diff --git a/.github/actions/linux-install.sh b/.github/actions/linux-install.sh
index df99f913..6a344fba 100755
--- a/.github/actions/linux-install.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/linux-install.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 export distpath="dist/"
-export gampath="${distpath}"
+export gampath="${distpath}gam"
 rm -rf $gampath
 #mkdir -p $gampath
 #export gampath=$(readlink -e $gampath)
 $pip install wheel
-$python -OO -m PyInstaller --clean --noupx --strip --distpath $distpath gam.spec
+$python -OO -m PyInstaller --clean --noupx --strip --distpath $gampath gam.spec
 export gam="${gampath}/gam"
 export GAMVERSION=`$gam version simple`
 cp LICENSE $gampath
diff --git a/.github/actions/macos-install.sh b/.github/actions/macos-install.sh
index 3e7e7d32..cba08b8e 100755
--- a/.github/actions/macos-install.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/macos-install.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ echo $macver
 echo "Xcode version:"
 xcodebuild -version
 export distpath="dist/"
-export gampath="${distpath}"
+export gampath="${distpath}gam"
 rm -rf $gampath
 export specfile="gam.spec"
 if [ "$macver" == "10.15.7" ]; then
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ "$macver" == "10.15.7" ]; then
 else
 	youtoo=""
 fi
-$python -OO -m PyInstaller --clean --noupx --strip --distpath "${distpath}" $youtoo "${specfile}"
+$python -OO -m PyInstaller --clean --noupx --strip --distpath "${gampath}" $youtoo "${specfile}"
 export gam="${gampath}/gam"
 $gam version extended
 export GAMVERSION=`$gam version simple`
diff --git a/.github/actions/windows-install.sh b/.github/actions/windows-install.sh
index b0daacb2..ec20552c 100755
--- a/.github/actions/windows-install.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/windows-install.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ elif [[ "$PLATFORM" == "x86" ]]; then
 fi
 echo "compiling GAM with pyinstaller..."
 export distpath="dist/"
-export gampath="${distpath}"
+export gampath="${distpath}gam"
 rm -rf $gampath
 #mkdir -p $gampath
 #export gampath=$(readlink -e $gampath)
-pyinstaller --clean --noupx --distpath $distpath gam.spec
+pyinstaller --clean --noupx --distpath $gampath gam.spec
 export gam="${gampath}/gam"
 echo "running compiled GAM..."
 $gam version