diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b7e9ede..dc080d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 
 /target
 **/*.rs.bk
-package.json
+/pkg
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9e5aa7b..29a5e8c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate toml;
 
+use std::fs;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 
@@ -46,8 +47,14 @@ impl CargoManifest {
     }
 }
 
+fn create_pkg_dir() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    fs::create_dir_all("./pkg")?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn write_package_json() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let mut pkg_file = File::create("package.json")?;
+    create_pkg_dir()?;
+    let mut pkg_file = File::create("./pkg/package.json")?;
     let crate_data = read_cargo_toml()?;
     let npm_data = crate_data.into_npm();
     let npm_json = serde_json::to_string(&npm_data)?;
diff --git a/tests/wasm-pack.rs b/tests/wasm-pack.rs
index 8093d18..5f9120d 100644
--- a/tests/wasm-pack.rs
+++ b/tests/wasm-pack.rs
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ use std::fs;
 #[test]
 fn it_creates_a_package_json() {
     assert!(wasm_pack::write_package_json().is_ok());
-    assert!(fs::metadata("./package.json").is_ok());
+    assert!(fs::metadata("./pkg/package.json").is_ok());
 }