diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/__init__.py
similarity index 81%
rename from pkgs/clan-cli/clan.py
rename to pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/__init__.py
index 45261fb..77d969f 100755
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/__init__.py
@@ -2,25 +2,28 @@
 import argparse
 import sys
 
+from . import admin
+
 has_argcomplete = True
 try:
     import argcomplete
 except ImportError:
     has_argcomplete = False
 
-import clan_admin
-
 
 # this will be the entrypoint under /bin/clan (see pyproject.toml config)
-def clan() -> None:
+def main() -> None:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="cLAN tool")
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
 
-    # init clan admin
     parser_admin = subparsers.add_parser("admin")
-    clan_admin.make_parser(parser_admin)
+    admin.register_parser(parser_admin)
     if has_argcomplete:
         argcomplete.autocomplete(parser)
     parser.parse_args()
     if len(sys.argv) == 1:
         parser.print_help()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_admin.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/admin.py
similarity index 82%
rename from pkgs/clan-cli/clan_admin.py
rename to pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/admin.py
index 7b216fc..bf438f8 100755
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_admin.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/admin.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def edit(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
         )
 
 
-def rebuild(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None: # pragma: no cover
+def rebuild(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
     # TODO get clients from zerotier cli?
     if args.host:
         print(f"would redeploy {args.host} from clan {args.folder}")
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def rebuild(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None: # pragma: no cover
         print(f"would redeploy all hosts from clan {args.folder}")
 
 
-def destroy(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None: # pragma: no cover
+def destroy(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
     # TODO get clan folder & hosts from somwhere (maybe ~/.config/clan/$name /)
     # send some kind of kill signal, then remove the folder
     if args.yes:
@@ -53,24 +53,26 @@ def destroy(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None: # pragma: no cover
         )
 
 
-def backup(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None: # pragma: no cover
+def backup(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
     if args.host:
         print(f"would backup {args.host} from clan {args.folder}")
     else:
         print(f"would backup all hosts from clan {args.folder}")
 
 
-def git(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None: # pragma: no cover
+def git(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
     subprocess.Popen(
         [
             "git",
             "-C",
             args.folder,
-        ] + args.git_args
+        ]
+        + args.git_args
     )
 
+
 # takes a (sub)parser and configures it
-def make_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
+def register_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     parser.add_argument(
         "-f",
         "--folder",
@@ -107,7 +109,8 @@ def make_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     parser_destroy.set_defaults(func=destroy)
 
     parser_backup = subparser.add_parser(
-        "backup", help="backup all the state of all machines in a clan or just a single one"
+        "backup",
+        help="backup all the state of all machines in a clan or just a single one",
     )
     parser_backup.add_argument(
         "--host", help="specify single host to rebuild", default=None
@@ -117,13 +120,3 @@ def make_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     parser_git = subparser.add_parser("git", help="control the clan repo via git")
     parser_git.add_argument("git_args", nargs="*")
     parser_git.set_defaults(func=git)
-
-
-def clan_admin() -> None: # pragma: no cover
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="clan-admin")
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    args.func(args)
-
-# entry point if this file is executed directly
-if __name__ == "__main__": # pragma: no cover
-    clan_admin()
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/pyproject.toml b/pkgs/clan-cli/pyproject.toml
index 33d3eb4..f763cdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@
 requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-include = ["clan.py"]
-
 [project]
 name = "clan"
 description = "cLAN CLI tool"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-scripts = {clan = "clan:clan"}
+scripts = {clan = "clan_cli:main"}
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "--cov . --cov-report term --cov-fail-under=100 --no-cov-on-fail"
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_clan_admin.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_clan_admin.py
index 4440242..a2e35ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_clan_admin.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_clan_admin.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def test_make_parser():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     clan_admin.make_parser(parser)
 
+
 # using fp fixture from pytest-subprocess
 def test_create(fp):
     cmd = ["nix", "flake", "init", "-t", fp.any()]
@@ -14,4 +15,3 @@ def test_create(fp):
     args = argparse.Namespace(folder="./my-clan")
     clan_admin.create(args)
     assert fp.call_count(cmd) == 1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_cli.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_cli.py
index 94d94cc..d9213dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 
-import pytest
-
 import clan
+import pytest
 
 
 def test_no_args(capsys):