vector<facade::Listen
 #else
     LOG(ERROR) << "Compiled without AWS support";
 #endif
+  } else if (IsGCSPath(flag_dir)) {
+    auto gcs = std::make_shared<detail::GcsSnapshotStorage>();
+    auto ec = shard_set->pool()->GetNextProactor()->Await([&] { return gcs->Init(3000); });
+    if (ec) {
+      LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to initialize GCS snapshot storage: " << ec.message();
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    snapshot_storage_ = std::move(gcs);
   } else if (fq_threadpool_) {
     snapshot_storage_ = std::make_shared<detail::FileSnapshotStorage>(fq_threadpool_.get());
   } else {
@@ -1174,6 +1185,8 @@ void ServerFamily::SnapshotScheduling() {
 
 io::Result<size_t> ServerFamily::LoadRdb(const std::string& rdb_file,
                                          LoadExistingKeys existing_keys) {
+  VLOG(1) << "Loading data from " << rdb_file;
+
   error_code ec;
   io::ReadonlyFileOrError res = snapshot_storage_->OpenReadFile(rdb_file);
   if (res) {
@@ -1635,6 +1648,8 @@ GenericError ServerFamily::DoSaveCheckAndStart(bool new_version, string_view bas
                           "SAVING - can not save database"};
     }
 
+    VLOG(1) << "Saving snapshot to " << basename;
+
     save_controller_ = make_unique<SaveStagesController>(detail::SaveStagesInputs{
         new_version, basename, trans, &service_, fq_threadpool_.get(), snapshot_storage_});