diff --git a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/collectors.py b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/collectors.py
index 253d6013bc19acadfc60922b2bb2fb9d53b4b758..d10092f6b8171bf472b012c819a7f2c9f28ef6ad 100644
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/collectors.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/ingest_envoy/collectors.py
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-import glob
-import os
-import pathlib
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
 import logging
 
-import json
-
 from ingest_envoy.schema import AbstractTextFile
 
 
@@ -17,6 +12,9 @@ class ImageCollector:
         self.logger = logging.getLogger("ingest_envoy")
         self.parameters = parameters
         self.spl = parameters["spl"]
+        self.staging_source_dir = (
+            self.parameters["staging_area"] + "/" + self.parameters["workflowDir"]
+        )
 
     def collect_image_metadata(self) -> AbstractTextFile:
         file = open("./aux_image_metadata.json", "r")
@@ -34,6 +32,13 @@ class ImageCollector:
             stdout=sys.stdout,
             stderr=sys.stderr,
         )
+        self.aux_file_to_staging()
+
+    def aux_file_to_staging(self):
+        shutil.copy2(
+            "./aux_image_metadata.json",
+            self.staging_source_dir,
+        )
 
     def create_artifacts_name(self):
         name = "pipeline_artifacts_"
diff --git a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/test/test_collectors.py b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/test/test_collectors.py
index fa5a4c1e1890221a8ec2b5fcbdc040ac9a85a1ff..a9dc56d3be064474a62daef1bd66127041d7cc97 100644
--- a/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/test/test_collectors.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/pexable/ingest_envoy/test/test_collectors.py
@@ -30,11 +30,17 @@ class TestImageCollector:
         assert mock_open.call_count == 1
         assert isinstance(aux, AbstractTextFile)
 
+    @patch("shutil.copy2")
     @patch("subprocess.run")
-    def test_collect_image_products(self, mock_run):
+    def test_collect_image_products(self, mock_run, mock_copy):
         image_collector.collect_image_products()
         assert mock_run.call_count == 1
 
+    @patch("shutil.copy2")
+    def test_aux_file_to_staging(self, mock_copy):
+        image_collector.aux_file_to_staging()
+        assert mock_copy.call_count == 1
+
     def test_create_artifacts_name(self):
         expected_name = "pipeline_artifacts_" + parameters["processingStart"]