diff --git a/Core/Core.csproj b/Core/Core.csproj
index 6a1a1eb..e4a676e 100644
--- a/Core/Core.csproj
+++ b/Core/Core.csproj
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
+    <None Include="Remote\subdir_year.sh" />
     <None Include="Remote\piscal_launcher.cfg" />
     <None Include="Remote\piscal_launcher.sh" />
     <None Include="Remote\piscal_manager.sh" />
diff --git a/Core/Remote/piscal_launcher.sh b/Core/Remote/piscal_launcher.sh
index 9b560f5..368c00b 100644
--- a/Core/Remote/piscal_launcher.sh
+++ b/Core/Remote/piscal_launcher.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,15 @@ popd >> /dev/null
 if [ -z "$suppress_storage_copy" ]; then
     cp "$output_directory_touser"/* "$storage_directory"/output/ 2>/dev/null
     cp "$output_directory_nottouser"/* "$storage_directory"/output/ 2>/dev/null
-    cp "$cleaned_input_directory"/* "$storage_directory"/output/ 2>/dev/null
+    cp "$cleaned_input_directory"/* "$storage_directory"/input/ 2>/dev/null
+
+    mv_script=$base_directory/subdir_year.sh
+    pushd "$storage_directory"/output >> /dev/null
+    "$mv_script"
+    popd >> /dev/null
+    pushd "$storage_directory"/input >> /dev/null
+    "$mv_script"
+    popd >> /dev/null
 fi
 
 # notify given url of completion
diff --git a/Core/Remote/piscal_manager.sh b/Core/Remote/piscal_manager.sh
index 7452630..2a7feb5 100644
--- a/Core/Remote/piscal_manager.sh
+++ b/Core/Remote/piscal_manager.sh
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ pid_path="$working_directory/$pid_filename"
 ## Process task
 if [ "$task" = "launch" ]; then
     # verify process isn't running yet
-    pid=$(head -n 1 $pid_path)
+    pid=$(head -n 1 $pid_path 2>/dev/null)
     # if the pid exists, check the process status using ps
-    if ps -p $pid > /dev/null; then
+    if ps -p $pid &>/dev/null; then
         # if it is in ps, then it's still running
         echo still running
         exit 1
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ elif [ "$task" = "get_status" ] || [ "$task" = "get_status_cleaned_input" ]; the
         exit
     fi
 
-    pid=$(head -n 1 $pid_path)
+    pid=$(head -n 1 $pid_path 2>/dev/null)
     # if the pid exists, check the process status using ps
     if ps -p $pid > /dev/null; then
         # if it is in ps, then it's still running
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ elif [ "$task" = "get_status" ] || [ "$task" = "get_status_cleaned_input" ]; the
        fi
     fi
 elif [ "$task" = "cleanup" ]; then
-    pid=$(head -n 1 $pid_path)
+    pid=$(head -n 1 $pid_path 2>/dev/null)
     # if the pid exists, check the process status using ps
     if ps -p $pid > /dev/null; then
         # if it is in ps, then it's still running
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ elif [ "$task" = "kill" ]; then
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    pid=$(head -n 1 $pid_path)
+    pid=$(head -n 1 $pid_path 2>/dev/null)
     # if the pid exists, check the process status using ps
     if ps -p $pid > /dev/null; then
         # if it is in ps, then it's still running
diff --git a/Core/Remote/subdir_year.sh b/Core/Remote/subdir_year.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb16fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/Remote/subdir_year.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+for file in *; do 
+    ## Skip unless this is a file
+    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+        ## get the first four characters from filename, aka the year
+        target="${file:0:4}"
+        ## Create the target directory if it doesn't exist
+        [ -d "$target" ] || mkdir  "$target" 2>/dev/null 
+        ## Move the current file
+        mv "$file" "$target" 2>/dev/null
+    fi
+done
+