diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 01fe65d118..2a95822a2e 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ OR
 
 	git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica [web server folder]
 	cd [web server folder]
-	php util/composer.phar install
+	php bin/composer.phar install
 
 3. Create an empty database and note the access details (hostname, username,
 password, database name).
@@ -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/scripts/auth_ejabberd.php b/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 89%
rename from scripts/auth_ejabberd.php
rename to bin/auth_ejabberd.php
index 32aa30898c..06d8488df8
--- a/scripts/auth_ejabberd.php
+++ b/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
  * Installation:
  *
  * 	- Change it's owner to whichever user is running the server, ie. ejabberd
- * 	  $ chown ejabberd:ejabberd /path/to/friendica/scripts/auth_ejabberd.php
+ * 	  $ chown ejabberd:ejabberd /path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
  *
  * 	- Change the access mode so it is readable only to the user ejabberd and has exec
- * 	  $ chmod 700 /path/to/friendica/scripts/auth_ejabberd.php
+ * 	  $ chmod 700 /path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
  *
  * 	- Edit your ejabberd.cfg file, comment out your auth_method and add:
  * 	  {auth_method, external}.
- * 	  {extauth_program, "/path/to/friendica/script/auth_ejabberd.php"}.
+ * 	  {extauth_program, "/path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php"}.
  *
  * 	- Restart your ejabberd service, you should be able to login with your friendica auth info
  *
diff --git a/util/composer.phar b/bin/composer.phar
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from util/composer.phar
rename to bin/composer.phar
diff --git a/scripts/daemon.php b/bin/daemon.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 97%
rename from scripts/daemon.php
rename to bin/daemon.php
index a9b8d1d262..6b0e377a3a
--- a/scripts/daemon.php
+++ b/bin/daemon.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 /**
- * @file scripts/daemon.php
+ * @file bin/daemon.php
  * @brief Run the worker from a daemon.
  *
  * This script was taken from http://php.net/manual/en/function.pcntl-fork.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/util/run_xgettext.sh b/bin/run_xgettext.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from util/run_xgettext.sh
rename to bin/run_xgettext.sh
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/Composer.md b/doc/Composer.md
index 41fc2aca37..306d0fa89d 100644
--- a/doc/Composer.md
+++ b/doc/Composer.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ It's a command-line tool that downloads required libraries into the `vendor` fol
 
 ## How to use Composer
 
-If you don't have Composer installed on your system, Friendica ships with a copy of it at `util/composer.phar`.
+If you don't have Composer installed on your system, Friendica ships with a copy of it at `bin/composer.phar`.
 For the purpose of this help, all examples will use this path to run Composer commands, however feel free to replace them with your own way of calling Composer.
 Composer requires PHP CLI and the following examples assume it's available system-wide.
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Here are the typical commands you will have to run to do so:
 ````
 ~> git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git friendica
 ~/friendica> cd friendica
-~/friendica> util/composer.phar install
+~/friendica> bin/composer.phar install
 ````
 
 That's it! Composer will take care of fetching all the required libraries in the `vendor` folder and build the autoloader to make those libraries available to Friendica.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Updating Friendica to the current stable or the latest develop version is easy w
 ````
 ~> cd friendica
 ~/friendica> git pull
-~/friendica> util/composer.phar install
+~/friendica> bin/composer.phar install
 ````
 
 And that's it. If any library used by Friendica has been upgraded, Composer will fetch the version currently used by Friendica and refresh the autoloader to ensure the best performances.
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ Or you can specify the exact version of the library if you code requires it, and
 
 To add a library, just add its Packagist identifier to the `require` list and set a target version string.
 
-Then you should run `util/composer.phar update` to add it to your local `vendor` folder and update the `composer.lock` file that specifies the current versions of the dependencies.
+Then you should run `bin/composer.phar update` to add it to your local `vendor` folder and update the `composer.lock` file that specifies the current versions of the dependencies.
 
 #### Updating an existing dependency
 
 If a package needs to be updated, whether to the next minor version or to the next major version provided you changed the adequate code in Friendica, simply edit `composer.json` to update the target version string of the relevant library.
 
-Then you should run `util/composer.phar update` to update it in your local `vendor` folder and update the `composer.lock` file that specifies the current versions of the dependencies.
+Then you should run `bin/composer.phar update` to update it in your local `vendor` folder and update the `composer.lock` file that specifies the current versions of the dependencies.
 
 Please note that you should commit both `composer.json` and `composer.lock` with your work every time you make a change to the former.
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ This is because `sudo` doesn't always change the `HOME` environment variable, wh
 However, you can temporarily change environment variable for the execution of a single command.
 For Composer, this would be:
 ````
-$> COMPOSER_HOME=/var/tmp/composer sudo -u [web user] util/composer.phar [mode]
+$> COMPOSER_HOME=/var/tmp/composer sudo -u [web user] bin/composer.phar [mode]
 ````
 
 ## Related
diff --git a/doc/Developers-Intro.md b/doc/Developers-Intro.md
index f0591cddcb..53aacafb46 100644
--- a/doc/Developers-Intro.md
+++ b/doc/Developers-Intro.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ If you want to have git automatically update the dependencies with composer, you
     }
     # `composer install` if the `composer.lock` file gets changed
     # to update all the php dependencies
-    check_run composer.lock "util/composer.phar install --no-dev"
+    check_run composer.lock "bin/composer.phar install --no-dev"
 
 just place it into `.git/hooks/post-merge` and make it executable.
 
