diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 191bfd0d..cc458179 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ To install Cuttlefish from the source, you may use the following:
 ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/COMBINE-lab/cuttlefish.git
   cd cuttlefish && mkdir build && cd build
-  cmake ..
+  cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../ ..
   make -j 8 install
   cd ..
 ```
 
-You may replace `8` in `make -j 8 install` with the preferred count for threads to use in the installation process.
+You may replace `8` in `make -j 8` with the preferred count for threads to use in the installation process.
 
-This compilation process installs Cuttlefish in a default sub-directory named `bin`, inside the project root directory. To specify a different installation directory, its path may be passed as the value of `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` with the `cmake` command, i.e. you may use `cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=custome-path/ ..` .
+This compilation process installs Cuttlefish in a sub-directory named `bin`, inside the project root directory. To specify a different installation directory, its path may be passed as the value of `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` with the `cmake` command, i.e. you may use `cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=custom_path/ ..` . Then the installed Cuttlefish executable will be found in `custom_path/bin/`. Skipping `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` entirely will install Cuttlefish in `/usr/local/bin`, for which `sudo` access might be required (i.e. `sudo make -j 8 install`).
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f68ee3e3..e9dbf75a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,21 +65,11 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE core)
 target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${WARNING_FLAGS} ${SUPPRESS_WARNING_FLAGS} ${OPTIMIZE_FLAGS})
 
 
-# Set the parent directory for the target binaries inside the "installation directory". The
-# installation directory is set to `/usr/local` by default. If it's set there, i.e. the user
-# have not passed any other value for such, then the parent installation directory is set to
-# a default (`bin`) directory at the top level of the source tree. To specify a different parent
-# installation directory, pass its path as the value of the `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` with the
-# `cmake` command.
-
-set(DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)        # Set our default installation directory as a `bin` directory inside the top level of the source tree.
-set(INSTALL_DIR .)      # Set the installation directory to what CMake has recieved, i.e. either the system default or the user-provided one.
-if(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT) # If it's set to the system default, then set it to our defined default directory.
-        set(INSTALL_DIR ${DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR})
-endif()
-
+# Set the installation directory. The parent directory is `/usr/local/` by default, and the
+# user may set it to a different path by passing a value for `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`. The target
+# executable is installed inside a sub-directory named `bin` within the parent directory.
 install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
-        DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DIR}
+        DESTINATION bin
         )