diff --git a/platform/execution-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/target/eel/EelTargetEnvironmentRequest.kt b/platform/execution-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/target/eel/EelTargetEnvironmentRequest.kt
index 520c21f1c99a..0925d3afe749 100644
--- a/platform/execution-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/target/eel/EelTargetEnvironmentRequest.kt
+++ b/platform/execution-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/target/eel/EelTargetEnvironmentRequest.kt
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus.Internal
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import java.net.Socket
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.util.*
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
 import javax.swing.Icon
+import kotlin.io.path.pathString
 
 private fun EelPlatform.toTargetPlatform(): TargetPlatform = when (this) {
   is EelPlatform.Posix -> TargetPlatform(Platform.UNIX)
@@ -104,7 +106,8 @@ class EelTargetEnvironmentRequest(override val configuration: Configuration) : B
   override var shouldCopyVolumes: Boolean = false
 }
 
-private class EelTargetEnvironment(override val request: EelTargetEnvironmentRequest) : TargetEnvironment(request) {
+@Internal
+class EelTargetEnvironment(override val request: EelTargetEnvironmentRequest) : TargetEnvironment(request) {
   private val myUploadVolumes: MutableMap<UploadRoot, UploadableVolume> = HashMap()
   private val myDownloadVolumes: MutableMap<DownloadRoot, DownloadableVolume> = HashMap()
   private val myTargetPortBindings: MutableMap<TargetPortBinding, ResolvedPortBinding> = HashMap()
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ private class EelTargetEnvironment(override val request: EelTargetEnvironmentReq
     override val targetRoot: String,
   ) : UploadableVolume, DownloadableVolume {
     private fun targetRootPath(): Path {
-      return eel.mapper.toNioPath(eel.fs.getPath(targetRoot))
+      return eel.fs.toNioFs().getPath(eel.fs.getPath(targetRoot).toString())
     }
 
     override fun upload(relativePath: String, targetProgressIndicator: TargetProgressIndicator) {
@@ -194,6 +197,7 @@ private class EelTargetEnvironment(override val request: EelTargetEnvironmentReq
       val to = targetRootPath().resolve(relativePath).normalize()
       if (from == to) return
       // TODO: generalize com.intellij.execution.wsl.ijent.nio.IjentWslNioFileSystemProvider.copy
+      // TODO: For Docker it might be problematic to copy the owner attribute
       EelPathUtils.walkingTransfer(from, to, removeSource = false, copyAttributes = true)
     }
 
@@ -202,11 +206,13 @@ private class EelTargetEnvironment(override val request: EelTargetEnvironmentReq
       val to = localRoot.resolve(relativePath).normalize()
       if (from == to) return
       // TODO: generalize com.intellij.execution.wsl.ijent.nio.IjentWslNioFileSystemProvider.copy
+      // TODO: For Docker it might be problematic to copy the owner attribute
       EelPathUtils.walkingTransfer(from, to, removeSource = false, copyAttributes = true)
     }
 
     override fun resolveTargetPath(relativePath: String): String {
-      return eel.mapper.getOriginalPath(targetRootPath().resolve(relativePath))!!.toString()
+      val from = targetRootPath().resolve(relativePath)
+      return eel.mapper.getOriginalPath(from)?.toString() ?: from.pathString
     }
 
     companion object {