diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Tests/GitStoreTests.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Tests/GitStoreTests.cs
index 23d1cda2a67..96abbca37ef 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Tests/GitStoreTests.cs
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Tests/GitStoreTests.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using Azure.Sdk.tools.TestProxy.Common;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Tests
 {
@@ -584,7 +585,7 @@ public async Task GetPathResolves(string inputJson)
 
         [EnvironmentConditionalSkipFact]
         [Trait("Category", "Integration")]
-        public async Task BreadcrumbContainsMultipleAssetRefs()
+        public async Task BreadCrumbMaintainsMultipleBreadCrumbs()
         {
             var inputJson = @"{
               ""AssetsRepo"": ""Azure/azure-sdk-assets-integration"",
@@ -611,7 +612,8 @@ public async Task BreadcrumbContainsMultipleAssetRefs()
             try
             {
                 var assetStore = (await _defaultStore.ParseConfigurationFile(Path.Join(testFolder, target1))).ResolveAssetsStoreLocation();
-                var breadCrumbFile = Path.Join(assetStore.ToString(), ".breadcrumb");
+
+                var breadCrumbs = new List<string>();
 
                 // run 3 restore operations
                 foreach (var assetsJson in folderStructure)
@@ -619,14 +621,22 @@ public async Task BreadcrumbContainsMultipleAssetRefs()
                     var jsonFileLocation = Path.Join(testFolder, assetsJson);
                     var parsedJson = await _defaultStore.ParseConfigurationFile(jsonFileLocation);
 
-                    await _defaultStore.Restore(jsonFileLocation);
+                    var breadCrumbFile = Path.Join(assetStore.ToString(), "breadcrumb", $"{parsedJson.AssetRepoShortHash}.breadcrumb");
 
+                    breadCrumbs.Add(breadCrumbFile);
+
+                    await _defaultStore.Restore(jsonFileLocation);
                     TestHelpers.CheckBreadcrumbAgainstAssetsConfig(parsedJson);
                 }
 
-                var crumbs = File.ReadAllLines(breadCrumbFile).Select(x => new BreadcrumbLine(x));
+                // double verify they are where we expect
+                foreach(var crumbFile in breadCrumbs)
+                {
+                    Assert.True(File.Exists(crumbFile));
+                }
+
                 // we have already validated that each tag contains what we expect, just confirm we aren't eliminating lines now.
-                Assert.Equal(3, crumbs.Count());
+                Assert.Equal(3, breadCrumbs.Count());
             }
             finally
             {
diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Tests/TestHelpers.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Tests/TestHelpers.cs
index 30347f3bf23..7ab242bf91b 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Tests/TestHelpers.cs
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy.Tests/TestHelpers.cs
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public static void CreateFileWithInitialVersion(string testFolder, string fileNa
         public static void CheckBreadcrumbAgainstAssetsConfig(GitAssetsConfiguration configuration)
         {
             var assetsStorePath = configuration.ResolveAssetsStoreLocation();
-            var breadCrumbFile = Path.Join(assetsStorePath.ToString(), ".breadcrumb");
+            var breadCrumbFile = Path.Join(assetsStorePath.ToString(), "breadcrumb", $"{configuration.AssetRepoShortHash}.breadcrumb");
             var targetKey = configuration.AssetsJsonRelativeLocation.ToString();
 
             Assert.True(File.Exists(breadCrumbFile));
diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Store/GitStoreBreadcrumb.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Store/GitStoreBreadcrumb.cs
index f9129f50aea..7e491d0ead8 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Store/GitStoreBreadcrumb.cs
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Store/GitStoreBreadcrumb.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,14 @@ public GitStoreBreadcrumb() { }
 
