diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a903b946..a8ee5ad0 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 	scripts/build-man-pages.sh . *.adoc
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
-	cargo install --offline --locked --path=radicle-cli --root=debian/radicle
-	cargo install --offline --locked --path=radicle-node --root=debian/radicle
-	cargo install --offline --locked --path=radicle-remote-helper --root=debian/radicle
-	rm -f debian/*/.crates*.*
+	mkdir -p debian/radicle/usr
+	cargo install --offline --locked --path=radicle-cli --root=debian/radicle/usr
+	cargo install --offline --locked --path=radicle-node --root=debian/radicle/usr
+	cargo install --offline --locked --path=radicle-remote-helper --root=debian/radicle/usr
+	find debian/radicle -name '.crates*' -delete
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	echo tests are disabled, for now