diff --git a/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/GWTShell.java b/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/GWTShell.java
index 24ad277..2c2ebc0 100644
--- a/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/GWTShell.java
+++ b/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/GWTShell.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
   static class ShellOptionsImpl extends GWTCompilerOptionsImpl implements
       ShellOptions, WorkDirs {
     public File getCompilerOutputDir(ModuleDef moduleDef) {
-      return new File(getWorkDir(), moduleDef.getDeployTo());
+      return new File(getOutDir(), moduleDef.getDeployTo());
     }
 
     public File getShellWorkDir(ModuleDef moduleDef) {