diff --git a/ro-crate-deposit.js b/ro-crate-deposit.js
index 6d58f67dcf78379f9605fa8a98a05fe5b96a16f0..1dd487bccc515135fd4b8b16413e9c9028461457 100644
--- a/ro-crate-deposit.js
+++ b/ro-crate-deposit.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const ocfl = require("ocfl");
 console.log(ocfl);
 const OCFLRepository = require('ocfl').Repository;
 var argv = require('yargs').argv;
+var ROCrate = require('ro-crate').ROCrate;
+
 
 
 
@@ -23,8 +25,13 @@ async function main() {
       init = await repo.create(repoPath)
   }
   for (let fromPath of argv._) {
-    if (fs.existsSync(path.join(fromPath, "ro-crate-metadata.jsonld"))){
-      const new_object1 = await repo.importNewObjectDir(fromPath, fromPath);
+    var rocrateFile = path.join(fromPath, "ro-crate-metadata.jsonld");
+    if (fs.existsSync(rocrateFile)){
+      var json =  JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(rocrateFile));
+      crate = new ROCrate(json);
+      crate.index();
+      var dataset = crate.getRootDataset();
+      const new_object1 = await repo.importNewObjectDir(dataset["@id"], fromPath);
       console.log(new_object1);
      }
   }