diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f4970f..391d10c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ source_dir -> artist dir -> album dir -> FLAC files
 
 # Installation
 
-flac2pod is available in the AUR as "flac2pod". If installing on a non-Arch-based distribution, follow the manual installation instructions:
+flac2pod is available in the AUR as "flac2pod".
 
-- copy the contents of https://github.com/rwinkhart/flac2pod/blob/master/bin/ to your /usr/bin/
-- install flac, python-mutagen, ffmpeg, and screen
-- start converting
+If installing on a non-Arch-based distribution, a generic package is available on the releases page.
diff --git a/bin/flac2pod-flacgain b/lib/flac2pod-flacgain.py
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/flac2pod-flacgain
rename to lib/flac2pod-flacgain.py
diff --git a/bin/flac2pod b/lib/flac2pod.py
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/flac2pod
rename to lib/flac2pod.py
diff --git a/package.sh b/package.sh
index 786fbb0..46a5ff9 100755
--- a/package.sh
+++ b/package.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# This script packages flac2pod (from source) for Arch Linux.
+echo -e '\n\nthe value entered in this field will only affect the version reported to the package manager - the latest source is used regardless\n'
+read -r -p "version number: " version
+read -r -p "revision number: " revision
 
-echo -e '\n\nThe value entered in this field will only affect the version reported to the package manager. The latest source is used regardless.\n'
-read -r -p "Version number: " version
-read -r -p "Revision number: " revision
-
-echo -e '\nOptions (please enter the number only):'
-echo -e '\n1. GitHub Release Tag\n2. Local\n'
-read -r -p "Source (for build scripts): " source
+echo -e '\noptions (please enter the number only):'
+echo -e '\n1. gitHub release tag\n2. local\n'
+read -r -p "source (for build scripts): " source
 
 if [ "$source" == "1" ]; then
     source='https://github.com/rwinkhart/flac2pod/releases/download/v$pkgver/flac2pod-$pkgver.tar.xz'
@@ -16,22 +14,22 @@ else
     source=local://flac2pod-"$version".tar.xz
 fi
 
-
-# Archive creation
-echo -e '\nPackaging as generic...\n'
-mkdir -p packages/archtemp/usr
-cp -r bin packages/archtemp/usr/
-cp -r share packages/archtemp/usr/
-tar -C packages/archtemp -cvf packages/flac2pod-"$version".tar.xz usr/
-rm -rf packages/archtemp
-sha512="$(sha512sum packages/flac2pod-"$version".tar.xz | awk '{print $1;}')"
+# generic packaging
+echo -e '\npackaging as generic...\n'
+mkdir -p output/generictemp/usr/lib/flac2pod
+cp -r lib/. output/generictemp/usr/lib/flac2pod/
+ln -s /usr/lib/flac2pod/flac2pod.py output/generictemp/usr/bin/flac2pod
+ln -s /usr/lib/flac2pod/flac2pod-flacgain.py output/generictemp/usr/bin/flac2pod-flacgain
+cp -r share output/generictemp/usr/
+tar -C output/generictemp -cvJf output/flac2pod-"$version".tar.xz usr/
+rm -rf output/generictemp
+sha512="$(sha512sum output/flac2pod-"$version".tar.xz | awk '{print $1;}')"
 echo -e "\nsha512 sum:\n$sha512"
-echo -e "\nGeneric packaging complete.\n"
+echo -e "\ngeneric packaging complete\n"
 
 # PKGBUILD creation
-echo -e '\nGenerating PKGBUILD...'
+echo -e '\ngenerating PKGBUILD...'
 echo "# Maintainer: Randall Winkhart <idgr at tutanota dot com>
-
 pkgname=flac2pod
 pkgver="$version"
 pkgrel="$revision"
@@ -40,14 +38,11 @@ url='https://github.com/rwinkhart/flac2pod'
 arch=('any')
 license=('GPL2')
 depends=(ffmpeg flac python python-mutagen screen)
-
 source=(\""$source"\")
 sha512sums=('"$sha512"')
 
 package() {
-
     tar xf flac2pod-"\"\$pkgver\"".tar.xz -C "\"\${pkgdir}\""
-
 }
-" > packages/PKGBUILD
-    echo -e "\nPKGBUILD generated.\n"
+" > output/PKGBUILD
+    echo -e "\nPKGBUILD generated\n"