diff --git a/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
index ea663f2e1..046aba763 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ set(SLIC3R_SOURCES
     Format/objparser.hpp
     Format/STL.cpp
     Format/STL.hpp
+    Format/SLAArchive.hpp
+    Format/SLAArchive.cpp
     Format/SL1.hpp
     Format/SL1.cpp
     Format/SL1_SVG.hpp
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Format/SL1.hpp b/src/libslic3r/Format/SL1.hpp
index 874786eb9..8ed9dc329 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/Format/SL1.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Format/SL1.hpp
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "SLAArchive.hpp"
+
 #include "libslic3r/Zipper.hpp"
-#include "libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp"
 
 namespace Slic3r {
 
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Format/SLAArchive.cpp b/src/libslic3r/Format/SLAArchive.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2bf2824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Format/SLAArchive.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#include "SLAArchive.hpp"
+
+#include "SL1.hpp"
+#include "SL1_SVG.hpp"
+#include "pwmx.hpp"
+
+#include "libslic3r/libslic3r.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <tuple>
+
+namespace Slic3r {
+
+using ArchiveFactory = std::function<std::unique_ptr<SLAArchive>(const SLAPrinterConfig&)>;
+
+struct ArchiveEntry {
+    const char *ext;
+    ArchiveFactory factoryfn;
+};
+
+static const std::map<std::string, ArchiveEntry> REGISTERED_ARCHIVES {
+    {
+        "SL1",
+        { "sl1",  [] (const auto &cfg) { return std::make_unique<SL1Archive>(cfg); } }
+    },
+    {
+        "SL2",
+        { "sl2",  [] (const auto &cfg) { return std::make_unique<SL1_SVGArchive>(cfg); } }
+    },
+    {
+        "pwmx",
+        { "pwmx", [] (const auto &cfg) { return std::make_unique<PwmxArchive>(cfg); } }
+    }
+};
+
+std::unique_ptr<SLAArchive>
+SLAArchive::create(const std::string &archtype, const SLAPrinterConfig &cfg)
+{
+    auto entry = REGISTERED_ARCHIVES.find(archtype);
+
+    if (entry != REGISTERED_ARCHIVES.end())
+        return entry->second.factoryfn(cfg);
+
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+const std::vector<const char*>& SLAArchive::registered_archives()
+{
+    static std::vector<const char*> archnames;
+
+    if (archnames.empty()) {
+        archnames.reserve(REGISTERED_ARCHIVES.size());
+
+        for (auto &[name, _] : REGISTERED_ARCHIVES)
+            archnames.emplace_back(name.c_str());
+    }
+
+    return archnames;
+}
+
+const char *SLAArchive::get_extension(const char *archtype)
+{
+    static const char* DEFAULT_EXT = "zip";
+
+    auto entry = REGISTERED_ARCHIVES.find(archtype);
+    if (entry != REGISTERED_ARCHIVES.end())
+        return entry->second.ext;
+
+    return DEFAULT_EXT;
+}
+
+} // namespace Slic3r
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Format/SLAArchive.hpp b/src/libslic3r/Format/SLAArchive.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..971d7ba7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Format/SLAArchive.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#ifndef SLAARCHIVE_HPP
+#define SLAARCHIVE_HPP
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "libslic3r/SLA/RasterBase.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/Execution/ExecutionTBB.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/GCode/ThumbnailData.hpp"
+
+namespace Slic3r {
+
+class SLAPrint;
+class SLAPrinterConfig;
+
+class SLAArchive {
+protected:
+    std::vector<sla::EncodedRaster> m_layers;
+
+    virtual std::unique_ptr<sla::RasterBase> create_raster() const = 0;
+    virtual sla::RasterEncoder get_encoder() const = 0;
+
+public:
+    virtual ~SLAArchive() = default;
+
+    // Fn have to be thread safe: void(sla::RasterBase& raster, size_t lyrid);
+    template<class Fn, class CancelFn, class EP = ExecutionTBB>
+    void draw_layers(
+        size_t     layer_num,
+        Fn &&      drawfn,
+        CancelFn cancelfn = []() { return false; },
+        const EP & ep       = {})
+    {
+        m_layers.resize(layer_num);
+        execution::for_each(
+            ep, size_t(0), m_layers.size(),
+            [this, &drawfn, &cancelfn](size_t idx) {
+                if (cancelfn()) return;
+
+                sla::EncodedRaster &enc = m_layers[idx];
+                auto                rst = create_raster();
+                drawfn(*rst, idx);
+                enc = rst->encode(get_encoder());
+            },
+            execution::max_concurrency(ep));
+    }
+
+       // Export the print into an archive using the provided filename.
+    virtual void export_print(const std::string     fname,
+                              const SLAPrint       &print,
+                              const ThumbnailsList &thumbnails,
+                              const std::string    &projectname = "") = 0;
+
+    // Factory method to create an archiver instance
+    static std::unique_ptr<SLAArchive> create(const std::string &archtype, const SLAPrinterConfig&);
+
+    // Get the names of currently known archiver implementations
+    static const std::vector<const char *> & registered_archives();
+
+    // Get the default file extension belonging to an archive format
+    static const char *get_extension(const char *archtype);
+};
+
+} // namespace Slic3r
+#endif // SLAARCHIVE_HPP
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Format/pwmx.cpp b/src/libslic3r/Format/pwmx.cpp
index 5b420a49e..f3f0f6802 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/Format/pwmx.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Format/pwmx.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "pwmx.hpp"
 #include "GCode/ThumbnailData.hpp"
 #include "SLA/RasterBase.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp"
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -277,8 +278,9 @@ void fill_header(pwmx_format_header &h,
     std::float_t bottle_volume_ml;
     std::float_t bottle_cost;
     std::float_t material_density;
-    auto &      cfg    = print.full_print_config();
-    std::string mnotes = cfg.option("material_notes")->serialize();
+    auto        &cfg     = print.full_print_config();
+    auto         mat_opt = cfg.option("material_notes");
+    std::string  mnotes  = mat_opt? cfg.option("material_notes")->serialize() : "";
     // create a config parser from the material notes
     Slic3r::PwmxFormatDynamicConfig mat_cfg;
     SLAPrintStatistics              stats = print.print_statistics();
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Format/pwmx.hpp b/src/libslic3r/Format/pwmx.hpp
index d1179c014..65fb19910 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/Format/pwmx.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Format/pwmx.hpp
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#include "libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp"
+#include "SLAArchive.hpp"
+
+#include "libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp"
 
