diff --git a/src/main/java/ninja/S3Dispatcher.java b/src/main/java/ninja/S3Dispatcher.java
index 448a3be..67eb12d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ninja/S3Dispatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ninja/S3Dispatcher.java
@@ -752,42 +752,52 @@ private String etag(String etag) {
      *
      * @param webContext the context describing the current request
      * @param bucket     the bucket containing the object to use as destination
-     * @param id         name of the object to use as destination
+     * @param key        the key of the object to use as destination
+     * @param sourcePath the path of the source object to copy from
      */
-    private void copyObject(WebContext webContext, Bucket bucket, String id, String copy) throws IOException {
-        StoredObject object = bucket.getObject(id);
-        if (!copy.contains(PATH_DELIMITER)) {
+    private void copyObject(WebContext webContext, Bucket bucket, String key, String sourcePath) throws IOException {
+        if (Strings.isEmpty(sourcePath) || !sourcePath.contains(PATH_DELIMITER)) {
             signalObjectError(webContext,
                               null,
                               null,
                               S3ErrorCode.InvalidRequest,
-                              String.format("Source '%s' must contain '/'", copy));
+                              String.format("Source '%s' must contain '/'", sourcePath));
             return;
         }
-        String srcBucketName = copy.substring(1, copy.indexOf(PATH_DELIMITER, 1));
-        String srcId = copy.substring(copy.indexOf(PATH_DELIMITER, 1) + 1);
-        Bucket srcBucket = storage.getBucket(srcBucketName);
-        if (!srcBucket.exists()) {
+
+        // parse the path of the source object
+        sourcePath = Strings.urlDecode(sourcePath);
+        int sourceBucketNameStart = sourcePath.startsWith(PATH_DELIMITER) ? PATH_DELIMITER.length() : 0;
+        String sourceBucketName =
+                sourcePath.substring(sourceBucketNameStart, sourcePath.indexOf(PATH_DELIMITER, sourceBucketNameStart));
+        String sourceKey = sourcePath.substring(sourcePath.indexOf(PATH_DELIMITER, sourceBucketNameStart) + 1);
+
+        Bucket sourceBucket = storage.getBucket(sourceBucketName);
+        if (!sourceBucket.exists()) {
             signalObjectError(webContext,
-                              srcBucketName,
-                              srcId,
+                              sourceBucketName,
+                              sourceKey,
                               S3ErrorCode.NoSuchBucket,
-                              String.format("Source bucket '%s' does not exist", srcBucketName));
+                              String.format("Source bucket '%s' does not exist", sourceBucketName));
             return;
         }
-        StoredObject src = srcBucket.getObject(srcId);
-        if (!src.exists()) {
+
+        StoredObject sourceObject = sourceBucket.getObject(sourceKey);
+        if (!sourceObject.exists()) {
             signalObjectError(webContext,
-                              srcBucketName,
-                              srcId,
+                              sourceBucketName,
+                              sourceKey,
                               S3ErrorCode.NoSuchKey,
-                              String.format("Source object '%s/%s' does not exist", srcBucketName, srcId));
+                              String.format("Source object '%s/%s' does not exist", sourceBucketName, sourceKey));
             return;
         }
-        Files.copy(src.getFile(), object.getFile());
-        if (src.getPropertiesFile().exists()) {
-            Files.copy(src.getPropertiesFile(), object.getPropertiesFile());
+
+        StoredObject object = bucket.getObject(key);
+        Files.copy(sourceObject.getFile(), object.getFile());
+        if (sourceObject.getPropertiesFile().exists()) {
+            Files.copy(sourceObject.getPropertiesFile(), object.getPropertiesFile());
         }
+
         String etag = BaseEncoding.base16().encode(Hasher.md5().hashFile(object.getFile()).toHash()).toLowerCase();
 
         XMLStructuredOutput structuredOutput =
diff --git a/src/test/java/BaseAWSSpec.groovy b/src/test/java/BaseAWSSpec.groovy
index cdd4b84..8fb7bd2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/BaseAWSSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/test/java/BaseAWSSpec.groovy
@@ -416,4 +416,67 @@ abstract class BaseAWSSpec extends BaseSpecification {
         client.deleteObject(bucketName, key)
         client.deleteBucket(bucketName)
     }
+
+    // reported in https://github.com/scireum/s3ninja/issues/230
+    def "Copying an object within the same bucket works as expected"() {
+        given:
+        def bucketName = DEFAULT_BUCKET_NAME
+        def keyFrom = DEFAULT_KEY
+        def keyTo = keyFrom + "-copy"
+        def content = "I am pointless text content, but I deserve to exist twice and will thus be copied!"
+        def client = getClient()
+        when:
+        if (!client.doesBucketExist(bucketName)) {
+            client.createBucket(bucketName)
+        }
+        and:
+        putObjectWithContent(bucketName, keyFrom, content)
+        and:
+        client.copyObject(bucketName, keyFrom, bucketName, keyTo);
+        and:
+        GeneratePresignedUrlRequest request = new GeneratePresignedUrlRequest(bucketName, keyTo)
+        URLConnection c = new URL(getClient().generatePresignedUrl(request).toString()).openConnection()
+        and:
+        String downloadedData = new String(ByteStreams.toByteArray(c.getInputStream()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+        then:
+        downloadedData == content
+        and:
+        client.deleteObject(bucketName, keyFrom)
+        client.deleteObject(bucketName, keyTo)
+        client.deleteBucket(bucketName)
+    }
+
+    // reported in https://github.com/scireum/s3ninja/issues/230
+    def "Copying an object across buckets works as expected"() {
+        given:
+        def bucketNameFrom = DEFAULT_BUCKET_NAME
+        def bucketNameTo = DEFAULT_BUCKET_NAME + "-copy"
+        def key = DEFAULT_KEY
+        def content = "I am pointless text content, but I deserve to exist twice and will thus be copied!"
+        def client = getClient()
+        when:
+        if (!client.doesBucketExist(bucketNameFrom)) {
+            client.createBucket(bucketNameFrom)
+        }
+        and:
+        if (!client.doesBucketExist(bucketNameTo)) {
+            client.createBucket(bucketNameTo)
+        }
+        and:
+        putObjectWithContent(bucketNameFrom, key, content)
+        and:
+        client.copyObject(bucketNameFrom, key, bucketNameTo, key);
+        and:
+        GeneratePresignedUrlRequest request = new GeneratePresignedUrlRequest(bucketNameTo, key)
+        URLConnection c = new URL(getClient().generatePresignedUrl(request).toString()).openConnection()
+        and:
+        String downloadedData = new String(ByteStreams.toByteArray(c.getInputStream()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+        then:
+        downloadedData == content
+        and:
+        client.deleteObject(bucketNameFrom, key)
+        client.deleteBucket(bucketNameFrom)
+        client.deleteObject(bucketNameTo, key)
+        client.deleteBucket(bucketNameTo)
+    }
 }