diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/tree.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/tree.go
index 7f70d36f7..cfd15b4d4 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/tree.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/tree.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) TreeGetChildren(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, tree
 }
 
 // TreeSortedByFilename implements the pilorama.Forest interface.
-func (e *StorageEngine) TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, nodeID pilorama.MultiNode, last *string, count int) ([]pilorama.MultiNodeInfo, *string, error) {
+func (e *StorageEngine) TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, nodeID pilorama.MultiNode, last *pilorama.Cursor, count int) ([]pilorama.MultiNodeInfo, *pilorama.Cursor, error) {
 	ctx, span := tracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "StorageEngine.TreeSortedByFilename",
 		trace.WithAttributes(
 			attribute.String("container_id", cid.EncodeToString()),
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID,
 
 	var err error
 	var nodes []pilorama.MultiNodeInfo
-	var cursor *string
+	var cursor *pilorama.Cursor
 	for _, sh := range e.sortShards(cid) {
 		nodes, cursor, err = sh.TreeSortedByFilename(ctx, cid, treeID, nodeID, last, count)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go
index 9d71d9fda..0eea60ad8 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ func (t *boltForest) hasFewChildren(b *bbolt.Bucket, nodeIDs MultiNode, threshol
 }
 
 // TreeSortedByFilename implements the Forest interface.
-func (t *boltForest) TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, nodeIDs MultiNode, last *string, count int) ([]MultiNodeInfo, *string, error) {
+func (t *boltForest) TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, nodeIDs MultiNode, last *Cursor, count int) ([]MultiNodeInfo, *Cursor, error) {
 	var (
 		startedAt = time.Now()
 		success   = false
@@ -1128,7 +1128,6 @@ func (t *boltForest) TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, tr
 		}
 
 		t.fillSortedChildren(b, nodeIDs, h)
-
 		for info, ok := h.pop(); ok; info, ok = h.pop() {
 			for _, id := range info.id {
 				childInfo, err := t.getChildInfo(b, key, id)
@@ -1155,7 +1154,7 @@ func (t *boltForest) TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, tr
 	}
 	if len(res) != 0 {
 		s := string(findAttr(res[len(res)-1].Meta, AttributeFilename))
-		last = &s
+		last = NewCursor(s)
 	}
 	return res, last, metaerr.Wrap(err)
 }
@@ -1166,10 +1165,10 @@ func sortByFilename(nodes []NodeInfo) {
 	})
 }
 
-func sortAndCut(result []NodeInfo, last *string) []NodeInfo {
+func sortAndCut(result []NodeInfo, last *Cursor) []NodeInfo {
 	var lastBytes []byte
 	if last != nil {
-		lastBytes = []byte(*last)
+		lastBytes = []byte(last.GetFilename())
 	}
 	sortByFilename(result)
 
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest.go
index ef284a727..ce8528a81 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (f *memoryForest) TreeGetMeta(_ context.Context, cid cid.ID, treeID string,
 }
 
 // TreeSortedByFilename implements the Forest interface.
-func (f *memoryForest) TreeSortedByFilename(_ context.Context, cid cid.ID, treeID string, nodeIDs MultiNode, start *string, count int) ([]MultiNodeInfo, *string, error) {
+func (f *memoryForest) TreeSortedByFilename(_ context.Context, cid cid.ID, treeID string, nodeIDs MultiNode, start *Cursor, count int) ([]MultiNodeInfo, *Cursor, error) {
 	fullID := cid.String() + "/" + treeID
 	s, ok := f.treeMap[fullID]
 	if !ok {
@@ -204,14 +204,14 @@ func (f *memoryForest) TreeSortedByFilename(_ context.Context, cid cid.ID, treeI
 
 	r := mergeNodeInfos(res)
 	for i := range r {
-		if start == nil || string(findAttr(r[i].Meta, AttributeFilename)) > *start {
+		if start == nil || string(findAttr(r[i].Meta, AttributeFilename)) > start.GetFilename() {
 			finish := min(len(res), i+count)
 			last := string(findAttr(r[finish-1].Meta, AttributeFilename))
-			return r[i:finish], &last, nil
+			return r[i:finish], NewCursor(last), nil
 		}
 	}
 	last := string(res[len(res)-1].Meta.GetAttr(AttributeFilename))
-	return nil, &last, nil
+	return nil, NewCursor(last), nil
 }
 
 // TreeGetChildren implements the Forest interface.
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go
index de56fc82b..844084c55 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func testForestTreeSortedIterationBugWithSkip(t *testing.T, s ForestStorage) {
 	}
 
 	var result []MultiNodeInfo
-	treeAppend := func(t *testing.T, last *string, count int) *string {
+	treeAppend := func(t *testing.T, last *Cursor, count int) *Cursor {
 		res, cursor, err := s.TreeSortedByFilename(context.Background(), d.CID, treeID, MultiNode{RootID}, last, count)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		result = append(result, res...)
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func testForestTreeSortedIteration(t *testing.T, s ForestStorage) {
 	}
 
 	var result []MultiNodeInfo
-	treeAppend := func(t *testing.T, last *string, count int) *string {
+	treeAppend := func(t *testing.T, last *Cursor, count int) *Cursor {
 		res, cursor, err := s.TreeSortedByFilename(context.Background(), d.CID, treeID, MultiNode{RootID}, last, count)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		result = append(result, res...)
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/heap.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/heap.go
index 5a00bcf7a..70afc148a 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/heap.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/heap.go
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ func (h *filenameHeap) Pop() any {
 