 namespace Slic3r {
 
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.cpp b/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.cpp
index 2622b6a23..72cb96dd0 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.cpp
@@ -245,15 +245,8 @@ SLAPrint::ApplyStatus SLAPrint::apply(const Model &model, DynamicPrintConfig con
     // Handle changes to object config defaults
     m_default_object_config.apply_only(config, object_diff, true);
 
-    if (!m_archiver || !printer_diff.empty()) {
-        if (m_printer_config.sla_archive_format.value == "SL1")
-            m_archiver = std::make_unique<SL1Archive>(m_printer_config);
-        else if (m_printer_config.sla_archive_format.value == "SL2")
-            m_archiver = std::make_unique<SL1_SVGArchive>(m_printer_config);
-        else if (m_printer_config.sla_archive_format.value == "pwmx") {
-            m_archiver = std::make_unique<PwmxArchive>(m_printer_config);
-        }
-    }
+    if (!m_archiver || !printer_diff.empty())
+        m_archiver = SLAArchive::create(m_printer_config.sla_archive_format.value.c_str(), m_printer_config);
 
     struct ModelObjectStatus {
         enum Status {
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp b/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp
index 2d49139a4..0723382b3 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "Point.hpp"
 #include "MTUtils.hpp"
 #include "Zipper.hpp"
+#include "Format/SLAArchive.hpp"
 #include "GCode/ThumbnailData.hpp"
 
 #include "libslic3r/Execution/ExecutionTBB.hpp"
@@ -390,45 +391,6 @@ struct SLAPrintStatistics
     }
 };
 
-class SLAArchive {
-protected:
-    std::vector<sla::EncodedRaster> m_layers;
-    
-    virtual std::unique_ptr<sla::RasterBase> create_raster() const = 0;
-    virtual sla::RasterEncoder get_encoder() const = 0;
-    
-public:
-    virtual ~SLAArchive() = default;
-    
-    // Fn have to be thread safe: void(sla::RasterBase& raster, size_t lyrid);
-    template<class Fn, class CancelFn, class EP = ExecutionTBB>
-    void draw_layers(
-        size_t     layer_num,
-        Fn &&      drawfn,
-        CancelFn cancelfn = []() { return false; },
-        const EP & ep       = {})
-    {
-        m_layers.resize(layer_num);
-        execution::for_each(
-            ep, size_t(0), m_layers.size(),
-            [this, &drawfn, &cancelfn](size_t idx) {
-                if (cancelfn()) return;
-
-                sla::EncodedRaster &enc = m_layers[idx];
-                auto                rst = create_raster();
-                drawfn(*rst, idx);
-                enc = rst->encode(get_encoder());
-            },
-            execution::max_concurrency(ep));
-    }
-
-    // Export the print into an archive using the provided filename.
-    virtual void export_print(const std::string     fname,
-                              const SLAPrint       &print,
-                              const ThumbnailsList &thumbnails,
-                              const std::string    &projectname = "") = 0;
-};
-
 /**
  * @brief This class is the high level FSM for the SLA printing process.
  *
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Jobs/SLAImportJob.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Jobs/SLAImportJob.cpp
index 1bb8cdf6c..96702d158 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Jobs/SLAImportJob.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Jobs/SLAImportJob.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "SLAImportJob.hpp"
 
