diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a9c5fa83e..78d63117e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -467,4 +467,3 @@ message ("Fortran Linker Command:\n${CMAKE_Fortran_LINK_EXECUTABLE}\n")
 
 # location of code
 add_subdirectory (src)
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ff120873..736db112a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "damask-grid")
 
       if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "SYNTAXONLY")
         add_executable(DAMASK_spectral ${sources})
-        install (TARGETS DAMASK_spectral RUNTIME)
+        install (TARGETS DAMASK_spectral RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
       else()
         add_library(DAMASK_spectral OBJECT ${sources})
         exec_program (mktemp OUTPUT_VARIABLE nothing)
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ elseif (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "damask-mesh")
       list(FILTER sources EXCLUDE REGEX ".*mesh_grid.*\\.f90")
 
       add_executable(DAMASK_FEM ${sources})
-      install (TARGETS DAMASK_FEM RUNTIME)
+      install (TARGETS DAMASK_FEM RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
       
 endif()