diff --git a/build-ninja.sh b/build-ninja.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 34e1265..0000000
--- a/build-ninja.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-set -e
-
-echo build files will be placed in ./build
-./third-party/premake5/premake5 premake-ninja
-ninja $1 -C build
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a406ee7..0000000
--- a/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-set -e
-
-echo build files will be placed in ./build
-./third-party/premake5/premake5 gmake2
-make -C build config=$1
diff --git a/clean-ninja.sh b/clean-ninja.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index eb7b714..0000000
--- a/clean-ninja.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-if [ -z "$1" ] || [ $# -eq 0 ]
-  then
-    ninja -C build -t clean
-  else 
-   ninja -C build -t clean $1
-fi
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diff --git a/clean.sh b/clean.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d61a789..0000000
--- a/clean.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-if [ -z "$1" ] || [ $# -eq 0 ]
-  then
-    make -C build config=Debug clean && make config=Release clean
-  else 
-   make -C build config=$1 clean
-fi
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diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 37d3189..0000000
--- a/run.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-./bin/$1-linux-x86_64/snake
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diff --git a/Create-Solution.bat b/scripts/Create-Solution.bat
similarity index 53%
rename from Create-Solution.bat
rename to scripts/Create-Solution.bat
index 4b14c6d..e1a205e 100644
--- a/Create-Solution.bat
+++ b/scripts/Create-Solution.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 @ECHO OFF
 ECHO Project files will be written to ./build
-.\third-party\premake5\premake5.exe vs2022
+..\third-party\premake5\premake5.exe vs2022
 PAUSE
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diff --git a/scripts/build-ninja.sh b/scripts/build-ninja.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c28bc32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-ninja.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+set -e
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+echo build files will be placed in /build
+../third-party/premake5/premake5 premake-ninja && ninja $1 -C ../build
+
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d46c29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+set -e
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+echo build files will be placed in ./build
+./third-party/premake5/premake5 gmake2 && make -C ../build config=$1
diff --git a/scripts/clean-ninja.sh b/scripts/clean-ninja.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0078286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/clean-ninja.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] || [ $# -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    ninja -C ../build -t clean
+  else 
+   ninja -C ../build -t clean $1
+fi
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diff --git a/scripts/clean.sh b/scripts/clean.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4095c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] || [ $# -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    make -C ../build config=Debug clean && make -C ../build config=Release clean
+  else 
+   make -C ../build config=$1 clean
+fi
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diff --git a/ecc.sh b/scripts/ecc.sh
similarity index 63%
rename from ecc.sh
rename to scripts/ecc.sh
index 555ded6..fc4a4bc 100755
--- a/ecc.sh
+++ b/scripts/ecc.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
 if [ -z "$1" ] || [ $# -eq 0 ]
   then
 		./third-party/premake5/premake5 --config=Debug ecc
diff --git a/premake5.lua b/scripts/premake5.lua
similarity index 84%
rename from premake5.lua
rename to scripts/premake5.lua
index 458bd78..c0061a8 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/scripts/premake5.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "ecc/ecc"
 require "ninja/ninja"
 
-package.path = package.path .. ";third-party/premake-scripts/?.lua"
+package.path = package.path .. ";../third-party/premake-scripts/?.lua"
 
 local ogg = require("build-ogg")
 local sfml = require("build-sfml")
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ local imguisfml = require("build-imgui-sfml")
 
 local snake = require("project")
 
+local rootdir = "../"
+
 workspace "snake"
 	architecture "x64"
 	startproject"snake"
 	configurations{"Debug", "Release"}
-	location "build"
+	location (rootdir .. "build")
 
 	filter"system:linux"
 		staticruntime"Off"
@@ -32,9 +34,9 @@ workspace "snake"
 
 
 	output_dir = "%{cfg.buildcfg}-%{cfg.system}-%{cfg.architecture}"
-	intdir = "intermediate-files/"
-	bindir = "bin/" .. output_dir
-	liboutdir = "lib/" .. output_dir
+	intdir = rootdir .. "intermediate-files/"
+	bindir = rootdir .. "bin/" .. output_dir
+	liboutdir = rootdir.. "lib/" .. output_dir
 
 	externalwarnings "Off"
 
diff --git a/project.lua b/scripts/project.lua
similarity index 69%
rename from project.lua
rename to scripts/project.lua
index f5051e5..c5b0e0e 100644
--- a/project.lua
+++ b/scripts/project.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 local m = {}
 
-local scriptdir = path.getabsolute(path.getdirectory(_SCRIPT))
+local rootdir = path.join(path.getabsolute(path.getdirectory(_SCRIPT)), "../")
 
-package.path = package.path .. ";third-party/premake-scripts/?.lua"
+package.path = package.path .. ";../third-party/premake-scripts/?.lua"
 
 local sfml = require("build-sfml")
 local imgui = require("build-imgui")
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ project "snake"
     kind "WindowedApp"
     targetname "snake"
     targetdir (bindir)
-    debugdir (scriptdir)
+    debugdir (rootdir)
     objdir (intdir)
 
     -- link order matters on GCC/Clang
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ project "snake"
 
     includedirs
     {
-        path.join(scriptdir, "src"),
-        path.join(scriptdir, "include"),
+        path.join(rootdir, "src"),
+        path.join(rootdir, "include"),
     }
 
     files
     {
-        path.join(scriptdir, "src/**.cpp"),
-        path.join(scriptdir, "include/**.h"),
-        path.join(scriptdir, "include/**.hpp"),
+        path.join(rootdir, "src/**.cpp"),
+        path.join(rootdir, "include/**.h"),
+        path.join(rootdir, "include/**.hpp"),
     }
 
     --windows specific settings--
diff --git a/scripts/run.sh b/scripts/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1440b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+../bin/$1-linux-x86_64/snake
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