diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jastadd/preprocessor/testing/plugin/JastAddConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/jastadd/preprocessor/testing/plugin/JastAddConfiguration.java
index f21b0b268f331fb81c73495170881e5bfda39cc8..0f0a96685581bebf7914a065dba7f898956177a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jastadd/preprocessor/testing/plugin/JastAddConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jastadd/preprocessor/testing/plugin/JastAddConfiguration.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public interface JastAddConfiguration {
   @OutputDirectory
   default File getPackageOutputDir() {
     if (isSkipRun() != null && isSkipRun()) {
-      return null;
+      return new File(".");
     }
     return getOutputDirOrDefault().toPath().resolve(getPackageName().replace('.', File.separatorChar)).toFile();
   }