diff --git a/pytest_abra/dir_manager.py b/pytest_abra/dir_manager.py
index 1ff4c11..c54954b 100644
--- a/pytest_abra/dir_manager.py
+++ b/pytest_abra/dir_manager.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class DirManager:
             self.STATES,
             self.ENV_FILES,
             self.RESULTS,
+            self.STATUS,
         ]
         for d in dirs:
             d.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ class DirManager:
     def RESULTS(self):
         return self.SESSION / "results"
 
+    @property
+    def STATUS(self):
+        return self.SESSION / "status"
+
     @property
     def RECIPES(self):
         return self.recipes_dir
diff --git a/pytest_abra/runner.py b/pytest_abra/runner.py
index c8c3812..055c7c1 100644
--- a/pytest_abra/runner.py
+++ b/pytest_abra/runner.py
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ class Runner:
         other than 'passed' will be deleted"""
 
         already_passed = False
-        for result in self.DIR.RESULTS.glob("*"):
-            if identifier_string in result.name:
+        for status in self.DIR.STATUS.glob("*"):
+            if identifier_string in status.name:
                 # process any result file (passed / failed / skipped) if it exists
-                if "passed" in result.name:
+                if "passed" in status.name:
                     already_passed = True
                 elif remove_existing:
-                    result.unlink()
+                    status.unlink()
         return already_passed
 
     def _call_pytest(self, full_test_path: Path) -> int:
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class Runner:
         if isinstance(result, int):
             result = cls.result_int_to_str(result)
         full_name = cls.combine_names(result, identifier_string)
-        file_path = DIR.RESULTS / full_name
+        file_path = DIR.STATUS / full_name
         with open(file_path, "w") as _:
             pass  # create empty file
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class Runner:
 
         # todo: what about conditional setups?
 
-        passed_tests = [r.name for r in self.DIR.RESULTS.glob("*") if "passed" in r.name]
+        passed_tests = [r.name for r in self.DIR.STATUS.glob("*") if "passed" in r.name]
         results = []
         for dependency in self.dependencies:
             dependency_runner = self.coordinator.RUNNER_DICT[dependency]