diff --git a/db/migrate/20220726162605_create_site.rb b/db/migrate/20220726162605_create_site.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b45210a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20220726162605_create_site.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class CreateSite < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    create_table :sites do |t|
+      t.integer :account_id
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20220726164334_create_account.rb b/db/migrate/20220726164334_create_account.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..634f9f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20220726164334_create_account.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class CreateAccount < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    create_table :accounts do |t|
+      t.string :name
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/parsers/bulkrax/application_parser_spec.rb b/spec/parsers/bulkrax/application_parser_spec.rb
index c4ceb635..606936d3 100644
--- a/spec/parsers/bulkrax/application_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parsers/bulkrax/application_parser_spec.rb
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@
 
 module Bulkrax
   RSpec.describe ApplicationParser do
-    describe '#get_field_mapping_hash_for' do
-      let(:importer) { FactoryBot.create(:bulkrax_importer) }
-      let(:exporter_with_no_field_mapping) { FactoryBot.create(:bulkrax_exporter) }
-      let(:exporter_with_field_mapping) do
-        FactoryBot.create(:bulkrax_exporter, field_mapping: {
-                            "bulkrax_identifier" => { "from" => ["source_identifier"], "source_identifier" => true }
-                          })
-      end
+    let(:importer) { FactoryBot.create(:bulkrax_importer) }
+    let(:exporter_with_no_field_mapping) { FactoryBot.create(:bulkrax_exporter) }
+    let(:exporter_with_field_mapping) do
+      FactoryBot.create(:bulkrax_exporter, field_mapping: {
+                          "bulkrax_identifier" => { "from" => ["source_identifier"], "source_identifier" => true }
+                        })
+    end
+    let(:site) { instance_double(Site, id: 1, account_id: 1) }
+    let(:account) { instance_double(Account, id: 1, name: 'bulkrax') }
 
+    describe '#get_field_mapping_hash_for' do
       context 'with `[{}]` as the field mapping' do
         subject(:application_parser) { described_class.new(importer) }
 
@@ -37,5 +39,42 @@ module Bulkrax
         end
       end
     end
+
+    describe '#base_path' do
+      before do
+        allow(Site).to receive(:instance).and_return(site)
+        allow(Site.instance).to receive(:account).and_return(account)
+      end
+
+      context 'in a multi tenant app' do
+        before do
+          ENV['SETTINGS__MULTITENANCY__ENABLED'] = 'true'
+        end
+
+        it 'sets the import path correctly' do
+          expect(importer.parser.base_path).to eq('tmp/imports/bulkrax')
+        end
+
+        it 'sets the export path correctly' do
+          expect(importer.parser.base_path('export')).to eq('tmp/exports/bulkrax')
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'in a non multi tenant app' do
+        # this includes hyrax apps AND single tenant hyku apps
+
+        before do
+          ENV['SETTINGS__MULTITENANCY__ENABLED'] = 'false'
+        end
+
+        it 'sets the import path correctly' do
+          expect(importer.parser.base_path).to eq('tmp/imports')
+        end
+
+        it 'sets the export path correctly' do
+          expect(importer.parser.base_path('export')).to eq('tmp/exports')
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/parsers/bulkrax/bagit_parser_spec.rb b/spec/parsers/bulkrax/bagit_parser_spec.rb
index cf8d2f2a..b52c9471 100644
--- a/spec/parsers/bulkrax/bagit_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parsers/bulkrax/bagit_parser_spec.rb
@@ -406,9 +406,13 @@ module Bulkrax
 
       context 'folders and files for export' do
         let(:bulkrax_exporter_run) { FactoryBot.create(:bulkrax_exporter_run, exporter: exporter) }
+        let(:site) { instance_double(Site, id: 1, account_id: 1) }
+        let(:account) { instance_double(Account, id: 1, name: 'bulkrax') }
 
         before do
           allow(exporter).to receive(:exporter_runs).and_return([bulkrax_exporter_run])
+          allow(Site).to receive(:instance).and_return(site)
+          allow(Site.instance).to receive(:account).and_return(account)
         end
 
         describe '#setup_csv_metadata_export_file' do
diff --git a/spec/parsers/bulkrax/csv_parser_spec.rb b/spec/parsers/bulkrax/csv_parser_spec.rb
index 7e23edc1..db7055f0 100644
--- a/spec/parsers/bulkrax/csv_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parsers/bulkrax/csv_parser_spec.rb
@@ -496,9 +496,13 @@ module Bulkrax
       subject(:parser) { described_class.new(exporter) }
       let(:bulkrax_exporter_run) { FactoryBot.create(:bulkrax_exporter_run, exporter: exporter) }
       let(:exporter) { FactoryBot.create(:bulkrax_exporter_worktype) }
+      let(:site) { instance_double(Site, id: 1, account_id: 1) }
+      let(:account) { instance_double(Account, id: 1, name: 'bulkrax') }
 
       before do
         allow(exporter).to receive(:exporter_runs).and_return([bulkrax_exporter_run])
+        allow(Site).to receive(:instance).and_return(site)
+        allow(Site.instance).to receive(:account).and_return(account)
       end
 
       it 'creates the csv metadata file' do
diff --git a/spec/test_app/app/models/account.rb b/spec/test_app/app/models/account.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72241397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/test_app/app/models/account.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class Account < ApplicationRecord
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/test_app/app/models/site.rb b/spec/test_app/app/models/site.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b089542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/test_app/app/models/site.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class Site < ApplicationRecord
+  class << self
+
+    def instance
+      Site.create
+    end
+  end
+
+    def account
+      "account"
+    end
+end
diff --git a/spec/test_app/db/schema.rb b/spec/test_app/db/schema.rb
index b36b1f34..6e102c37 100644
--- a/spec/test_app/db/schema.rb
+++ b/spec/test_app/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2022_06_09_001128) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2022_07_26_164334) do
+
+  create_table "accounts", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "name"
+  end
 
   create_table "bookmarks", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer "user_id", null: false
@@ -543,6 +547,10 @@
     t.index ["permission_template_id", "name"], name: "index_sipity_workflows_on_permission_template_and_name", unique: true
   end
 
+  create_table "sites", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer "account_id"
+  end
+
   create_table "tinymce_assets", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "file"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false