diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index badace7..fd3db2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 A minimal Gtk+ GUI app for libinput-gestures
 
 Use:
-- `sudo ./install.sh` to install in /opt/gestures
+- `./make.sh; sudo ./install.sh` to install in /usr/local/bin. An alternative path for the binary can be specified as parameter to `install.sh`
 
 
 ## Video demo:
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d5ff922..4417af1 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
-./make.sh
+if ! [ $(id -u) = 0 ]; then
+   echo "This script must be run as root!"
+   exit -1
+fi
 
-mkdir /opt/gestures
-cp ./build/gestures /opt/gestures/
-sed -e 's/\/usr\/bin/\/opt\/gestures/g' -i ./build/org.cunidev.gestures.desktop 
+INSTALL="/usr/local/bin"
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+then
+      echo "Notice: Using default install path ($INSTALL)"
+else
+      INSTALL=$1
+fi
+
+cp ./build/gestures $INSTALL/gestures
+sed -e 's~/usr/bin~$INSTALL~g' -i ./build/org.cunidev.gestures.desktop 
 cp ./build/org.cunidev.gestures.desktop /usr/share/applications/
 cp ./data/org.cunidev.gestures.svg /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+
+echo "Installed to $INSTALL/gestures!"
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index de2f242..8c7a5fb 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-if [[ $EUID = 0 ]]; then
+if [ $(id -u) = 0 ]; then
    echo "Warning: This script shouldn't be run as root!"
-   echo
 fi
 
 rm -rf build