diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/SftpNamespaceHandler.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/SftpNamespaceHandler.java
index 4e2cbe8960..60ee242b96 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/SftpNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/SftpNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class SftpNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
 
 			IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "filter");
 
-			for (String p : "filename-pattern,auto-create-directories,username,password,host,key-file,key-file-password,remote-directory,local-working-directory,auto-delete-remote-files-on-sync".split(",")) {
+			for (String p : "filename-pattern,auto-create-directories,username,password,host,key-file,key-file-password,remote-directory,local-directory-path,auto-delete-remote-files-on-sync".split(",")) {
 				IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, p);
 			}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/impl/SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizer.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/impl/SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizer.java
index e564c1bc27..f376ba4380 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/impl/SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizer.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/impl/SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizer.java
@@ -73,17 +73,20 @@ public class SftpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizer extends AbstractInboundRemo
 
 				String remoteFqPath = this.remotePath + "/" + entry.getFilename();
 				in = sftpSession.getChannel().get(remoteFqPath);
-				IOUtils.copy(in, fileOutputStream);
+				try {
+					IOUtils.copy(in, fileOutputStream);
+				} finally {
+					IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
+					IOUtils.closeQuietly(fileOutputStream);
+				}
 
 				if (tmpLocalTarget.renameTo(localFile)) {
-					// last step
 					this.acknowledge(sftpSession, entry);
 				}
 
 				return true;
 			} catch (Throwable th) {
-				IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
-				IOUtils.closeQuietly(fileOutputStream);
+				logger.error("exception thrown in #copyFromRemoteToLocalDirectory", th);
 			}
 		} else {
 			return true;
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/impl/SftpRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/impl/SftpRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean.java
index e34844c1b5..89ef3414e3 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/impl/SftpRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/impl/SftpRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class SftpRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean extends A
 		sftpMsgSrc.setAutoCreateDirectories(autoCreatDirs);
 
 		// local directories
-		if ((this.localDirectoryResource == null) || !StringUtils.hasText(this.localDirectoryPath)) {
+		if ((this.localDirectoryResource == null) && !StringUtils.hasText(this.localDirectoryPath)) {
 			File tmp = SystemUtils.getJavaIoTmpDir();
 			File sftpTmp = new File(tmp, "sftpInbound");
 			this.localDirectoryPath = "file://" + sftpTmp.getAbsolutePath();
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/spring-integration-sftp-2.0.xsd b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/spring-integration-sftp-2.0.xsd
index 766d933e91..9a6ca08ef9 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/spring-integration-sftp-2.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/spring-integration-sftp-2.0.xsd
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 
 			<xsd:attribute name="username" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="remote-directory" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
-			<xsd:attribute name="local-working-directory" type="xsd:string"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="local-directory-path" type="xsd:string"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="host" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
 
 			<xsd:attribute name="password" type="xsd:string"/>