diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a76b7ae3d..9f808b167 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -476,9 +476,9 @@ if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "SYNTAXONLY")
 else ()
    if (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "damask-grid")
        install (PROGRAMS    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/DAMASK_spectral
-                DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+                DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
    elseif (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "damask-mesh")
        install (PROGRAMS    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/DAMASK_FEM
-                DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+                DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
    endif ()
 endif ()
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 31553d88f..161d4c3ce 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ FEM: build/FEM
 .PHONY: build/grid
 build/grid:
 	@mkdir -p build/grid
-	@(cd build/grid; cmake -Wno-dev -DDAMASK_SOLVER=GRID -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DAMASK_ROOT}/bin -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILDCMD_POST=${BUILDCMD_POST} -DBUILDCMD_PRE=${BUILDCMD_PRE} -DOPTIMIZATION=${OPTIMIZATION} -DOPENMP=${OPENMP} ../../;)
+	@(cd build/grid; cmake -Wno-dev -DDAMASK_SOLVER=GRID -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DAMASK_ROOT} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILDCMD_POST=${BUILDCMD_POST} -DBUILDCMD_PRE=${BUILDCMD_PRE} -DOPTIMIZATION=${OPTIMIZATION} -DOPENMP=${OPENMP} ../../;)
 
 .PHONY: build/FEM
 build/FEM:
 	@mkdir -p build/FEM
-	@(cd build/FEM; cmake -Wno-dev -DDAMASK_SOLVER=FEM -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DAMASK_ROOT}/bin -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILDCMD_POST=${BUILDCMD_POST} -DBUILDCMD_PRE=${BUILDCMD_PRE} -DOPTIMIZATION=${OPTIMIZATION} -DOPENMP=${OPENMP} ../../;)
+	@(cd build/FEM; cmake -Wno-dev -DDAMASK_SOLVER=FEM -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DAMASK_ROOT}  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILDCMD_POST=${BUILDCMD_POST} -DBUILDCMD_PRE=${BUILDCMD_PRE} -DOPTIMIZATION=${OPTIMIZATION} -DOPENMP=${OPENMP} ../../;)
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: