diff --git a/tei2imxml.py b/tei2imxml.py
index 4b0ce3a..d1e2b60 100755
--- a/tei2imxml.py
+++ b/tei2imxml.py
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ def main():
     # objectify.deannotate(final_tree, cleanup_namespaces=True)
     # etree.cleanup_namespaces(xml_root)
 
-    with open(OUTPUT_DIR / 'data.pickle', 'wb') as f:
+    with open(OUTPUT_DIR / 'tmp_files/data.pickle', 'wb') as f:
         # Pickle the 'data' dictionary using the highest protocol available.
         pickle.dump(data_to_pickle, f, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)