diff --git a/src/common/clib-package.c b/src/common/clib-package.c
index f047c0e9..b74f4529 100755
--- a/src/common/clib-package.c
+++ b/src/common/clib-package.c
@@ -1096,8 +1096,11 @@ static void set_prefix(clib_package_t *pkg, long path_max) {
   }
 }
 
-int clib_package_install_executable(clib_package_t *pkg, const char *dir,
-                                    int verbose) {
+int clib_package_install_executable(
+  clib_package_t *pkg,
+  const char *dir,
+  int verbose
+) {
 #ifdef PATH_MAX
   long path_max = PATH_MAX;
 #elif defined(_PC_PATH_MAX)
@@ -1207,9 +1210,30 @@ int clib_package_install_executable(clib_package_t *pkg, const char *dir,
       goto cleanup;
   }
 
-  if (!opts.global && pkg->makefile) {
-    E_FORMAT(&command, "cp -fr %s/%s/%s %s", dir_path, pkg->name,
-             basename(pkg->makefile), unpack_dir);
+  if (!opts.global) {
+    if (pkg->makefile) {
+      E_FORMAT(&command,
+        "cp -fr %s/%s/%s %s",
+        dir_path,
+        pkg->name,
+        basename(pkg->makefile),
+        unpack_dir
+      );
+
+      rc = system(command);
+      if (0 != rc) {
+        goto cleanup;
+      }
+
+      free(command);
+    }
+
+    E_FORMAT(&command,
+      "cp -rf %s/* %s/%s",
+      unpack_dir,
+      dir_path,
+      pkg->name
+    );
 
     rc = system(command);
     if (0 != rc) {
diff --git a/test/cache/cache-test.c b/test/cache/cache-test.c
index bb2a42aa..287aa634 100644
--- a/test/cache/cache-test.c
+++ b/test/cache/cache-test.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static void assert_cached_file(char *pkg_dir, char *file) {
 static void assert_cached_files(char *pkg_dir) {
   assert_cached_file(pkg_dir, "copy.c");
   assert_cached_file(pkg_dir, "copy.h");
-  assert_cached_file(pkg_dir, "package.json");
+  assert_cached_file(pkg_dir, "clib.json");
 }
 
 int main() {
diff --git a/test/data/test-save-package.json b/test/data/test-save-clib.json
similarity index 100%
rename from test/data/test-save-package.json
rename to test/data/test-save-clib.json
diff --git a/test/install-binary-dependencies.sh b/test/install-binary-dependencies.sh
index 458e00b6..96056ca4 100755
--- a/test/install-binary-dependencies.sh
+++ b/test/install-binary-dependencies.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+mkdir -p tmp/bin
+
 clib install -c stephenmathieson/tabs-to-spaces@1.0.0 -P tmp > /dev/null || {
   echo >&2 "Failed to install stephenmathieson/tabs-to-spaces"
   exit 1
 }
+
 command -v tmp/bin/t2s >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
   echo >&2 "Failed to put t2s on path"
   exit 1
 }
+
+rm -rf deps/tabs-to-spaces
diff --git a/test/install-deps-from-package-json.sh b/test/install-deps-from-clib-json.sh
similarity index 93%
rename from test/install-deps-from-package-json.sh
rename to test/install-deps-from-clib-json.sh
index e32e13e6..8da47da0 100755
--- a/test/install-deps-from-package-json.sh
+++ b/test/install-deps-from-clib-json.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mkdir -p tmp
 cd tmp || exit
 
 # see https://github.com/clibs/clib/issues/45
-cat > package.json << EOF
+cat > clib.json << EOF
 {
   "dependencies": {
     "linenoise": "*",
diff --git a/test/install-save.sh b/test/install-save.sh
index 4534fe2e..213edfdc 100755
--- a/test/install-save.sh
+++ b/test/install-save.sh
@@ -1,30 +1,34 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+root="$(pwd)"
 mkdir -p tmp/test-save
-cp test/data/test-save-package.json tmp/test-save/package.json
+mkdir -p tmp/bin
+cp test/data/test-save-clib.json tmp/test-save/clib.json
 
 cd tmp/test-save || exit
-../../clib-install -c --save stephenmathieson/tabs-to-spaces@1.0.0 >/dev/null
-../../clib-install -c -S darthtrevino/str-concat@0.0.2 >/dev/null
-../../clib-install -c --save-dev jwerle/fs.c@0.1.1 >/dev/null
-../../clib-install -c -D clibs/parson@1.0.2 >/dev/null
-cd - || exit
+../../clib-install --prefix "$root/tmp" -c --save stephenmathieson/tabs-to-spaces@1.0.0 >/dev/null
+../../clib-install --prefix "$root/tmp" -c -S darthtrevino/str-concat@0.0.2 >/dev/null
+../../clib-install --prefix "$root/tmp" -c --save-dev jwerle/fs.c@0.1.1 >/dev/null
+../../clib-install --prefix "$root/tmp" -c -D clibs/parson@1.0.2 >/dev/null
+cd - >/dev/null || exit
 
-if ! grep --quiet "stephenmathieson/tabs-to-spaces" tmp/test-save/package.json; then
-  echo >&2 "Failed to find stephenmathieson/tabs-to-spaces saved in package.json"
+if ! grep --quiet "stephenmathieson/tabs-to-spaces" tmp/test-save/clib.json; then
+  echo >&2 "Failed to find stephenmathieson/tabs-to-spaces saved in clib.json"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if ! grep --quiet "darthtrevino/str-concat" tmp/test-save/package.json; then
-  echo >&2 "Failed to find darthtrevino/strconcat saved in package.json"
+if ! grep --quiet "darthtrevino/str-concat" tmp/test-save/clib.json; then
+  echo >&2 "Failed to find darthtrevino/strconcat saved in clib.json"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if ! grep --quiet "jwerle/fs.c" tmp/test-save/package.json; then
-  echo >&2 "Failed to find jwerle/fs.c saved in package.json"
+if ! grep --quiet "jwerle/fs.c" tmp/test-save/clib.json; then
+  echo >&2 "Failed to find jwerle/fs.c saved in clib.json"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if ! grep --quiet "clibs/parson" tmp/test-save/package.json; then
-  echo >&2 "Failed to find clibs/parson saved in package.json"
+if ! grep --quiet "clibs/parson" tmp/test-save/clib.json; then
+  echo >&2 "Failed to find clibs/parson saved in clib.json"
   exit 1
 fi
+
+rm -rf "$root/deps/tabs-to-spaces"
diff --git a/test/uninstall.sh b/test/uninstall.sh
index 8cc78d8e..c2f5ebe9 100755
--- a/test/uninstall.sh
+++ b/test/uninstall.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ clib uninstall stephenmathieson/tabs-to-spaces -P tmp
 
 # ensure the un-installation worked
 command -v tmp/bin/t2s >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
+  rm -rf deps/tabs-to-spaces
   exit 0
 }