diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cmds/entrypoint.ts b/packages/cli/src/cmds/entrypoint.ts
index 6453be35..b4f51c6c 100755
--- a/packages/cli/src/cmds/entrypoint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cmds/entrypoint.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
       await runNetworkCmd(argv);
     }
   )
-  .command<{ suitesRootDir: string; prefixPhrase?: string }>(
+  .command<{
+    suitesRootDir: string;
+    prefixPhrase?: string;
+    singlePrefix: boolean;
+  }>(
     "derive <suitesRootDir>",
     "Derive test IDs based on positional order in the directory tree",
     (yargs) => {
@@ -141,10 +145,20 @@ yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
           describe: "Root phrase to generate prefixes from (e.g. DEV)",
           alias: "p",
           type: "string",
+        })
+        .option("singlePrefix", {
+          describe: "Use a single prefix for all suites, instead of deriving from folder names",
+          alias: "l",
+          default: false,
+          type: "boolean",
         });
     },
-    async ({ suitesRootDir, prefixPhrase }) => {
-      await deriveTestIds({ rootDir: suitesRootDir, prefixPhrase });
+    async ({ suitesRootDir, prefixPhrase, singlePrefix }) => {
+      await deriveTestIds({
+        rootDir: suitesRootDir,
+        prefixPhrase,
+        singlePrefix,
+      });
     }
   )
   .demandCommand(1)
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/internal/deriveTestIds.ts b/packages/cli/src/internal/deriveTestIds.ts
index f237da46..0cfe8d23 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/internal/deriveTestIds.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/internal/deriveTestIds.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ import path from "node:path";
 
 interface DeriveTestIdsOptions {
   rootDir: string;
-  prefixDepth?: number;
+  singlePrefix?: boolean;
   prefixPhrase?: string;
 }
 
 export async function deriveTestIds(params: DeriveTestIdsOptions) {
   const usedPrefixes: Set<string> = new Set();
 
-  const { rootDir } = params;
-  const prefixDepth = params.prefixDepth ?? 1;
+  const { rootDir, singlePrefix } = params;
 
   try {
     await fs.promises.access(rootDir, fs.constants.R_OK);
@@ -29,9 +28,14 @@ export async function deriveTestIds(params: DeriveTestIdsOptions) {
 
   const foldersToRename: { prefix: string; dir: string }[] = [];
 
-  for (const dir of topLevelDirs) {
-    const prefix = generatePrefix(dir, usedPrefixes, params.prefixPhrase);
-    foldersToRename.push({ prefix, dir });
+  if (singlePrefix) {
+    const prefix = generatePrefix(rootDir, usedPrefixes, params.prefixPhrase);
+    foldersToRename.push({ prefix, dir: "." });
+  } else {
+    for (const dir of topLevelDirs) {
+      const prefix = generatePrefix(dir, usedPrefixes, params.prefixPhrase);
+      foldersToRename.push({ prefix, dir });
+    }
   }
 