 // fixedHeap maintains a fixed number of smallest elements started at some point.
 type fixedHeap struct {
-	start  *string
+	start  *Cursor
 	sorted bool
 	count  int
 	h      *filenameHeap
 }
 
-func newHeap(start *string, count int) *fixedHeap {
+func newHeap(start *Cursor, count int) *fixedHeap {
 	h := new(filenameHeap)
 	heap.Init(h)
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func newHeap(start *string, count int) *fixedHeap {
 const amortizationMultiplier = 5
 
 func (h *fixedHeap) push(id MultiNode, filename string) bool {
-	if h.start != nil && filename <= *h.start {
+	if h.start != nil && filename <= (*h.start).GetFilename() {
 		return false
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/interface.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/interface.go
index 1f7e742a2..e364b008b 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/interface.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type Forest interface {
 	TreeGetChildren(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, nodeID Node) ([]NodeInfo, error)
 	// TreeSortedByFilename returns children of the node with the specified ID. The nodes are sorted by the filename attribute..
 	// Should return ErrTreeNotFound if the tree is not found, and empty result if the node is not in the tree.
-	TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, nodeID MultiNode, last *string, count int) ([]MultiNodeInfo, *string, error)
+	TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, nodeID MultiNode, last *Cursor, count int) ([]MultiNodeInfo, *Cursor, error)
 	// TreeGetOpLog returns first log operation stored at or above the height.
 	// In case no such operation is found, empty Move and nil error should be returned.
 	TreeGetOpLog(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, height uint64) (Move, error)
@@ -79,6 +79,27 @@ const (
 	AttributeVersion  = "Version"
 )
 
+// Cursor keeps state between function calls for traversing nodes.
+// It stores the attributes associated with a previous call, allowing subsequent operations
+// to resume traversal from this point rather than starting from the beginning.
+type Cursor struct {
+	// Last traversed filename.
+	filename string
+}
+
+func NewCursor(filename string) *Cursor {
+	return &Cursor{
+		filename: filename,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Cursor) GetFilename() string {
+	if c == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return c.filename
+}
+
 // CIDDescriptor contains container ID and information about the node position
 // in the list of container nodes.
 type CIDDescriptor struct {
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/split_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/split_test.go
index 54c2b90a6..eecee1527 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/split_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/split_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func testDuplicateDirectory(t *testing.T, f Forest) {
 	require.Equal(t, []byte{8}, testGetByPath(t, "dir1/dir3/value4"))
 	require.Equal(t, []byte{10}, testGetByPath(t, "value0"))
 
-	testSortedByFilename := func(t *testing.T, root MultiNode, last *string, batchSize int) ([]MultiNodeInfo, *string) {
+	testSortedByFilename := func(t *testing.T, root MultiNode, last *Cursor, batchSize int) ([]MultiNodeInfo, *Cursor) {
 		res, last, err := f.TreeSortedByFilename(context.Background(), d.CID, treeID, root, last, batchSize)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		return res, last
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/tree.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/tree.go
index e9cd5f8c1..db361a8bd 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/tree.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/tree.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (s *Shard) TreeGetChildren(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID strin
 }
 
 // TreeSortedByFilename implements the pilorama.Forest interface.
-func (s *Shard) TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, nodeID pilorama.MultiNode, last *string, count int) ([]pilorama.MultiNodeInfo, *string, error) {
+func (s *Shard) TreeSortedByFilename(ctx context.Context, cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, nodeID pilorama.MultiNode, last *pilorama.Cursor, count int) ([]pilorama.MultiNodeInfo, *pilorama.Cursor, error) {
 	ctx, span := tracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "Shard.TreeSortedByFilename",
 		trace.WithAttributes(
 			attribute.String("shard_id", s.ID().String()),
diff --git a/pkg/services/tree/service.go b/pkg/services/tree/service.go
index cd89d6a28..98c5626bd 100644
--- a/pkg/services/tree/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/tree/service.go
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ func (s *Service) GetSubTree(req *GetSubTreeRequest, srv TreeService_GetSubTreeS
 type stackItem struct {
 	values []pilorama.MultiNodeInfo
 	parent pilorama.MultiNode
-	last   *string
+	last   *pilorama.Cursor
 }
 
 func getSortedSubTree(ctx context.Context, srv TreeService_GetSubTreeServer, cid cidSDK.ID, b *GetSubTreeRequest_Body, forest pilorama.Forest) error {