diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53cf8311..246e6ec9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ coverage.xml
 *.py,cover
 .hypothesis/
 .pytest_cache/
+bulk_import_results/
 
 # Translations
 *.mo
diff --git a/app/clients/aws/s3bucket.py b/app/clients/aws/s3bucket.py
index 9028253a..1a111c02 100644
--- a/app/clients/aws/s3bucket.py
+++ b/app/clients/aws/s3bucket.py
@@ -116,11 +116,13 @@ def upload_ingest_json_to_s3(
     _LOGGER.info(os.getenv("BULK_IMPORT_BUCKET", "Not there"))
     ingest_upload_bucket = os.environ["BULK_IMPORT_BUCKET"]
     current_timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%m-%d-%YT%H:%M:%S")
+
     filename = f"{ingest_id}-{corpus_import_id}-{current_timestamp}.json"
 
     if ingest_upload_bucket == "skip":
-        with open(filename, "w") as f:
-            json.dump(data, f, indent=4)
+        os.makedirs("bulk_import_results", exist_ok=True)
+        with open(f"bulk_import_results/{filename}", "w") as file:
+            json.dump(data, file, indent=4)
         return
 
     s3_client = get_s3_client()
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/clients/aws/test_client.py b/tests/unit_tests/clients/aws/test_client.py
index 8fc6dfce..e60dfa31 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/clients/aws/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/clients/aws/test_client.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def test_upload_json_to_s3_when_error(basic_s3_client):
 
 @patch.dict(os.environ, {"BULK_IMPORT_BUCKET": "test_bucket"})
 def test_upload_ingest_json_to_s3_success(basic_s3_client):
+    print(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>", os.getenv("BULK_IMPORT_BUCKET", "Nothing"))
     json_data = {"test": "test"}
     upload_ingest_json_to_s3("1111-1111", "test_corpus_id", json_data)
 
@@ -69,4 +70,4 @@ def test_do_not_save_ingest_json_to_s3_when_in_local_development(basic_s3_client
     )
 
     assert "Contents" not in find_response
-    cleanup_local_files("1111-1111-test_corpus_id*")
+    cleanup_local_files("bulk_import_results/1111-1111-test_corpus_id*")