diff --git a/gucc/CMakeLists.txt b/gucc/CMakeLists.txt
index fd43494..943e1e1 100644
--- a/gucc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gucc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED
    src/initcpio.cpp include/gucc/initcpio.hpp
    src/luks.cpp include/gucc/luks.hpp
    src/zfs.cpp include/gucc/zfs.hpp
+   src/btrfs.cpp include/gucc/btrfs.hpp
    #src/chwd_profiles.cpp src/chwd_profiles.hpp
    #src/disk.cpp src/disk.hpp
    )
diff --git a/gucc/include/gucc/btrfs.hpp b/gucc/include/gucc/btrfs.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4942639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gucc/include/gucc/btrfs.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef BTRFS_HPP
+#define BTRFS_HPP
+
+#include <string_view>  // for string_view
+#include <vector>       // for vector
+
+namespace gucc::fs {
+
+struct BtrfsSubvolume final {
+    std::string_view subvolume;
+    std::string_view mountpoint;
+};
+
+// Creates btrfs subvolume
+auto btrfs_create_subvol(std::string_view subvolume, std::string_view root_mountpoint) noexcept -> bool;
+
+// Creates btrfs subvolumes and mounts them
+auto btrfs_create_subvols(const std::vector<BtrfsSubvolume>& subvols, std::string_view device, std::string_view root_mountpoint, std::string_view mount_opts) noexcept -> bool;
+
+}  // namespace gucc::fs
+
+#endif  // BTRFS_HPP
diff --git a/gucc/meson.build b/gucc/meson.build
index 1c8adcd..5e16044 100644
--- a/gucc/meson.build
+++ b/gucc/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ gucc_lib = library('gucc',
         'src/initcpio.cpp',
         'src/luks.cpp',
         'src/zfs.cpp',
+        'src/btrfs.cpp',
     ],
     include_directories : [include_directories('include')],
     dependencies: deps
diff --git a/gucc/src/btrfs.cpp b/gucc/src/btrfs.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5cac8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gucc/src/btrfs.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#include "gucc/btrfs.hpp"
+#include "gucc/io_utils.hpp"
+
+#include <filesystem>
+
+#include <fmt/compile.h>
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+
+#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+namespace {
+
+// same behaviour as os.path.dirname from python
+constexpr auto get_dirname(std::string_view full_path) noexcept -> std::string_view {
+    if (full_path == "/") {
+        return full_path;
+    }
+    auto pos = full_path.find_last_of('/');
+    if (pos == std::string_view::npos) {
+        return {};
+    }
+    return full_path.substr(0, pos);
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+namespace gucc::fs {
+
+auto btrfs_create_subvol(std::string_view subvolume, std::string_view root_mountpoint) noexcept -> bool {
+    const auto& subvol_dirs_path = fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{}{}"), root_mountpoint, get_dirname(subvolume));
+    std::error_code err{};
+    ::fs::create_directories(subvol_dirs_path, err);
+    if (err) {
+        spdlog::error("Failed to create directories for btrfs subvolume {}: {}", subvol_dirs_path, err.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+    auto cmd = fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("btrfs subvolume create {}{} 2>>/tmp/cachyos-install.log"), root_mountpoint, subvolume);
+    return utils::exec(cmd, true) == "0";
+}
+
+auto btrfs_create_subvols(const std::vector<BtrfsSubvolume>& subvols, std::string_view device, std::string_view root_mountpoint, std::string_view mount_opts) noexcept -> bool {
+    // Create subvolumes
+    for (const auto& subvol : subvols) {
+        if (subvol.subvolume.empty()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (!fs::btrfs_create_subvol(subvol.subvolume, root_mountpoint)) {
+            spdlog::error("Failed to create btrfs subvolume {} on root mountpoint {}", subvol.subvolume, root_mountpoint);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    // TODO(vnepogodin): handle exit code
+    utils::exec(fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("umount -v {} &>>/tmp/cachyos-install.log"), root_mountpoint));
+
+    // Mount subvolumes
+    for (const auto& subvol : subvols) {
+        auto mount_option = fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("subvol={},{}"), subvol.subvolume, mount_opts);
+        if (subvol.subvolume.empty()) {
+            mount_option = mount_opts;
+        }
+
+        const auto& subvolume_mountpoint = fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{}{}"), root_mountpoint, subvol.subvolume);
+
+        // TODO(vnepogodin): refactor create dir and mount into own function
+        std::error_code err{};
+        ::fs::create_directories(subvolume_mountpoint, err);
+        if (err) {
+            spdlog::error("Failed to create directories for btrfs subvols mountpoint {}: {}", subvolume_mountpoint, err.message());
+            return false;
+        }
+        // TODO(vnepogodin): handle exit code
+        utils::exec(fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("mount -o {} \"{}\" {}"), mount_option, device, subvolume_mountpoint));
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+}  // namespace gucc::fs
diff --git a/src/disk.cpp b/src/disk.cpp
index 580fe67..96125a0 100644
--- a/src/disk.cpp
+++ b/src/disk.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "widgets.hpp"
 
 // import gucc
+#include "gucc/btrfs.hpp"
 #include "gucc/io_utils.hpp"
 #include "gucc/string_utils.hpp"
 #include "gucc/zfs.hpp"
@@ -29,26 +30,28 @@ void btrfs_create_subvols([[maybe_unused]] const disk_part& disk, const std::str
     /* clang-format on */
 
