diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fea95df864..692debf665 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Fixes:
 
   * CLI: `-k` on `workspace find` for non-existant fields, #133
   * CLI: Persist downloads in METS, #136
+  * CLI: `workspace find --download` will download to subdir of fileGrp, #137
+
+Added:
+  * `OcrdFile` has getter `fileGrp` for the `USE` attribute of parent `mets:fileGrp`, #139
 
 ## [0.4.3] - 2018-06-27
 
diff --git a/ocrd/cli/workspace.py b/ocrd/cli/workspace.py
index ec72993e75..ad2031892d 100644
--- a/ocrd/cli/workspace.py
+++ b/ocrd/cli/workspace.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ def workspace_add_file(ctx, file_grp, file_id, mimetype, group_id, local_filenam
 @click.option('-g', '--group-id', help="GROUPID")
 @click.option('-i', '--file-id', help="ID")
 @click.option('-L', '--local-only', help="Find only file://-URL files", is_flag=True)
+# pylint: disable=bad-continuation
 @click.option('-k', '--output-field', help="Output field. Repeat for multiple fields, will be joined with tab",
         default=['url'],
         multiple=True,
@@ -175,12 +176,10 @@ def workspace_find(ctx, file_grp, local_only, mimetype, group_id, file_id, outpu
             groupId=group_id,
         ):
         if download:
-            workspace.download_file(f)
-        #  print(output_field, file=sys.stderr)
+            workspace.download_file(f, subdir=f.fileGrp)
+            workspace.save_mets()
         ret = '\t'.join([getattr(f, field) or '' for field in output_field])
         print(ret)
-    if download:
-        workspace.save_mets()
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ocrd workspace list-group
diff --git a/ocrd/model/ocrd_file.py b/ocrd/model/ocrd_file.py
index ad28987bb4..0fca2e57e7 100644
--- a/ocrd/model/ocrd_file.py
+++ b/ocrd/model/ocrd_file.py
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ def groupId(self, groupId):
     def mimetype(self):
         return self._el.get('MIMETYPE')
 
+    @property
+    def fileGrp(self):
+        """
+        The ``USE`` attribute of the parent ``mets:fileGrp``
+        """
+        return self._el.getparent().get('USE')
+
     @mimetype.setter
     def mimetype(self, mimetype):
         if mimetype is None:
diff --git a/ocrd/resolver.py b/ocrd/resolver.py
index e8237f4083..8bcaee0a5c 100644
--- a/ocrd/resolver.py
+++ b/ocrd/resolver.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ def download_to_directory(self, directory, url, basename=None, overwrite=False,
             Local filename
         """
         log = getLogger('ocrd.resolver.download_to_directory') # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
+        #  log.debug("url=|%s| subdir=|%s| overwrite=|%s|", url, subdir, overwrite)
         if basename is None:
             if subdir is not None:
                 basename = url.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
diff --git a/ocrd/utils.py b/ocrd/utils.py
index ea2292c605..081f2c2850 100644
--- a/ocrd/utils.py
+++ b/ocrd/utils.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def xmllint_format(xml):
     return output
 
 def is_string(val):
+    # pylint: disable=undefined-variable
     return isinstance(val, (str, unicode)) if sys.version_info < (3, 0) else isinstance(val, str)
 
 def concat_padded(base, *args):
diff --git a/test/model/test_ocrd_mets.py b/test/model/test_ocrd_mets.py
index 6398c13831..fa2af9f471 100644
--- a/test/model/test_ocrd_mets.py
+++ b/test/model/test_ocrd_mets.py
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@ def test_add_file_ID_fail(self):
         self.assertEqual(f.ID, 'best-id-ever', "ID kept")
         with self.assertRaises(Exception) as cm:
             self.mets.add_file('OUTPUT', ID='best-id-ever')
-        self.assertEquals(str(cm.exception), "File with ID='best-id-ever' already exists")
+        self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception), "File with ID='best-id-ever' already exists")
 
+    def test_filegrp_from_file(self):
+        f = self.mets.find_files(fileGrp='OCR-D-IMG')[0]
+        self.assertEqual(f.fileGrp, 'OCR-D-IMG')
 
     def test_file_groupid(self):
         f = self.mets.find_files()[0]