         public string GetBreadCrumbLocation(GitAssetsConfiguration configuration)
         {
-            return Path.Join(configuration.ResolveAssetsStoreLocation().ToString(), ".breadcrumb");
+            var breadCrumbFolder = Path.Combine(configuration.ResolveAssetsStoreLocation().ToString(), "breadcrumb");
+
+            if (!Directory.Exists(breadCrumbFolder))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(breadCrumbFolder);
+            }
+
+            return Path.Join(breadCrumbFolder, $"{configuration.AssetRepoShortHash}.breadcrumb");
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/scripts/test-scripts/CLIIntegration.Tests.ps1 b/tools/test-proxy/scripts/test-scripts/CLIIntegration.Tests.ps1
index 58cfc6fffc2..b8cff2a47ee 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/scripts/test-scripts/CLIIntegration.Tests.ps1
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/scripts/test-scripts/CLIIntegration.Tests.ps1
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ Describe "AssetsModuleTests" {
                     $LASTEXITCODE | Should -Be 0
 
                     $newlocalAssetsFilePath = Join-Path $newTestFolder ".assets"
-                    $newAssetsFolder = $(Get-ChildItem $newlocalAssetsFilePath -Directory)[0].FullName
+                    $newAssetsFolder = $(Get-ChildItem $newlocalAssetsFilePath -Directory | Where-Object { $_.Name -ne "breadcrumb" })[0].FullName
                     mkdir -p $(Join-Path $newAssetsFolder $creationPath)
 
                     # same file updates. we should have an identical sha!
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ Describe "AssetsModuleTests" {
                 Invoke-ProxyCommand -TestProxyExe $TestProxyExe -CommandArgs $CommandArgs -MountDirectory $testFolder
                 $LASTEXITCODE | Should -Be 0
                 $localAssetsFilePath = Join-Path $testFolder ".assets"
-                $assetsFolder = $(Get-ChildItem $localAssetsFilePath -Directory)[0].FullName
+                $assetsFolder = $(Get-ChildItem $localAssetsFilePath -Directory | Where-Object { $_.Name -ne "breadcrumb" })[0].FullName
                 mkdir -p $(Join-Path $assetsFolder $creationPath)
 
                 # Create new files. These are in a predictable location with predicatable content so we can be certain they are around
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ Describe "AssetsModuleTests" {
                 Invoke-ProxyCommand -TestProxyExe $TestProxyExe -CommandArgs $CommandArgs -MountDirectory $testFolder
                 $LASTEXITCODE | Should -Be 0
 
-                
                 Test-Path -Path (Join-Path $assetsFolder $file1) | Should -Be $false
                 Test-Path -Path (Join-Path $assetsFolder $file2) | Should -Be $false
                 Test-Path -Path (Join-Path $assetsFolder $file3) | Should -Be $false
diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/scripts/test-scripts/assets.Tests.Helpers.ps1 b/tools/test-proxy/scripts/test-scripts/assets.Tests.Helpers.ps1
index 83339919c11..306de629280 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/scripts/test-scripts/assets.Tests.Helpers.ps1
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/scripts/test-scripts/assets.Tests.Helpers.ps1
@@ -311,9 +311,10 @@ Function Get-AssetsFilePath {
     $assetsDir = Split-Path -Path $AssetsJsonFile
     $startingPath = Join-Path -Path $assetsDir -ChildPath ".assets"
   }
-  # It's odd that $folder.Count and $folders.Lenght work and we need to do this
-  $numDirs = Get-ChildItem $startingPath -Directory | Measure-Object | ForEach-Object{$_.Count}
-  $folders = Get-ChildItem $startingPath -Directory
+  # It's odd that $folder.Count and $folders.Length work and we need to do this
+  $numDirs = Get-ChildItem $startingPath -Directory | Where-Object { $_.Name -ne "breadcrumb" } | Measure-Object | ForEach-Object { $_.Count }
+  $folders = Get-ChildItem $startingPath -Directory | Where-Object { $_.Name -ne "breadcrumb" } 
+
   # There should only be one folder
   if (1 -ne $numDirs) {
     LogError "The assets directory ($startingPath) should only contain 1 subfolder not $numDirs ($folders -join $([Environment]::NewLine))"