diff --git a/.containers/coatjava.Dockerfile b/.containers/coatjava.Dockerfile
index 513e16c0a1..869c51c089 100644
--- a/.containers/coatjava.Dockerfile
+++ b/.containers/coatjava.Dockerfile
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ ARG REF_NAME=development
 RUN java --version && cd /opt && \
     git clone https://code.jlab.org/hallb/alert/coatjava.git && cd coatjava && \
     git fetch origin && git checkout ${REF_NAME} && ./build-coatjava.sh --quiet && \
-    ./install-clara /opt/clara
+    ./bin/install-clara /opt/clara
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7e52f436a3..16c02be1e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: build
         run: |
           ./build-coatjava.sh --lfs --no-progress -T${{ env.nthreads }}
-          ./install-clara -b -c ./coatjava ./clara
+          ./bin/install-clara -b -c ./coatjava ./clara
       - name: tar # tarball to preserve permissions
         run: |
           tar czvf coatjava.tar.gz coatjava
diff --git a/install-clara b/bin/install-clara
similarity index 100%
rename from install-clara
rename to bin/install-clara
diff --git a/build-coatjava.sh b/build-coatjava.sh
index 914a1fd58f..b0f1f34017 100755
--- a/build-coatjava.sh
+++ b/build-coatjava.sh
@@ -368,6 +368,6 @@ done
 echo "installed coatjava to: $prefix_dir"
 
 # install clara
-if $installClara; then ./install-clara -c $prefix_dir $clara_home; fi
+if $installClara; then ./bin/install-clara -c $prefix_dir $clara_home; fi
 
 echo "COATJAVA SUCCESSFULLY BUILT !"
diff --git a/validation/advanced-tests/run-eb-tests.sh b/validation/advanced-tests/run-eb-tests.sh
index 43ca6e6ed4..9e64ae900b 100755
--- a/validation/advanced-tests/run-eb-tests.sh
+++ b/validation/advanced-tests/run-eb-tests.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ then
         # install clara
         if ! [ -d clara_installation ]
         then
-            ../../install-clara clara_installation
+            ../../bin/install-clara clara_installation
         fi
     fi