diff --git a/index.js b/bin/uniprot.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 98%
rename from index.js
rename to bin/uniprot.js
index 293bd307..6918d6ad
--- a/index.js
+++ b/bin/uniprot.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
 import { Option, program } from 'commander';
 import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e07702f5..fec1e02a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
   "name": "unipept-cli",
   "version": "4.0.0",
   "description": "Command line interface to the Unipept web services",
-  "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "git@github.com:unipept/unipept-cli.git",
   "author": "Bart Mesuere <Bart.Mesuere@UGent.be>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "private": false,
   "type": "module",
+  "bin": {
+    "uniprot": "./bin/uniprot.js"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "commander": "^12.1.0"
   }