diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index ee3779bc9d..2a95822a2e 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ tables, so that you can start fresh.
 8. Set up a cron job or scheduled task to run the worker once every 5-10
 minutes to pick up the recent "public" postings of your friends. Example:
 
-	cd /base/directory; /path/to/php scripts/worker.php
+	cd /base/directory; /path/to/php bin/worker.php
 
 Change "/base/directory", and "/path/to/php" as appropriate for your situation.
 
 If you are using a Linux server, run "crontab -e" and add a line like the
 one shown, substituting for your unique paths and settings:
 
-*/10 * * * *	cd /home/myname/mywebsite; /usr/bin/php scripts/worker.php
+*/10 * * * *	cd /home/myname/mywebsite; /usr/bin/php bin/worker.php
 
 You can generally find the location of PHP by executing "which php". If you
 have troubles with this section please contact your hosting provider for
@@ -293,14 +293,14 @@ cron by using something like
 
  */10 * * * * cd /var/www/friendica/friendica/ && sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php
 -d suhosin.executor.func.blacklist=none -d suhosin.executor.eval.blacklist=none
--f scripts/worker.php
+-f bin/worker.php
 
 This worked well for simple test cases, but the friendica-cron still failed with
 a fatal error:
 suhosin[22962]: ALERT - function within blacklist called: proc_open() (attacker
 'REMOTE_ADDR not set', file '/var/www/friendica/friendica/boot.php', line 1341)
 
-After a while I noticed, that scripts/worker.php calls further php script via
+After a while I noticed, that bin/worker.php calls further php script via
 proc_open. These scripts themselves also use proc_open and fail, because they
 are NOT called with -d suhosin.executor.func.blacklist=none.
 
diff --git a/bin/daemon.php b/bin/daemon.php
index b53a69e1b9..6b0e377a3a 100644
--- a/bin/daemon.php
+++ b/bin/daemon.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ while (true) {
 	set_time_limit(0);
 
 	// Call the worker
-	$cmdline = $php.' scripts/worker.php';
+	$cmdline = $php.' bin/worker.php';
 
 	$executed = false;
 
diff --git a/scripts/worker.php b/bin/worker.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 97%
rename from scripts/worker.php
rename to bin/worker.php
index 1980a21b15..67f9fed1a5
--- a/scripts/worker.php
+++ b/bin/worker.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 /**
- * @file scripts/worker.php
+ * @file bin/worker.php
  * @brief Starts the background processing
  */
 
diff --git a/doc/Install.md b/doc/Install.md
index 23232347ed..4c37ed76d1 100644
--- a/doc/Install.md
+++ b/doc/Install.md
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ You might wish to move/rename .htconfig.php to another name and empty (called 'd
 Set up a cron job or scheduled task to run the worker once every 5-10 minutes in order to perform background processing.
 Example:
 
-    cd /base/directory; /path/to/php scripts/worker.php
+    cd /base/directory; /path/to/php bin/worker.php
 
 Change "/base/directory", and "/path/to/php" as appropriate for your situation.
 
 If you are using a Linux server, run "crontab -e" and add a line like the
 one shown, substituting for your unique paths and settings:
 
-    */10 * * * * cd /home/myname/mywebsite; /usr/bin/php scripts/worker.php
+    */10 * * * * cd /home/myname/mywebsite; /usr/bin/php bin/worker.php
 
 You can generally find the location of PHP by executing "which php".
 If you run into trouble with this section please contact your hosting provider for assistance.
diff --git a/doc/de/Install.md b/doc/de/Install.md
index 916c131d61..c718804174 100644
--- a/doc/de/Install.md
+++ b/doc/de/Install.md
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ Wenn du irgendwelche **kritischen** Fehler zu diesen Zeitpunkt erhalten solltest
 
 7. Erstelle einen Cron job oder einen regelmäßigen Task, um den Poller alle 5-10 Minuten im Hintergrund ablaufen zu lassen. Beispiel:
 
-    `cd /base/directory; /path/to/php scripts/worker.php`
+    `cd /base/directory; /path/to/php bin/worker.php`
 
 Ändere "/base/directory" und "/path/to/php" auf deine Systemvorgaben.
 
 Wenn du einen Linux-Server nutzt, benutze den Befehl "crontab -e" und ergänze eine Zeile wie die Folgende; angepasst an dein System
 
-`*/10 * * * * cd /home/myname/mywebsite; /usr/bin/php scripts/worker.php`
+`*/10 * * * * cd /home/myname/mywebsite; /usr/bin/php bin/worker.php`
 
 Du kannst den PHP-Pfad finden, indem du den Befehl „which php“ ausführst.
 Wenn du Schwierigkeiten mit diesem Schritt hast, kannst du deinen Hosting-Anbieter kontaktieren.
diff --git a/src/Core/Worker.php b/src/Core/Worker.php
index 525287dd0d..9d5b75f45c 100644
--- a/src/Core/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Core/Worker.php
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ class Worker
 	 */
 	public static function spawnWorker()
 	{
-		$args = ["scripts/worker.php", "no_cron"];
+		$args = ["bin/worker.php", "no_cron"];
 		get_app()->proc_run($args);
 	}
 
diff --git a/util/vagrant_provision.sh b/util/vagrant_provision.sh
index 7ca5a1f4e3..eab125b0d8 100755
--- a/util/vagrant_provision.sh
+++ b/util/vagrant_provision.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ echo "create database friendica DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_ge
 $MYSQL -uroot -proot friendica < /vagrant/friendica_test_data.sql
 
 # create cronjob - activate if you have enough memory in you dev VM
-echo "*/10 * * * * cd /vagrant; /usr/bin/php scripts/worker.php" >> friendicacron
+echo "*/10 * * * * cd /vagrant; /usr/bin/php bin/worker.php" >> friendicacron
 sudo crontab friendicacron
 sudo rm friendicacron