+#include "libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp"
 #include "libslic3r/Format/SL1.hpp"
 
 #include "slic3r/GUI/GUI.hpp"
diff --git a/tests/libnest2d/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/libnest2d/CMakeLists.txt
index bcb759452..9bafe84a0 100644
--- a/tests/libnest2d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/libnest2d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ target_link_libraries(${_TEST_NAME}_tests test_common libnest2d )
 set_property(TARGET ${_TEST_NAME}_tests PROPERTY FOLDER "tests")
 
 # catch_discover_tests(${_TEST_NAME}_tests TEST_PREFIX "${_TEST_NAME}: ")
-add_test(${_TEST_NAME}_tests ${_TEST_NAME}_tests "${CATCH_EXTRA_ARGS} exclude:[NotWorking]")
+set(_catch_args "exclude:[NotWorking]")
+list(APPEND _catch_args "${CATCH_EXTRA_ARGS}")
+add_test(${_TEST_NAME}_tests ${_TEST_NAME}_tests ${_catch_args})
diff --git a/tests/sla_print/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/sla_print/CMakeLists.txt
index dc583f1a1..26d576549 100644
--- a/tests/sla_print/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/sla_print/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ add_executable(${_TEST_NAME}_tests ${_TEST_NAME}_tests_main.cpp
     sla_print_tests.cpp
     sla_test_utils.hpp sla_test_utils.cpp
     sla_supptgen_tests.cpp
-    sla_raycast_tests.cpp)
+    sla_raycast_tests.cpp
+    sla_archive_export_tests.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(${_TEST_NAME}_tests test_common libslic3r)
 set_property(TARGET ${_TEST_NAME}_tests PROPERTY FOLDER "tests")
 
diff --git a/tests/sla_print/sla_archive_export_tests.cpp b/tests/sla_print/sla_archive_export_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..586b0eb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sla_print/sla_archive_export_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include <catch2/catch.hpp>
+#include <test_utils.hpp>
+
+#include "libslic3r/SLAPrint.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/Format/SLAArchive.hpp"
+
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+using namespace Slic3r;
+
+TEST_CASE("Archive export test", "[sla_archives]") {
+    constexpr const char *PNAME = "20mm_cube";
+
+    for (auto &archname : SLAArchive::registered_archives()) {
+        INFO(std::string("Testing archive type: ") + archname);
+        SLAPrint print;
+        SLAFullPrintConfig fullcfg;
+
+        auto m = Model::read_from_file(TEST_DATA_DIR PATH_SEPARATOR + std::string(PNAME) + ".obj", nullptr);
+
+        fullcfg.set("sla_archive_format", archname);
+
+        DynamicPrintConfig cfg;
+        cfg.apply(fullcfg);
+
+        print.apply(m, cfg);
+        print.process();
+
+        ThumbnailsList thumbnails;
+        auto outputfname = std::string("output.") + SLAArchive::get_extension(archname);
+
+        print.export_print(outputfname, thumbnails, PNAME);
+
+        // Not much can be checked about the archives...
+        REQUIRE(boost::filesystem::exists(outputfname));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/slic3rutils/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/slic3rutils/CMakeLists.txt
index be1b645d7..256e6efd6 100644
--- a/tests/slic3rutils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/slic3rutils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ if (WIN32)
 endif()
 
 # catch_discover_tests(${_TEST_NAME}_tests TEST_PREFIX "${_TEST_NAME}: ")
-add_test(${_TEST_NAME}_tests ${_TEST_NAME}_tests "${CATCH_EXTRA_ARGS} exclude:[NotWorking]")
+set(_catch_args "exclude:[NotWorking]")
+list(APPEND _catch_args "${CATCH_EXTRA_ARGS}")
+add_test(${_TEST_NAME}_tests ${_TEST_NAME}_tests ${_catch_args})