diff --git a/pace-packaging/src/main/java/edu/colorado/cires/pace/packaging/PackageProcessor.java b/pace-packaging/src/main/java/edu/colorado/cires/pace/packaging/PackageProcessor.java
index cc562930..0a900962 100644
--- a/pace-packaging/src/main/java/edu/colorado/cires/pace/packaging/PackageProcessor.java
+++ b/pace-packaging/src/main/java/edu/colorado/cires/pace/packaging/PackageProcessor.java
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ public void process(PackingJob packingJob, Path outputDir, ProgressIndicator...
     validatePackingJob(packingJob);
     
     FileUtils.mkdir(outputDir);
+    Path packageOutputDir = outputDir.resolve(((Dataset) packingJob).getPackageId());
+    FileUtils.mkdir(packageOutputDir);
 
     Stream<PackageInstruction> instructionStream = PackageInstructionFactory.getPackageInstructions(
         packingJob,
-        FileUtils.writeMetadata((Dataset) packingJob, objectMapper, outputDir.resolve("data")),
-        outputDir
+        FileUtils.writeMetadata((Dataset) packingJob, objectMapper, packageOutputDir.resolve("data")),
+        packageOutputDir
     );
     long totalRecords = instructionStream.count() + 4L; // accounting for generated files
 
@@ -41,13 +43,13 @@ public void process(PackingJob packingJob, Path outputDir, ProgressIndicator...
 
     instructionStream = PackageInstructionFactory.getPackageInstructions(
         packingJob,
-        FileUtils.writeMetadata((Dataset) packingJob, objectMapper, outputDir.resolve("data")),
-        outputDir
+        FileUtils.writeMetadata((Dataset) packingJob, objectMapper, packageOutputDir.resolve("data")),
+        packageOutputDir
     );
     
     Packager.run(
         instructionStream,
-        outputDir,
+        packageOutputDir,
         progressIndicators
     );
   }
diff --git a/pace-packaging/src/test/java/edu/colorado/cires/pace/packaging/PackagerProcessorTest.java b/pace-packaging/src/test/java/edu/colorado/cires/pace/packaging/PackagerProcessorTest.java
index 84e8594f..d0b026b6 100644
--- a/pace-packaging/src/test/java/edu/colorado/cires/pace/packaging/PackagerProcessorTest.java
+++ b/pace-packaging/src/test/java/edu/colorado/cires/pace/packaging/PackagerProcessorTest.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void testProcess(
     processor.process(packingJob, testOutputPath, progressIndicator);
     verify(progressIndicator, times(expectedNumberOfInvocations + 5)).incrementProcessedRecords();
     
-    Path baseExpectedOutputPath = testOutputPath.resolve("data");
+    Path baseExpectedOutputPath = testOutputPath.resolve(((Dataset) packingJob).getPackageId()).resolve("data");
 
     checkTargetPaths(packingJob.getBiologicalPath(), baseExpectedOutputPath.resolve("biological"));
     checkTargetPaths(packingJob.getCalibrationDocumentsPath(), baseExpectedOutputPath.resolve("calibration"));
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void testProcess(
         (packingJob instanceof AudioDataset || packingJob instanceof CPodDataset) ? "acoustic_files" : "data_files"
     ));
     
-    String actualMetadata = FileUtils.readFileToString(testOutputPath.resolve("data").resolve(String.format(
+    String actualMetadata = FileUtils.readFileToString(baseExpectedOutputPath.resolve(String.format(
         "%s.json", ((Dataset) packingJob).getPackageId()
     )).toFile(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);