diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1bdd2af6e..b6023ff33 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 .idea
 bin/*
+cover.out
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c389c0981..b1dd1e467 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RUN go mod download
 # Copy the go source
 COPY cmd/main.go cmd/main.go
 COPY api/ api/
-COPY internal/controller/ internal/controller/
+COPY controller/ controller/
 
 # Build
 # the GOARCH has not a default value to allow the binary be built according to the host where the command
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 5d6f1afae..c569c8b8d 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	controller2 "github.com/linode/cluster-api-provider-linode/controller"
 	"os"
 
 	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	metricsserver "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"
 
 	infrastructurev1alpha1 "github.com/linode/cluster-api-provider-linode/api/v1alpha1"
-	"github.com/linode/cluster-api-provider-linode/internal/controller"
 	//+kubebuilder:scaffold:imports
 )
 
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	if err = (&controller.LinodeClusterReconciler{
+	if err = (&controller2.LinodeClusterReconciler{
 		Client: mgr.GetClient(),
 		Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "LinodeCluster")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	if err = (&controller.LinodeMachineReconciler{
+	if err = (&controller2.LinodeMachineReconciler{
 		Client: mgr.GetClient(),
 		Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/controller/linodecluster_controller.go b/controller/linodecluster_controller.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/controller/linodecluster_controller.go
rename to controller/linodecluster_controller.go
diff --git a/internal/controller/linodemachine_controller.go b/controller/linodemachine_controller.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/controller/linodemachine_controller.go
rename to controller/linodemachine_controller.go
diff --git a/internal/controller/suite_test.go b/controller/suite_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/controller/suite_test.go
rename to controller/suite_test.go