diff --git a/packages/presetter/source/preset/mapping.ts b/packages/presetter/source/preset/mapping.ts
index d6a5216f..5b1e5e72 100644
--- a/packages/presetter/source/preset/mapping.ts
+++ b/packages/presetter/source/preset/mapping.ts
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ export async function getDestinationMap(
 ): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
   const {
     custom: { noSymlinks },
-    target: { root },
+    target: { root, name },
   } = context;
   // make sure we use the path of presetter under the target project, not the one via npx
   const presetterDir = resolvePackage('presetter', { cwd: root });
-  const outDir = resolve(presetterDir!, 'generated', context.target.name);
+  const outDir = resolve(presetterDir!, '..', '.presetter', name);
 
   const relativePaths = [...Object.keys(template)];
 
diff --git a/packages/presetter/spec/preset/content.spec.ts b/packages/presetter/spec/preset/content.spec.ts
index 1b69ec32..6bc4aa2f 100644
--- a/packages/presetter/spec/preset/content.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/presetter/spec/preset/content.spec.ts
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ describe('fn:bootstrapContent', () => {
       },
       {
         'link/pointed/to/other': resolve(
-          '/presetter/generated/client/link/pointed/to/other',
+          '/.presetter/client/link/pointed/to/other',
         ),
         'link/pointed/to/preset': resolve(
-          '/presetter/generated/client/link/pointed/to/preset',
+          '/.presetter/client/link/pointed/to/preset',
         ),
         'link/rewritten/by/project': resolve(
-          '/presetter/generated/client/link/rewritten/by/project',
+          '/.presetter/client/link/rewritten/by/project',
         ),
         'path/to/file': resolve('/project/path/to/file'),
       },
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ describe('fn:bootstrapContent', () => {
       {
         'path/to/file': resolve('/project/path/to/file'),
         'link/pointed/to/preset': resolve(
-          '/presetter/generated/client/link/pointed/to/preset',
+          '/.presetter/client/link/pointed/to/preset',
         ),
         'link/pointed/to/other': resolve(
-          '/presetter/generated/client/link/pointed/to/other',
+          '/.presetter/client/link/pointed/to/other',
         ),
         'link/rewritten/by/project': resolve(
-          '/presetter/generated/client/link/rewritten/by/project',
+          '/.presetter/client/link/rewritten/by/project',
         ),
       },
       { force: false },
diff --git a/packages/presetter/spec/preset/mapping.spec.ts b/packages/presetter/spec/preset/mapping.spec.ts
index f541206b..5718c1d9 100644
--- a/packages/presetter/spec/preset/mapping.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/presetter/spec/preset/mapping.spec.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('fn:getDestinationMap', () => {
         createDummyContext(),
       ),
     ).toEqual({
-      config: resolve('/presetter/generated/client/config'),
+      config: resolve('/.presetter/client/config'),
     });
   });
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('fn:getDestinationMap', () => {
       ),
     ).toEqual({
       noSymlink: resolve('/project/noSymlink'),
-      symlink: resolve('/presetter/generated/client/symlink'),
+      symlink: resolve('/.presetter/client/symlink'),
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/presetter/spec/preset/unset.spec.ts b/packages/presetter/spec/preset/unset.spec.ts
index af1ea100..4606a3bd 100644
--- a/packages/presetter/spec/preset/unset.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/presetter/spec/preset/unset.spec.ts
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ describe('fn:unsetPreset', () => {
   it('clean up any artifacts installed on the project root', async () => {
     expect(unlinkFiles).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/project', {
       'link/pointed/to/other': resolve(
-        '/presetter/generated/client/link/pointed/to/other',
+        '/.presetter/client/link/pointed/to/other',
       ),
       'link/pointed/to/preset': resolve(
-        '/presetter/generated/client/link/pointed/to/preset',
+        '/.presetter/client/link/pointed/to/preset',
       ),
       'link/rewritten/by/project': resolve(
-        '/presetter/generated/client/link/rewritten/by/project',
+        '/.presetter/client/link/rewritten/by/project',
       ),
       'path/to/file': resolve('/project/path/to/file'),
     });