diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index a28dc2c2..49b6befd 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ export interface CFMAppOptions {
   // true if the application sets the page title
   // false (default) if CFM sets page title from document name
   appSetsWindowTitle?: boolean
+  // true if the content stored to file/disk should be wrapped with CFM metadata
+  // false if the content should be unwrapped before storing to file/disk
   wrapFileContent?: boolean
   mimeType?: string
   // note different capitalization from CFMBaseProviderOptions
diff --git a/src/code/client.ts b/src/code/client.ts
index 8945ee27..f066a034 100644
--- a/src/code/client.ts
+++ b/src/code/client.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class CloudFileManagerClient {
     this.appOptions = appOptions
     if (this.appOptions.wrapFileContent == null) { this.appOptions.wrapFileContent = true }
     CloudContent.wrapFileContent = this.appOptions.wrapFileContent
-    if (this.appOptions.isClientContent) cloudContentFactory.isClientContent = this.appOptions.isClientContent
+    if (this.appOptions.isClientContent) CloudContent.isClientContent = this.appOptions.isClientContent
 
     type ProviderClass = any
     const allProviders: Record<string, ProviderClass> = {}
diff --git a/src/code/providers/provider-interface.test.ts b/src/code/providers/provider-interface.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..061a0efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/code/providers/provider-interface.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { CloudContent, cloudContentFactory } from "./provider-interface"
+
+describe("ProviderInterface", () => {
+
+  it("wraps/unwraps client content with `metadata` property (e.g. CODAP v2)", () => {
+    const docContent = { metadata: {} }
+    expect(CloudContent.isClientContent(docContent)).toBe(true)
+    const wrappedContent = cloudContentFactory.createEnvelopedCloudContent(docContent)
+    const unwrappedContent = wrappedContent.getClientContent()
+    expect(unwrappedContent).toEqual(docContent)
+    expect(CloudContent.isClientContent(unwrappedContent)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it("can't wrap/unwrap client content with `content` property (e.g. CODAP v3) without isClientContent", () => {
+    const docContent = { content: { isContent: true } }
+    const wrappedContent = cloudContentFactory.createEnvelopedCloudContent(docContent)
+    const unwrappedContentFail = wrappedContent.getClientContent()
+    // without the isClientContent override, unwrapping fails
+    expect(unwrappedContentFail).not.toEqual(docContent)
+  })
+
+  it("wraps/unwraps client content with `content` property (e.g. CODAP v3) with isClientContent", () => {
+    const docContent = { content: { isContent: true } }
+    // with the isClientContent override, unwrapping succeeds
+    CloudContent.isClientContent = (inContent: any) => !!inContent?.content?.isContent
+    expect(CloudContent.isClientContent(docContent)).toBe(true)
+    const wrappedContent = cloudContentFactory.createEnvelopedCloudContent(docContent)
+    console.log(wrappedContent)
+    const unwrappedContent = wrappedContent.getClientContent()
+    console.log(unwrappedContent)
+    expect(CloudContent.isClientContent(unwrappedContent)).toBe(true)
+    expect(unwrappedContent).toEqual(docContent)
+  })
+
+})
diff --git a/src/code/providers/provider-interface.ts b/src/code/providers/provider-interface.ts
index a9875993..00e0eb4f 100644
--- a/src/code/providers/provider-interface.ts
+++ b/src/code/providers/provider-interface.ts
@@ -166,14 +166,8 @@ interface IEnvelopeMetaData {
 
 // singleton that can create CloudContent wrapped with global options
 class CloudContentFactory {
-  // For backward compatibility, by default we assume that a top-level `metadata`
-  // property indicates an unwrapped client document (e.g. CODAP v2). Clients can
-  // override this assumption with the `isClientContent` configuration option.
-  isClientContent = (content: unknown) => {
-    return typeof content === "object" && "metadata" in content && !!content.metadata
-  }
-
   envelopeMetadata: IEnvelopeMetaData
+
   constructor() {
     this.envelopeMetadata = {
       // replaced by version number at build time
@@ -215,7 +209,7 @@ class CloudContentFactory {
       }
     }
     // If looks like client content, then it's neither wrapped nor pre-CFM.
-    if (this.isClientContent(content)) {
+    if (CloudContent.isClientContent(content)) {
       return result
     }
     if (
@@ -237,7 +231,7 @@ class CloudContentFactory {
         // noop, just checking if it's json or plain text
       }
     }
-    if ((typeof content === "object") && (content?.content != null)) {
+    if ((typeof content === "object") && (content?.content != null) && !CloudContent.isClientContent(content)) {
       return content
     } else {
       return {content}
@@ -251,8 +245,18 @@ export interface CloudContentFormat {
 }
 
 class CloudContent {
+  // Client content is always wrapped by the CFM while it is being handled internally.
+  // This setting controls whether content is stored to file/disk in its wrapped form
+  // or whether it should be unwrapped before serializing to file/disk.
   static wrapFileContent: boolean = true
 
+  // For backward compatibility, by default we assume that a top-level `metadata`
+  // property indicates an unwrapped client document (e.g. CODAP v2). Clients can
+  // override this assumption with the `isClientContent` configuration option.
+  static isClientContent = (content: unknown) => {
+    return typeof content === "object" && "metadata" in content && !!content.metadata
+  }
+
   // TODO: These should probably be private, but there is some refactoring
   // that has to happen to make this possible
   cfmVersion?: string
@@ -264,7 +268,8 @@ class CloudContent {
     this.contentFormat = contentFormat
   }
 
-  // getContent and getContentAsJSON return the file content as stored on disk
+  // getContent and getContentAsJSON return the file content as stored on disk.
+  // They are expected to be called on internally wrapped content.
   getContent() {
     return CloudContent.wrapFileContent
             ? this.content
@@ -275,9 +280,15 @@ class CloudContent {
     return JSON.stringify(this.getContent())
   }
 
-  // returns the client-visible content (excluding wrapper for wrapped clients)
+  // Returns the client-visible content (excluding wrapper).
+  // Note that this can be called with wrapped or unwrapped content independent of the `wrapFileContent`
+  // setting, because CFM wraps content internally, so we need to inspect the content.
   getClientContent() {
-    return CloudContent.wrapFileContent
+    // if we can specifically identify client content, then return it
+    if (CloudContent.isClientContent(this.content?.content)) return this.content.content
+    if (CloudContent.isClientContent(this.content)) return this.content
+    // otherwise, assume that a nested `content` property means we are wrapped
+    return this.content?.content
             ? this.content.content
             : this.content
   }