diff --git a/pyroSAR/S1/auxil.py b/pyroSAR/S1/auxil.py
index 79b480e1..15a3660e 100644
--- a/pyroSAR/S1/auxil.py
+++ b/pyroSAR/S1/auxil.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 # general utilities for Sentinel-1
 
-# Copyright (c) 2016-2021, the pyroSAR Developers.
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2023, the pyroSAR Developers.
 
 # This file is part of the pyroSAR Project. It is subject to the
 # license terms in the LICENSE.txt file found in the top-level
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from dateutil import parser as dateutil_parser
+from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 import numpy as np
 from osgeo import gdal
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ def __catch_step_auxdata(self, sensor, start, stop, osvtype='POE'):
             date_search = datetime(year=start.year,
                                    month=start.month,
                                    day=1)
+            date_search -= relativedelta(months=1)
             busy = True
             while busy:
                 url_sub = skeleton.format(url=url,
@@ -258,11 +260,9 @@ def __catch_step_auxdata(self, sensor, start, stop, osvtype='POE'):
                                       'auth': None})
                     if start2 >= stop:
                         busy = False
-                if date_search.month < 12:
-                    date_search = date_search.replace(month=date_search.month + 1)
-                else:
-                    date_search = date_search.replace(year=date_search.year + 1, month=1)
-        
+                date_search += relativedelta(months=1)
+                if date_search > datetime.now():
+                    busy = False
         return files
     
     def __catch_gnss(self, sensor, start, stop, osvtype='POE'):
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ def retrieve(self, products, pbar=False):
                         members = tmp.namelist()
                         target = [x for x in members if re.search(basename, x)][0]
                         with zf.ZipFile(tmp_path, 'w') as outfile:
-                            outfile.write(filename=tmp.extract(target),
-                                          arcname=basename)
+                            outfile.writestr(data=tmp.read(target),
+                                             zinfo_or_arcname=basename)
                 else:
                     with zf.ZipFile(file=tmp_path,
                                     mode='w',
diff --git a/tests/test_osv.py b/tests/test_osv.py
index 718555f3..a87c28bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_osv.py
+++ b/tests/test_osv.py
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ def test_scene_osv(tmpdir, testdata):
             os.remove(item)
         assert len(osv.getLocals('POE')) == 1
         res = osv.catch(sensor='S1A', osvtype='RES', start='20210201T00000', stop='20210201T150000', url_option=1)
-        assert len(res) == 9
+        assert len(res) == 11
         osv.retrieve(res[0:3])
         assert len(osv.getLocals('RES')) == 3
-        res = osv.catch(sensor='S1A', osvtype='POE', start=time.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H%M%S'))
+        # check retrieving files for the current day (e.g. to ensure that search is not extended to the future)
+        poe = osv.catch(sensor='S1A', osvtype='POE', start=time.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H%M%S'))
+        assert len(poe) == 0
+        # check retrieving files whose start is in the previous month of the search start
+        poe = osv.catch(sensor='S1A', osvtype='POE', start='20220201T163644', stop='20220201T163709')
+        assert len(poe) == 1