diff --git a/shared/workspaces/alembic/versions/08090cb7acc4_add_mark4_observation_ingestion_workflow.py b/shared/workspaces/alembic/versions/08090cb7acc4_add_mark4_observation_ingestion_workflow.py
index c9caac7fcfbe3f55aadc2e1ddc2bf96cf677c8ec..45bde4289eb30f986b40418d753c71cdf728ed14 100644
--- a/shared/workspaces/alembic/versions/08090cb7acc4_add_mark4_observation_ingestion_workflow.py
+++ b/shared/workspaces/alembic/versions/08090cb7acc4_add_mark4_observation_ingestion_workflow.py
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ NGASHOSTSTR=$(./pycapo -q archive-ingestion.NGASHosts)
 NGASHOSTARR=(`/bin/echo ${NGASHOSTSTR}`) # Put the space-delimited host list into an array
 NGASHOSTLEN=${#NGASHOSTARR[@]}
 
-cd $1
+# Copy from the difx area to the Workspaces staging area
+WSSTAGINGDIR=$(./pycapo -q edu.nrao.workspaces.IngestionSettings.vlbiStagingDirectory)
+/bin/cp -r $1 $WSSTAGINGDIR
+
+OBSDIR=$(/bin/basename $1)
+/bin/chmod -R 750 $WSSTAGINGDIR/$OBSDIR # Make sure NGAS has permissions to ingest the files
+cd $WSSTAGINGDIR/$OBSDIR
 
 for FILE in *; do
     # Pick random NGAS host to distribute the ingestion load