diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 991ba7a..ab1f9df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+* Fix creating directories that have the name of the file name it's copying for every file
+  to simply be copied, not parsed (and fix up the directory creation logic in general for
+  some related things)
+
 ## [0.5.0.0] - 2024-10-07
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/Bore/FileLayout.hs b/src/Bore/FileLayout.hs
index 3b6daa7..d3ada4d 100644
--- a/src/Bore/FileLayout.hs
+++ b/src/Bore/FileLayout.hs
@@ -178,22 +178,7 @@ takeFullExtension path =
     let fileName = takeFileName path
     in if '.' `elem` fileName then dropWhile (/= '.') fileName else ""
 
-{- | Create a destination directory.
-
-@outputDirectory@ is the full absolute path to the output directory.
-
--}
-createDestinationDirectory
-    :: FilePath
-    -> FilePath
-    -> FilePath
-    -> IO FilePath
-createDestinationDirectory projectDirectory outputDirectory sourceFilePath = do
-    
-    let fullDestination = outputDirectory </> makeRelative projectDirectory (projectDirectory </> sourceFilePath)
-    createDirectoryIfMissing True fullDestination
-    pure fullDestination
-
+-- FIXME: is this just crud?
 {- | Standaredized writing-to-destination.
 
 Ensures directories created.
@@ -203,29 +188,37 @@ Ensures directories created.
 Not just for parseable files.
 
 -}
-writeDest :: FilePath -> FilePath -> FilePath -> Text.Text -> IO (RelativePath, AbsolutePath)
-writeDest projectDirectory sourceFilePath destinationDirectory fileContents = do
-    let
-        relativePath = makeRelative projectDirectory sourceFilePath
-        fullDestination = destinationDirectory </> relativePath
-        fullDestinationDir = takeDirectory fullDestination
-
-    -- Create the directory if it does not exist
-    createDirectoryIfMissing True fullDestinationDir
+writeDest :: FilePath -> AbsolutePath -> FilePath -> Text.Text -> IO (RelativePath, AbsolutePath)
+writeDest sourceDirectory fullSourceFilePath outputDirectory fileContents = do
+    (fullFileDestination, relativeFilePath) <- createDestinationDirectoryForFile outputDirectory sourceDirectory fullSourceFilePath
+    TextIO.writeFile fullFileDestination fileContents
+    pure (relativeFilePath, fullFileDestination)
 
-    TextIO.writeFile fullDestination fileContents
-    pure (relativePath, fullDestination)
+createDestinationDirectoryForFile :: FilePath -> FilePath -> AbsolutePath -> IO (AbsolutePath, FilePath)
+createDestinationDirectoryForFile outputDirectory sourceDirectory fullSourceFilePath = do
+    let
+        -- Make the relative path to the source file, so it works for both output and source directories
+        relativeFilePath = makeRelative sourceDirectory fullSourceFilePath
+        -- now make the relative directory path based on above
+        relativeDirectoryPath = takeDirectory relativeFilePath
+        -- now we can figure the full destination/output directory to copy the file to
+        fullDirectoryDestination = outputDirectory </> relativeDirectoryPath
+        -- finally we also want to know the full destination path for the file itself
+        fullFileDestination = fullDirectoryDestination </> takeFileName fullSourceFilePath
+
+    _ <- createDirectoryIfMissing True fullDirectoryDestination
+    pure (fullFileDestination, relativeFilePath)
 
 {- | Simply copy a file according to project layout rules.
 
+@@fullSourceFilePath@@ is the full absolute path to the source file to be copied.
+
 -}
-onlyCopyFile :: FilePath -> FilePath -> FilePath -> IO (FilePath, RelativePath)
-onlyCopyFile projectDirectory destination filePath = do
-    fullTargetDirectory <- createDestinationDirectory projectDirectory destination filePath
-    let fullTargetPath = fullTargetDirectory </> takeFileName filePath
-    copyFile filePath fullTargetPath
-    let relativePath = makeRelative fullTargetDirectory fullTargetPath
-    pure (fullTargetPath, relativePath)
+onlyCopyFile :: FilePath -> FilePath -> AbsolutePath -> IO (FilePath, RelativePath)
+onlyCopyFile sourceDirectory outputDirectory fullSourceFilePath = do
+    (fullFileDestination, relativeFilePath) <- createDestinationDirectoryForFile outputDirectory sourceDirectory fullSourceFilePath
+    copyFile fullSourceFilePath fullFileDestination
+    pure (fullFileDestination, relativeFilePath)
 
 {- | Clear out the output directory, but leave the assets directory alone.
 
diff --git a/src/Bore/Parse.hs b/src/Bore/Parse.hs
index 1ace3b0..f9e4778 100644
--- a/src/Bore/Parse.hs
+++ b/src/Bore/Parse.hs
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ If it's a directory, the return is nothing.
 
 Changes the output destination if the file is a `parseableGophermapFileName`.
 
-@@destination@@ is the full absolute path to the output directory.
+@@outputDirectory@@ is the full absolute path to the output/destination directory.
 @@filePath@@ absolute path to the file being handled. Should be absolute path to the source file.
 
 -}
 handleFile :: Library -> FilePath -> FilePath -> FilePath -> IO (Maybe (FilePath, FilePath, Maybe FrontMatter))
-handleFile library projectDirectory destination filePath = do
+handleFile library sourceDirectory outputDirectory filePath = do
     -- It's important to check if it's a directory first, because we don't want to match
     -- directories as parseable files just because they have a file extension we are
     -- looking for.
@@ -123,14 +123,16 @@ handleFile library projectDirectory destination filePath = do
     if isDir
         then do
             putStrLn $ "creating directory: " ++ filePath
-            createDestinationDirectory projectDirectory destination filePath >> pure Nothing
+            _ <- createDestinationDirectoryForFile outputDirectory sourceDirectory filePath
+            pure Nothing
         else if takeFullExtension filePath `elem` onlyParse
             then do
                 putStrLn $ "parse the file: " ++ filePath
-                Just <$> parseFile library projectDirectory filePath destination
+                Just <$> parseFile library sourceDirectory filePath outputDirectory
             else do
                 putStrLn $ "only copy file: " ++ filePath
-                (fullPath, relativePath) <- onlyCopyFile projectDirectory destination filePath
+                -- FIXME: this is copying files and making a directory for them that includes their name!
+                (fullPath, relativePath) <- onlyCopyFile sourceDirectory outputDirectory filePath
                 pure $ Just (fullPath, relativePath, Nothing)
 
 {- | Helper function to get all the handle all files passed, returning metadata regarding