diff --git a/montepy/_scripts/__init__.py b/montepy/_scripts/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/scripts/change_to_ascii.py b/montepy/_scripts/change_to_ascii.py
similarity index 96%
rename from scripts/change_to_ascii.py
rename to montepy/_scripts/change_to_ascii.py
index 1f8ae81b..a9bd86fb 100644
--- a/scripts/change_to_ascii.py
+++ b/montepy/_scripts/change_to_ascii.py
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ def strip_characters(args):
                 )
 
 
-def main(args):
+def main(args=None):
+    if args is None:
+        args = sys.argv[1:]
     args = define_args(args)
     strip_characters(args)
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 61405dc5..122589bc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Documentation = "https://idaholab.github.io/MontePy/index.html"
 "Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/idaholab/MontePy/issues"
 
 [project.scripts]
-"change_to_ascii" = "scripts.change_to_ascii:main"
+"change_to_ascii" = "montepy._scripts.change_to_ascii:main"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools  >= 61.0.0"]
diff --git a/tests/test_scripts.py b/tests/test_scripts.py
index 6ba01bd9..aa68de76 100644
--- a/tests/test_scripts.py
+++ b/tests/test_scripts.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def tearDownClass(cls):
     @staticmethod
     def run_script(args):
         return subprocess.run(
-            ["python", os.path.join("scripts", "change_to_ascii.py")] + args
+            ["python", os.path.join("montepy", "_scripts", "change_to_ascii.py")] + args
         )
 
     def test_delete_bad(self):