diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1cd1499..fcbe699 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 /data/gingr/ready/*
 /data/gingr/processed/*
 /data/gingr/failed/*
+/data/gingr/processing/*
+
 
 /solr/geodata-test/data
 /solr/geodata-test/data
diff --git a/data/gingr/processing/.keep b/data/gingr/processing/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 054ffb1..32682cf 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ services:
       GEOSERVER_URL: http://admin:geoserver@geoserver:8080/geoserver/rest/
       SOLR_URL: http://solr:8983/solr/geodata-test
       SPATIAL_ROOT: data/spatial/
-      PROCESSING_ROOT: data/processing/
     restart: no
     volumes:
       - ./:/opt/app:delegated
diff --git a/lib/gingr/cli.rb b/lib/gingr/cli.rb
index 193d1dd..d046389 100644
--- a/lib/gingr/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/gingr/cli.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ def unpack(zipfile)
                                                                      Config.default_options[:spatial_root])
       DataHandler.geoserver_root = options[:geoserver_root] || ENV.fetch('GEOSERVER_ROOT',
                                                                          Config.default_options[:geoserver_root])
-      DataHandler.processing_root = ENV.fetch('PROCESSING_ROOT', Config.default_options[:processing_root])
+
+      gingr_watch_root_dir ||= ENV['GINGR_WATCH_DIRECTORY'] || '/opt/app/data/gingr'
+      DataHandler.processing_root = File.join(gingr_watch_root_dir, 'processing')
       DataHandler.extract_and_move(zipfile_path)
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/gingr/config.rb b/lib/gingr/config.rb
index cc02424..98f5b08 100644
--- a/lib/gingr/config.rb
+++ b/lib/gingr/config.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module Config
       spatial_url: 'https://spatial.lib.berkeley.edu',
       spatial_root: 'data/spatial/',
       geoserver_root: 'data/geoserver/',
-      processing_root: 'data/processing/',
+      # processing_root: 'data/gingr/processing/',
       solr_url: 'http://solr:8983/solr/geodata-test'
     }