diff --git a/image/descriptor.go b/image/descriptor.go
index 21bae8b..edf902d 100644
--- a/image/descriptor.go
+++ b/image/descriptor.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -50,17 +51,26 @@ func (d *descriptor) hash() string {
 
 func listReferences(w walker) (map[string]*descriptor, error) {
 	refs := make(map[string]*descriptor)
+	var index v1.ImageIndex
 
 	if err := w.walk(func(path string, info os.FileInfo, r io.Reader) error {
-		if info.IsDir() || !strings.HasPrefix(path, "refs") {
+		if info.IsDir() || filepath.Clean(path) != "index.json" {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		var d descriptor
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&d); err != nil {
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&index); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		refs[info.Name()] = &d
+
+		var d descriptor
+		for i := 0; i < len(index.Manifests); i++ {
+			if index.Manifests[i].Descriptor.Annotations["org.opencontainers.ref.name"] != "" {
+				d.MediaType = index.Manifests[i].Descriptor.MediaType
+				d.Digest = string(index.Manifests[i].Descriptor.Digest)
+				d.Size = index.Manifests[i].Descriptor.Size
+				refs[index.Manifests[i].Descriptor.Annotations["org.opencontainers.ref.name"]] = &d
+			}
+		}
 
 		return nil
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -71,21 +81,30 @@ func listReferences(w walker) (map[string]*descriptor, error) {
 
 func findDescriptor(w walker, name string) (*descriptor, error) {
 	var d descriptor
-	dpath := filepath.Join("refs", name)
+	var index v1.ImageIndex
 
 	switch err := w.walk(func(path string, info os.FileInfo, r io.Reader) error {
-		if info.IsDir() || filepath.Clean(path) != dpath {
+		if info.IsDir() || filepath.Clean(path) != "index.json" {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&d); err != nil {
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&index); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		return errEOW
+		for i := 0; i < len(index.Manifests); i++ {
+			if index.Manifests[i].Descriptor.Annotations["org.opencontainers.ref.name"] == name {
+				d.MediaType = index.Manifests[i].Descriptor.MediaType
+				d.Digest = string(index.Manifests[i].Descriptor.Digest)
+				d.Size = index.Manifests[i].Descriptor.Size
+				return errEOW
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
 	}); err {
 	case nil:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: descriptor not found", dpath)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("index.json: descriptor not found")
 	case errEOW:
 		return &d, nil
 	default:
diff --git a/image/image_test.go b/image/image_test.go
index 35ecb29..f2499a4 100644
--- a/image/image_test.go
+++ b/image/image_test.go
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	refTag = "latest"
-
+	refTag    = "latest"
 	layoutStr = `{"imageLayoutVersion": "1.0.0"}`
 
 	configStr = `{
@@ -91,8 +90,44 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	refStr = `{"digest":"<manifest_digest>","mediaType":"application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json","size":<manifest_size>}`
-
+	indexStr = `{
+  "schemaVersion": 2,
+  "manifests": [
+    {
+      "mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json",
+      "size": <manifest_size>,
+      "digest": "<manifest_digest>",
+      "annotations": {
+        "org.opencontainers.ref.name": "v1.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json",
+      "size": <manifest_size>,
+      "digest": "<manifest_digest>",
+      "platform": {
+        "architecture": "ppc64le",
+        "os": "linux"
+      },
+      "annotations": {
+        "org.opencontainers.ref.name": "latest"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "mediaType": "application/xml",
+      "size": <manifest_size>,
+      "digest": "<manifest_digest>",
+      "annotations": {
+        "org.freedesktop.specifications.metainfo.version": "1.0",
+        "org.freedesktop.specifications.metainfo.type": "AppStream"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "annotations": {
+    "com.example.index.revision": "r124356"
+  }
+}
+ `
 	manifestStr = `{
     "annotations": null,
     "config": {
@@ -162,11 +197,6 @@ func createImageLayoutBundle(il imageLayout) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(il.rootDir, "refs"), 0700)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	// create image layout file
 	err = createLayoutFile(il.rootDir)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -194,7 +224,7 @@ func createImageLayoutBundle(il imageLayout) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return createRefFile(il.rootDir, il.ref, desc)
+	return createIndexFile(il.rootDir, desc)
 }
 
 func createLayoutFile(root string) error {
@@ -208,16 +238,16 @@ func createLayoutFile(root string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func createRefFile(root, ref string, mft descriptor) error {
-	refpath := filepath.Join(root, "refs", ref)
-	f, err := os.Create(refpath)
+func createIndexFile(root string, mft descriptor) error {
+	indexpath := filepath.Join(root, "index.json")
+	f, err := os.Create(indexpath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	refStr = strings.Replace(refStr, "<manifest_digest>", mft.Digest, -1)
-	refStr = strings.Replace(refStr, "<manifest_size>", strconv.FormatInt(mft.Size, 10), -1)
-	_, err = io.Copy(f, bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(refStr)))
+	indexStr = strings.Replace(indexStr, "<manifest_digest>", mft.Digest, -1)
+	indexStr = strings.Replace(indexStr, "<manifest_size>", strconv.FormatInt(mft.Size, 10), -1)
+	_, err = io.Copy(f, bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(indexStr)))
 	return err
 }