diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/LocationReaders.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/LocationReaders.ts
index 708c3e11aa..e806ecfbdb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/LocationReaders.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/LocationReaders.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import {
+  Entity,
   EntityPolicies,
   EntityPolicy,
   LocationSpec,
@@ -29,11 +30,11 @@ import * as result from './processors/results';
 import {
   LocationProcessor,
   LocationProcessorDataResult,
+  LocationProcessorEmit,
   LocationProcessorEntityResult,
   LocationProcessorErrorResult,
   LocationProcessorLocationResult,
   LocationProcessorResult,
-  LocationProcessorSink,
 } from './processors/types';
 import { YamlProcessor } from './processors/YamlProcessor';
 import { LocationReader, ReadLocationResult } from './types';
@@ -74,17 +75,25 @@ export class LocationReaders implements LocationReader {
 
     for (let depth = 0; depth < MAX_DEPTH; ++depth) {
       const newItems: LocationProcessorResult[] = [];
-      const sink: LocationProcessorSink = i => newItems.push(i);
+      const emit: LocationProcessorEmit = i => newItems.push(i);
 
       for (const item of items) {
         if (item.type === 'location') {
-          await this.handleLocation(item, sink);
+          await this.handleLocation(item, emit);
         } else if (item.type === 'data') {
-          await this.handleData(item, sink);
+          await this.handleData(item, emit);
         } else if (item.type === 'entity') {
-          await this.handleEntity(item, sink, output);
+          const entity = await this.handleEntity(item, emit);
+          output.entities.push({
+            entity,
+            location: item.location,
+          });
         } else if (item.type === 'error') {
-          await this.handleError(item, sink, output);
+          await this.handleError(item, emit);
+          output.errors.push({
+            location: item.location,
+            error: item.error,
+          });
         }
       }
 
@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ export class LocationReaders implements LocationReader {
 
   private async handleLocation(
     item: LocationProcessorLocationResult,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ) {
     this.logger.debug(
       `Reading location ${item.location.type} ${item.location.target} optional=${item.optional}`,
@@ -130,7 +139,7 @@ export class LocationReaders implements LocationReader {
 
   private async handleData(
     item: LocationProcessorDataResult,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ) {
     this.logger.debug(
       `Parsing data from location ${item.location.type} ${item.location.target} (${item.data.byteLength} bytes)`,
@@ -155,9 +164,8 @@ export class LocationReaders implements LocationReader {
 
   private async handleEntity(
     item: LocationProcessorEntityResult,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
-    output: ReadLocationResult,
-  ) {
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
+  ): Promise<Entity> {
     this.logger.debug(
       `Got entity at location ${item.location.type} ${item.location.target}, ${item.entity.apiVersion} ${item.entity.kind}`,
     );
@@ -175,13 +183,12 @@ export class LocationReaders implements LocationReader {
       }
     }
 
-    output.entities.push({ entity: current, location: item.location });
+    return current;
   }
 
   private async handleError(
     item: LocationProcessorErrorResult,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
-    output: ReadLocationResult,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ) {
     this.logger.debug(
       `Encountered error at location ${item.location.type} ${item.location.target}, ${item.error}`,
@@ -197,10 +204,5 @@ export class LocationReaders implements LocationReader {
         }
       }
     }
-
-    output.errors.push({
-      location: item.location,
-      error: item.error,
-    });
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/index.ts
index dc9bce56f2..07e917b97b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/index.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 export { HigherOrderOperations } from './HigherOrderOperations';
 export { LocationReaders } from './LocationReaders';
 export type {
-  HigherOrderOperation,
   AddLocationResult,
+  HigherOrderOperation,
   LocationReader,
-  ReadLocationResult,
   ReadLocationEntity,
   ReadLocationError,
+  ReadLocationResult,
 } from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.ts
index a3d24575bc..b95e2ddb58 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/FileReaderProcessor.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 import { LocationSpec } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as result from './results';
-import { LocationProcessor, LocationProcessorSink } from './types';
+import { LocationProcessor, LocationProcessorEmit } from './types';
 
 export class FileReaderProcessor implements LocationProcessor {
   async readLocation(
     location: LocationSpec,
     optional: boolean,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ): Promise<boolean> {
     if (location.type !== 'file') {
       return false;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubReaderProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubReaderProcessor.ts
index a39380027b..b83c9a16f3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubReaderProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubReaderProcessor.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 import { LocationSpec } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import * as result from './results';
-import { LocationProcessor, LocationProcessorSink } from './types';
+import { LocationProcessor, LocationProcessorEmit } from './types';
 
 export class GithubReaderProcessor implements LocationProcessor {
   async readLocation(
     location: LocationSpec,
     optional: boolean,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ): Promise<boolean> {
     if (location.type !== 'github') {
       return false;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/YamlProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/YamlProcessor.ts
index 1faf77646a..6a2b5cf419 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/YamlProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/YamlProcessor.ts
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ import { Entity, LocationSpec } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import lodash from 'lodash';
 import yaml from 'yaml';
 import * as result from './results';
-import { LocationProcessor, LocationProcessorSink } from './types';
+import { LocationProcessor, LocationProcessorEmit } from './types';
 
 export class YamlProcessor implements LocationProcessor {
   async parseData(
     data: Buffer,
     location: LocationSpec,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ): Promise<boolean> {
     if (!location.target.match(/\.ya?ml$/)) {
       return false;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/types.ts
index 43e5480029..c8f3f6f482 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { LocationSpec, Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Entity, LocationSpec } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 export type LocationProcessor = {
   /**
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export type LocationProcessor = {
   readLocation?(
     location: LocationSpec,
     optional: boolean,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ): Promise<boolean>;
 
   /**
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export type LocationProcessor = {
   parseData?(
     data: Buffer,
     location: LocationSpec,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ): Promise<boolean>;
 
   /**
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export type LocationProcessor = {
   processEntity?(
     entity: Entity,
     location: LocationSpec,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ): Promise<Entity>;
 
   /**
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ export type LocationProcessor = {
   handleError?(
     error: Error,
     location: LocationSpec,
-    emit: LocationProcessorSink,
+    emit: LocationProcessorEmit,
   ): Promise<void>;
 };
 
-export type LocationProcessorSink = (
+export type LocationProcessorEmit = (
   generated: LocationProcessorResult,
 ) => void;