diff --git a/doc/Github.md b/doc/Github.md
index 0145a85f8f..92bcfe1667 100644
--- a/doc/Github.md
+++ b/doc/Github.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Introduction to the workflow with our GitHub repository
 3. Fork the Friendica repository from [https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git](https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git).
 4. Clone your fork from your GitHub account to your machine.
 Follow the instructions provided here: [http://help.github.com/fork-a-repo/](http://help.github.com/fork-a-repo/) to create and use your own tracking fork on GitHub
-5. Run `util/composer.phar install` in Friendica's folder.
+5. Run `bin/composer.phar install` in Friendica's folder.
 6. Commit your changes to your fork.
 Then go to your GitHub page and create a "Pull request" to notify us to merge your work.
 
diff --git a/doc/Install.md b/doc/Install.md
index c9fc4e6031..4c37ed76d1 100644
--- a/doc/Install.md
+++ b/doc/Install.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The Linux commands to clone the repository into a directory "mywebsite" would be
 
     git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git mywebsite
     cd mywebsite
-    util/composer.phar install
+    bin/composer.phar install
 
 Make sure the folder *view/smarty3* exists and is writable by the webserver user
 
@@ -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/Update.md b/doc/Update.md
index 57d29bae4d..9e9324da94 100644
--- a/doc/Update.md
+++ b/doc/Update.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ You can get the latest changes at any time with
 
     cd path/to/friendica
     git pull
-    util/composer.phar install
+    bin/composer.phar install
 
 The addon tree has to be updated separately like so:
 
diff --git a/doc/de/Install.md b/doc/de/Install.md
index 8c7c72cfc0..c718804174 100644
--- a/doc/de/Install.md
+++ b/doc/de/Install.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Wir planen, diese Einschränkung in einer zukünftigen Version zu beheben.
 
         `cd meinewebseite`
         `git pull`
-        `util/composer.phar install`
+        `bin/composer.phar install`
 
     - Addons installieren
         - zunächst solltest du **in** deinem Webseitenordner sein
@@ -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/doc/install-ejabberd.md b/doc/install-ejabberd.md
index 8f95069e63..dbdc0b975d 100644
--- a/doc/install-ejabberd.md
+++ b/doc/install-ejabberd.md
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ Installation
 
 - Change it's owner to whichever user is running the server, ie. ejabberd
 
-        $ chown ejabberd:ejabberd /path/to/friendica/include/auth_ejabberd.php
+        $ chown ejabberd:ejabberd /path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
 
 - Change the access mode so it is readable only to the user ejabberd and has exec
 
-        $ chmod 700 /path/to/friendica/include/auth_ejabberd.php
+        $ chmod 700 /path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
 
 - Edit your ejabberd.cfg file, comment out your auth_method and add:
 
         {auth_method, external}.
-        {extauth_program, "/path/to/friendica/include/auth_ejabberd.php"}.
+        {extauth_program, "/path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php"}.
 
 - Disable the module "mod_register" and disable the registration:
 
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/src/Util/ExAuth.php b/src/Util/ExAuth.php
index a6851c3852..d4436e32af 100644
--- a/src/Util/ExAuth.php
+++ b/src/Util/ExAuth.php
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
  * Installation:
  *
  * 	- Change it's owner to whichever user is running the server, ie. ejabberd
- * 	  $ chown ejabberd:ejabberd /path/to/friendica/scripts/auth_ejabberd.php
+ * 	  $ chown ejabberd:ejabberd /path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
  *
  * 	- Change the access mode so it is readable only to the user ejabberd and has exec
- * 	  $ chmod 700 /path/to/friendica/scripts/auth_ejabberd.php
+ * 	  $ chmod 700 /path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php
  *
  * 	- Edit your ejabberd.cfg file, comment out your auth_method and add:
  * 	  {auth_method, external}.
- * 	  {extauth_program, "/path/to/friendica/script/auth_ejabberd.php"}.
+ * 	  {extauth_program, "/path/to/friendica/bin/auth_ejabberd.php"}.
  *
  * 	- Restart your ejabberd service, you should be able to login with your friendica auth info
  *
diff --git a/util/README b/util/README
index 33bfb9e119..82e9532d8e 100644
--- a/util/README
+++ b/util/README
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ More info at http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/gettext/Plural-forms.html
 
 Xgettext and .po workflow
 
-1. Run util/run_xgettext.sh script (on *unix sistems, with GNU xgettext installed)
+1. Run bin/run_xgettext.sh script (on *unix sistems, with GNU xgettext installed)
 	This script runs xgettext on source tree, extracting strings from L10n::t() and L10n::tt()
 	functions, and creates a util/messages.po file.
 
-	$ cd util; ./run_xgettext.sh
+	$ cd bin; ./run_xgettext.sh
 
 2. copy util/messages.po to view/lang/<language>/messages.po
 	Replace <language> with the language you are working on - e.g. 'es', 'fr', 'de', etc.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Xgettext and .po workflow
  	to create the strings.php file
 
 When strings are added or modified in source, you could run
-	$ cd util; ./run_xgettext.sh ../view/lang/<language>/messages.po
+	$ cd bin; ./run_xgettext.sh ../view/lang/<language>/messages.po
 	to extract strings from source files and join them with the existing .po file:
 	new strings are added, the existing are not overwritten.
 
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