diff --git a/pkg/collect/host_run.go b/pkg/collect/host_run.go
index 5acf3d377..924d82f62 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/host_run.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/host_run.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func (c *CollectHostRun) Collect(progressChan chan<- interface{}) (map[string][]
 		bundleOutputRelativePath string
 		cmdOutputTempDir         string
 		cmdInputTempDir          string
+		err                      error
 	)
 
 	cmd := exec.Command(runHostCollector.Command, runHostCollector.Args...)
@@ -52,12 +53,19 @@ func (c *CollectHostRun) Collect(progressChan chan<- interface{}) (map[string][]
 	collectorRelativePath := filepath.Join("host-collectors/run-host", collectorName)
 
 	if runHostCollector.Env != nil {
-		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, runHostCollector.Env...)
+		for i := range runHostCollector.Env {
+			cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env,
+				fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", runHostCollector.Env[i], os.Getenv(runHostCollector.Env[i])))
+		}
+
 	}
 	// if we choose to save result for the command run
 	if runHostCollector.OutputDir != "" {
-		cmdOutputTempDir = os.TempDir()
+		cmdOutputTempDir, err = os.MkdirTemp("", runHostCollector.OutputDir)
 		defer os.RemoveAll(cmdOutputTempDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("failed to created temp dir for: %s", runHostCollector.OutputDir))
+		}
 		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env,
 			fmt.Sprintf("TS_WORKSPACE_DIR=%s", cmdOutputTempDir),
 		)
@@ -66,14 +74,17 @@ func (c *CollectHostRun) Collect(progressChan chan<- interface{}) (map[string][]
 	output := NewResult()
 
 	if runHostCollector.Input != nil {
-		cmdInputTempDir = os.TempDir()
-		defer os.RemoveAll(cmdOutputTempDir)
+		cmdInputTempDir, err = os.MkdirTemp("", "input")
+		defer os.RemoveAll(cmdInputTempDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.New("failed to created temp dir for host run input")
+		}
 		for inFilename, inFileContent := range runHostCollector.Input {
 			if strings.Contains(inFileContent, "/") {
 				return nil, errors.New("Input filename contains '/'")
 			}
 			cmdInputFilePath := filepath.Join(cmdInputTempDir, inFilename)
-			err := os.WriteFile(cmdInputFilePath, []byte(inFileContent), 0644)
+			err = os.WriteFile(cmdInputFilePath, []byte(inFileContent), 0644)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("failed to write input file: %s to temp directory", inFilename))
 			}
@@ -92,7 +103,7 @@ func (c *CollectHostRun) Collect(progressChan chan<- interface{}) (map[string][]
 		ExitCode: "0",
 	}
 
-	err := cmd.Run()
+	err = cmd.Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		if werr, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
 			runInfo.ExitCode = strings.TrimPrefix(werr.Error(), "exit status ")
diff --git a/pkg/collect/result.go b/pkg/collect/result.go
index 9306bc34e..225362539 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/result.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/result.go
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ func (r CollectorResult) SaveResults(bundlePath, relativePath, targetDir string)
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("failed to read file: %s", path))
 			}
-
-			err = r.SaveResult(bundlePath, strings.TrimPrefix(path, bundlePath+"/"), bytes.NewBuffer(fileBytes))
+			bundleRelativePath := filepath.Join(relativePath, strings.TrimPrefix(path, targetDir+"/"))
+			err = r.SaveResult(bundlePath, bundleRelativePath, bytes.NewBuffer(fileBytes))
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "error from SaveResult call")
 			}