diff --git a/paperforge/worker/ocr_artifacts.py b/paperforge/worker/ocr_artifacts.py
index 682f0e1b..cbe58dc1 100644
--- a/paperforge/worker/ocr_artifacts.py
+++ b/paperforge/worker/ocr_artifacts.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ class OCRArtifactPaths:
     blocks_structured: Path
 
 
-def artifact_paths_for_key(vault: Path, zotero_key: str) -> OCRArtifactPaths:
-    paper_root = vault / "System" / "PaperForge" / "ocr" / zotero_key
+def artifact_paths_for_root(ocr_root: Path, zotero_key: str) -> OCRArtifactPaths:
+    paper_root = ocr_root / zotero_key
     return OCRArtifactPaths(
         paper_root=paper_root,
         meta_json=paper_root / "meta.json",
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ def artifact_paths_for_key(vault: Path, zotero_key: str) -> OCRArtifactPaths:
     )
 
 
+def artifact_paths_for_key(vault: Path, zotero_key: str) -> OCRArtifactPaths:
+    from paperforge.worker._utils import pipeline_paths
+    paths = pipeline_paths(vault)
+    return artifact_paths_for_root(paths["ocr"], zotero_key)
+
+
 def build_version_payload(
     *,
     pdf_fingerprint: str,
diff --git a/tests/test_ocr_artifact_paths_config.py b/tests/test_ocr_artifact_paths_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1681af6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_ocr_artifact_paths_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def test_artifact_paths_follow_pipeline_ocr_root(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    from paperforge.worker.ocr_artifacts import artifact_paths_for_root
+
+    ocr_root = tmp_path / "CustomSystem" / "PaperForge" / "ocr"
+    paths = artifact_paths_for_root(ocr_root, "KEY001")
+
+    assert paths.paper_root == ocr_root / "KEY001"
+    assert paths.meta_json == ocr_root / "KEY001" / "meta.json"
+
+
+def test_artifact_paths_for_key_still_works(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    from paperforge.worker.ocr_artifacts import artifact_paths_for_key
+
+    vault = tmp_path / "vault"
+    vault.mkdir()
+    (vault / "paperforge.json").write_text(
+        '{"vault_config":{"system_dir":"System","resources_dir":"Resources"}}',
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    paths = artifact_paths_for_key(vault, "KEY001")
+    assert paths.paper_root.as_posix().endswith("/ocr/KEY001")
+    assert paths.meta_json.as_posix().endswith("/ocr/KEY001/meta.json")
+
+
+def test_artifact_paths_for_root_has_all_fields(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    from paperforge.worker.ocr_artifacts import artifact_paths_for_root
+
+    ocr_root = tmp_path / "ocr"
+    paths = artifact_paths_for_root(ocr_root, "KEY001")
+
+    assert paths.paper_root == ocr_root / "KEY001"
+    assert paths.meta_json == ocr_root / "KEY001" / "meta.json"
+    assert paths.result_json == ocr_root / "KEY001" / "json" / "result.json"
+    assert paths.compat_fulltext == ocr_root / "KEY001" / "fulltext.md"
+    assert paths.raw_meta == ocr_root / "KEY001" / "raw" / "raw_meta.json"
+    assert paths.source_metadata == ocr_root / "KEY001" / "raw" / "source_metadata.json"
+    assert paths.blocks_raw == ocr_root / "KEY001" / "canonical" / "blocks.raw.jsonl"
+    assert paths.blocks_structured == ocr_root / "KEY001" / "structure" / "blocks.structured.jsonl"