 #ifdef NDEVENV
+    const auto root_mountpoint = "/mnt"sv;
+
     // save mount options and name of the root partition
     gucc::utils::exec(R"(mount | grep 'on /mnt ' | grep -Po '(?<=\().*(?=\))' > /tmp/.root_mount_options)"sv);
     // gucc::utils::exec("lsblk -lno MOUNTPOINT,NAME | awk '/^\\/mnt / {print $2}' > /tmp/.root_partition"sv);
 
     if (mode == "manual"sv) {
         // Create subvolumes manually
-        std::string subvols{"@ @home @cache"};
+        std::string subvols{"/@ /@home /@cache"};
         static constexpr auto subvols_body = "\nInput names of the subvolumes separated by spaces.\nThe first one will be used for mounting /.\n"sv;
         if (!tui::detail::inputbox_widget(subvols, subvols_body, size(ftxui::HEIGHT, ftxui::GREATER_THAN, 4))) {
             return;
         }
         const auto& saved_path = fs::current_path();
-        fs::current_path("/mnt");
+        fs::current_path(root_mountpoint);
         auto subvol_list = gucc::utils::make_multiline(subvols, false, ' ');
         for (const auto& subvol : subvol_list) {
             gucc::utils::exec(fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("btrfs subvolume create {} 2>>/tmp/cachyos-install.log"), subvol), true);
         }
         fs::current_path(saved_path);
         // Mount subvolumes
-        umount("/mnt");
+        umount(root_mountpoint.data());
         // Mount the first subvolume as /
         gucc::utils::exec(fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("mount -o {},subvol=\"{}\" \"{}\" /mnt"), disk.mount_opts, subvol_list[0], disk.root));
         // Remove the first subvolume from the subvolume list
@@ -62,14 +65,14 @@ void btrfs_create_subvols([[maybe_unused]] const disk_part& disk, const std::str
                 return;
             }
 
-            const auto& mountp_formatted = fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("/mnt{}"), mountp);
+            const auto& mountp_formatted = fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{}{}"), root_mountpoint, mountp);
             fs::create_directories(mountp_formatted);
             gucc::utils::exec(fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("mount -o {},subvol=\"{}\" \"{}\" \"{}\""), disk.mount_opts, subvol, disk.root, mountp_formatted));
         }
         return;
     }
     if (!ignore_note) {
-        static constexpr auto content = "\nThis creates subvolumes:\n@ for /,\n@home for /home,\n@cache for /var/cache.\n"sv;
+        static constexpr auto content = "\nThis creates subvolumes:\n/@ for /,\n/@home for /home,\n/@cache for /var/cache.\n"sv;
         const auto& do_create         = tui::detail::yesno_widget(content, size(ftxui::HEIGHT, ftxui::LESS_THAN, 15) | size(ftxui::WIDTH, ftxui::LESS_THAN, 75));
         /* clang-format off */
         if (!do_create) { return; }
@@ -77,20 +80,15 @@ void btrfs_create_subvols([[maybe_unused]] const disk_part& disk, const std::str
     }
 
     // Create subvolumes automatically
-    const auto& saved_path = fs::current_path();
-    fs::current_path("/mnt");
-    gucc::utils::exec("btrfs subvolume create @ 2>>/tmp/cachyos-install.log"sv, true);
-    gucc::utils::exec("btrfs subvolume create @home 2>>/tmp/cachyos-install.log"sv, true);
-    gucc::utils::exec("btrfs subvolume create @cache 2>>/tmp/cachyos-install.log"sv, true);
-    // gucc::utils::exec("btrfs subvolume create @snapshots 2>>/tmp/cachyos-install.log"sv, true);
-    fs::current_path(saved_path);
-    // Mount subvolumes
-    umount("/mnt");
-    gucc::utils::exec(fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("mount -o {},subvol=@ \"{}\" /mnt"), disk.mount_opts, disk.root));
-    fs::create_directories("/mnt/home");
-    fs::create_directories("/mnt/var/cache");
-    gucc::utils::exec(fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("mount -o {},subvol=@home \"{}\" /mnt/home"), disk.mount_opts, disk.root));
-    gucc::utils::exec(fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("mount -o {},subvol=@cache \"{}\" /mnt/var/cache"), disk.mount_opts, disk.root));
+    const std::vector<gucc::fs::BtrfsSubvolume> subvolumes{
+        gucc::fs::BtrfsSubvolume{.subvolume = "/@"sv, .mountpoint = "/"sv},
+        gucc::fs::BtrfsSubvolume{.subvolume = "/@home"sv, .mountpoint = "/home"sv},
+        gucc::fs::BtrfsSubvolume{.subvolume = "/@cache"sv, .mountpoint = "/var/cache"sv},
+        // gucc::fs::BtrfsSubvolume{.subvolume = "/@snapshots"sv, .mountpoint = "/.snapshots"sv},
+    };
+    if (!gucc::fs::btrfs_create_subvols(subvolumes, disk.root, root_mountpoint, disk.mount_opts)) {
+        spdlog::error("Failed to create subvolumes automatically");
+    }
 #else
     spdlog::info("Do we ignore note? {}", ignore_note);
 #endif