diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_pytests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_pytests.yaml
index e6cbd06..eb4fd33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_pytests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_pytests.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   pull_request: {}
 
 env:
-  QUPATH_VERSION: 0.5.0
+  QUPATH_VERSION: 0.5.1
 
 jobs:
   # RUN PYTEST ON PAQUO SOURCE
diff --git a/paquo/_utils.py b/paquo/_utils.py
index 171ab68..638620f 100644
--- a/paquo/_utils.py
+++ b/paquo/_utils.py
@@ -217,7 +217,11 @@ def extract_qupath(file, destination, system=None):
                         break
                 else:
                     raise RuntimeError("no qupath extracted?")
-            shutil.move(os.path.join(tmp_dir, name), qp_dst)
+            extract_dir = os.path.join(tmp_dir, name)
+            if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(extract_dir, "QuPath")):
+                # in some cases there is a nested QuPath directory
+                extract_dir = os.path.join(extract_dir, "QuPath")
+            shutil.move(extract_dir, qp_dst)
         return qp_dst
 
     elif system == "Darwin":