diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 49861573b..bb87f3a7a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(R_lib)
 add_subdirectory(data)
 add_subdirectory(app)
-add_subdirectory(bench/dolo_diffu_inner)
+add_subdirectory(bench)
 
 # as tug will also pull in doctest as a dependency
 set(TUG_ENABLE_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
diff --git a/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a891897c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+add_subdirectory(dolo_diffu_inner)
+add_subdirectory(surfex)
+add_subdirectory(barite)
diff --git a/bench/barite/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/barite/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29982a1e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/barite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+install(FILES
+    barite.R
+    barite.pqi
+    db_barite.dat
+DESTINATION
+    share/poet/bench/barite
+)
diff --git a/bench/barite/barite.R b/bench/barite/barite.R
index 19ac896b7..1a215f467 100644
--- a/bench/barite/barite.R
+++ b/bench/barite/barite.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-## Time-stamp: "Last modified 2023-04-11 14:29:51 delucia"
+## Time-stamp: "Last modified 2023-04-13 17:10:30 mluebke"
 
-database <- normalizePath("./db_barite.dat")
-input_script <- normalizePath("./barite.pqi")
+database <- normalizePath("../share/poet/bench/barite/db_barite.dat")
+input_script <- normalizePath("../share/poet/bench/barite/barite.pqi")
 
 #################################################################
 ##                          Section 1                          ##
diff --git a/bench/dolo_diffu_inner/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/dolo_diffu_inner/CMakeLists.txt
index 633c71a11..cde190af0 100644
--- a/bench/dolo_diffu_inner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bench/dolo_diffu_inner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ install(FILES
     dolo_diffu_inner_large.R
     dolo_inner.pqi
 DESTINATION
-    share/poet/bench
+    share/poet/bench/dolo
 )
diff --git a/bench/surfex/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/surfex/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bda3f2353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/surfex/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+install(FILES
+    surfex.R
+    SurfExBase.pqi
+    SMILE_2021_11_01_TH.dat
+DESTINATION
+    share/poet/bench/surfex
+)
diff --git a/bench/surfex/surfex.R b/bench/surfex/surfex.R
index cc8e8592e..c2bd714c8 100644
--- a/bench/surfex/surfex.R
+++ b/bench/surfex/surfex.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-## Time-stamp: "Last modified 2023-02-27 18:33:30 delucia"
+## Time-stamp: "Last modified 2023-04-13 17:11:52 mluebke"
 
-database <- normalizePath("./SMILE_2021_11_01_TH.dat")
-input_script <- normalizePath("./SurfExBase.pqi")
+database <- normalizePath("../share/poet/bench/surfex/SMILE_2021_11_01_TH.dat")
+input_script <- normalizePath("../share/poet/bench/surfex/SurfExBase.pqi")
 
 cat(paste(":: R This is a test 1\n"))