   const result = await inquirer.prompt({
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_apis.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_apis.ts
index b9c72de8..d537b234 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_apis.ts	
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_apis.ts	
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeAll, describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "FO01",
+  id: "D0201",
   title: "Tests that are using the production APIs",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ context, it }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_basic.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_basic.ts
index 3af3cc53..c02bfca2 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_basic.ts	
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_basic.ts	
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect, describeSuite, beforeAll } from "@moonwall/cli";
 import { setupLogger } from "@moonwall/util";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "FO02",
+  id: "D0202",
   title: "This is a timbo test suite",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ it, log }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_contextMethods.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_contextMethods.ts
index 0485d964..fab2add1 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_contextMethods.ts	
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy 3/test_contextMethods.ts	
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "FO03",
+  id: "D0203",
   title: "New Test Suite",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ it }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/test_apis.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 3/test_apis.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/test_apis.ts
rename to test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 3/test_apis.ts
index 2c9c149d..351646eb 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/test_apis.ts	
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 3/test_apis.ts	
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeAll, describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "F01",
+  id: "D010101",
   title: "Tests that are using the production APIs",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ context, it }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/test_basic.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 3/test_basic.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/test_basic.ts
rename to test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 3/test_basic.ts
index d02ffa5b..69d62dd7 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/test_basic.ts	
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 3/test_basic.ts	
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect, describeSuite, beforeAll } from "@moonwall/cli";
 import { setupLogger } from "@moonwall/util";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "F02",
+  id: "D010102",
   title: "This is a timbo test suite",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ it, log }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/test_contextMethods.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 3/test_contextMethods.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/test_contextMethods.ts
rename to test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 3/test_contextMethods.ts
index ebb96a45..344d8f84 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/test_contextMethods.ts	
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 3/test_contextMethods.ts	
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "F03",
+  id: "D010103",
   title: "New Test Suite",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ it }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 4/test_apis.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 4/test_apis.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bded03bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 4/test_apis.ts	
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { beforeAll, describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
+
+describeSuite({
+  id: "D010201",
+  title: "Tests that are using the production APIs",
+  foundationMethods: "read_only",
+  testCases: ({ context, it }) => {
+    it({
+      id: "T01",
+      title: "Passing Test",
+      test: async () => {
+        expect(true).to.be.true;
+      },
+    });
+
+    it({
+      id: "T02",
+      title: "another passing test",
+      test: () => {
+        expect("true").to.contain("true");
+      },
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 4/test_basic.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 4/test_basic.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec2f256b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 4/test_basic.ts	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { expect, describeSuite, beforeAll } from "@moonwall/cli";
+import { setupLogger } from "@moonwall/util";
+
+describeSuite({
+  id: "D010202",
+  title: "This is a timbo test suite",
+  foundationMethods: "read_only",
+  testCases: ({ it, log }) => {
+    const anotherLogger = setupLogger("additional");
+
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      log("Test suite setup");
+    });
+
+    it({
+      id: "T01",
+      title: "This is a bool test case",
+      test: () => {
+        expect(true).to.be.true;
+      },
+    });
+
+    it({
+      id: "T02",
+      title: "This is a number test case",
+      test: () => {
+        anotherLogger("Test case log");
+        expect(1_332_323_221).to.be.greaterThan(1000000);
+      },
+    });
+
+    it({
+      id: "T03",
+      title: "This is a string test case",
+      test: () => {
+        expect("Home is where the heart is").to.contains("heart");
+      },
+    });
+
+    it({
+      id: "T04",
+      title: "This is a failing error test case",
+      test: () => {
+        expect(() => {
+          throw new Error("ERROR THROWN");
+        }).to.throw("ERROR THROWN");
+      },
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 4/test_contextMethods.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 4/test_contextMethods.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50dec5a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1 copy/folder1 copy 4/test_contextMethods.ts	
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
+
+describeSuite({
+  id: "D010203",
+  title: "New Test Suite",
+  foundationMethods: "read_only",
+  testCases: ({ it }) => {
+    it({
+      id: "T01",
+      title: "Passing Test",
+      test: () => {
+        expect(true).to.be.true;
+      },
+    });
+
+    it({
+      id: "T02",
+      title: "Skipped test",
+      modifier: "skip",
+      test: () => {
+        expect(false).to.be.true;
+      },
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_apis.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_apis.ts
index 9732395b..561f3275 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_apis.ts
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_apis.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeAll, describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "FOL01",
+  id: "D0301",
   title: "Tests that are using the production APIs",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ context, it }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_basic.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_basic.ts
index b875fbe4..729dafc5 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_basic.ts
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_basic.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect, describeSuite, beforeAll } from "@moonwall/cli";
 import { setupLogger } from "@moonwall/util";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "FOL02",
+  id: "D0302",
   title: "This is a timbo test suite",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ it, log }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_contextMethods.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_contextMethods.ts
index 26381d60..4920d703 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_contextMethods.ts
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder1copy2/test_contextMethods.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "FOL03",
+  id: "D0303",
   title: "New Test Suite",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ it }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder2/test_jimbo.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder2/test_jimbo.ts
index cf3b5124..8fb5a565 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder2/test_jimbo.ts
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder2/test_jimbo.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, describeSuite, beforeAll } from "@moonwall/cli";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "FOLD01",
+  id: "D0401",
   title: "This is a jimbo test suite",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ it, log }) => {
diff --git a/test/suites/derive/folder2/test_suiteMethods.ts b/test/suites/derive/folder2/test_suiteMethods.ts
index 6e4185cd..24aaae7e 100644
--- a/test/suites/derive/folder2/test_suiteMethods.ts
+++ b/test/suites/derive/folder2/test_suiteMethods.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describeSuite, expect } from "@moonwall/cli";
 import { setTimeout } from "node:timers/promises";
 
 describeSuite({
-  id: "FOLD02",
+  id: "D0402",
   title: "New Test Suite",
   foundationMethods: "read_only",
   testCases: ({ it }) => {