diff --git a/archlabs-installer b/archlabs-installer
index c3294a0..c32ecfe 100755
--- a/archlabs-installer
+++ b/archlabs-installer
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@
 # check for syntax errors
 # set -n
 
-VER=2.0.98
+VER=2.0.99
 
 # default values {
 
 : ${DIST=ArchLabs}                 # distro name if not set
 MNT=/mnt                           # installation root mountpoint
 ANS=/tmp/ans                       # dialog answer output file
-BOOTDIR=boot                       # location to mount boot partition
 FONT=ter-i16n                      # font used for the linux console
 HOOKS=shutdown                     # additional mkinitcpio HOOKS
 SEL=0                              # currently selected menu item
@@ -926,7 +925,7 @@ part_mountconf()
 
 mount_menu()
 {
-	msg "Mount Menu" "\nGathering device and partition information.\n" 0
+	msg "Mount Menu" "\nGathering device and partition information.\n" 1
 	no_bg_install || return 0
 	lvm_detect
 	umount_dir "$MNT"
@@ -936,7 +935,7 @@ mount_menu()
 	select_root_partition || { ROOT_PART=''; return 1; }
 	select_boot_partition || { BOOT_PART=''; return 1; }
 	if [[ $BOOT_PART ]]; then
-		part_mount "$BOOT_PART" "/$BOOTDIR" && SEP_BOOT=true || return 1
+		part_mount "$BOOT_PART" "/boot" && SEP_BOOT=true || return 1
 		part_bootdev
 	fi
 	select_swap || return 1
@@ -1301,8 +1300,8 @@ install_boot()
 	if [[ $SYS == 'UEFI' ]]; then
 		# remove our old install and generic BOOT/ dir
 		echo "Removing conflicting boot directories"
-		find "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -iname "$DIST" -type d -delete -printf "remove %p\n"
-		find "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -iname 'BOOT' -type d -delete -printf "remove %p\n"
+		find "$MNT/boot/EFI/" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -iname "$DIST" -type d -delete -printf "remove %p\n"
+		find "$MNT/boot/EFI/" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -iname 'BOOT' -type d -delete -printf "remove %p\n"
 	fi
 
 	prerun_$BOOTLDR
@@ -1318,12 +1317,12 @@ install_boot()
 
 	if [[ $SYS == 'UEFI' ]]; then
 		# some UEFI firmware requires a generic esp/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
-		mkdir -pv "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT"
+		mkdir -pv "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT"
 		case "$BOOTLDR" in
-			grub) cp -fv "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/$DIST/grubx64.efi" "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI" ;;
-			syslinux) cp -rf "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/syslinux/"* "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/" && cp -f "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.efi" "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI" ;;
-			refind-efi) sed -i '/#extra_kernel_version_strings/ c extra_kernel_version_strings linux-hardened,linux-zen,linux-lts,linux' "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/refind/refind.conf"
-				cp -fv "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi" "$MNT/$BOOTDIR/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI" ;;
+			grub) cp -fv "$MNT/boot/EFI/$DIST/grubx64.efi" "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI" ;;
+			syslinux) cp -rf "$MNT/boot/EFI/syslinux/"* "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/" && cp -f "$MNT/boot/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.efi" "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI" ;;
+			refind-efi) sed -i '/#extra_kernel_version_strings/ c extra_kernel_version_strings linux-hardened,linux-zen,linux-lts,linux' "$MNT/boot/EFI/refind/refind.conf"
+				cp -fv "$MNT/boot/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi" "$MNT/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI" ;;
 		esac
 	fi
 
@@ -1674,7 +1673,7 @@ setup_grub()
 		BCMDS[grub]="grub-install --recheck --force --target=i386-pc $BOOT_DEV"
 	else
 		BCMDS[grub]="mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars > /dev/null 2>&1
-		grub-install --recheck --force --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/$BOOTDIR --bootloader-id=$DIST"
+		grub-install --recheck --force --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=$DIST"
 		grep -q /sys/firmware/efi/efivars /proc/mounts || mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars > /dev/null 2>&1
 	fi