diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
index f9dfc0729..be0e2f9a9 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func Test_Cataloger_DefaultClassifiers_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "positive-httpd-2.4.54",
-			fixtureDir: "test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/httpd-2.4.54-3e11fbb6fa371cc9c3e513f49f0ab247b482773cd312248eb86e51251e36fafd-546892-100",
+			fixtureDir: "test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/httpd-2.4.54",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
 				Name:      "httpd",
 				Version:   "2.4.54",
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/httpd-2.4.54-3e11fbb6fa371cc9c3e513f49f0ab247b482773cd312248eb86e51251e36fafd-546892-100/httpd b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/httpd-2.4.54/httpd
similarity index 85%
rename from syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/httpd-2.4.54-3e11fbb6fa371cc9c3e513f49f0ab247b482773cd312248eb86e51251e36fafd-546892-100/httpd
rename to syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/httpd-2.4.54/httpd
index 6290cfc50..d121fdbd6 100644
Binary files a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/httpd-2.4.54-3e11fbb6fa371cc9c3e513f49f0ab247b482773cd312248eb86e51251e36fafd-546892-100/httpd and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/httpd-2.4.54/httpd differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/get-fixture-snippet.sh b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/get-fixture-snippet.sh
index 9d0659647..9d99eaa64 100755
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/get-fixture-snippet.sh
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/get-fixture-snippet.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 # Default values for length and prefix length
 LENGTH=100
 PREFIX_LENGTH=10
+SEARCH_FOR=''
 
 # Function to show usage
 usage() {
-    echo "Usage: $0 <path-to-binary> <search-pattern> [--length <length>] [--prefix-length <prefix_length>]"
+    echo "Usage: $0 <path-to-binary> <version> [--search-for <pattern>] [--length <length>] [--prefix-length <prefix_length>]"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     key="$1"
 
     case $key in
+	--search-for)
+	    SEARCH_FOR="$2"
+	    shift # past argument
+            shift # past value
+	    ;;
         --length)
             LENGTH="$2"
             shift # past argument
@@ -28,8 +34,8 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
         *)
             if [ -z "$BINARY_FILE" ]; then
                 BINARY_FILE="$1"
-            elif [ -z "$PATTERN" ]; then
-                PATTERN="$1"
+            elif [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+                VERSION="$1"
             else
                 echo "Unknown option: $1"
                 usage
@@ -40,7 +46,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 done
 
 # check if binary file and pattern are provided
-if [ -z "$BINARY_FILE" ] || [ -z "$PATTERN" ]; then
+if [ -z "$BINARY_FILE" ] || [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
     usage
 fi
 
@@ -50,6 +56,9 @@ if ! command -v xxd &> /dev/null; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+
+PATTERN=${SEARCH_FOR:-$VERSION}
+
 PATTERN_RESULTS=$(strings -a -t d "$BINARY_FILE" | grep "$PATTERN")
 
 # if there are multiple matches, prompt the user to select one
@@ -113,7 +122,7 @@ DATE=$(date)
 BASE64_PATTERN=$(echo -n "$PATTERN" | base64)
 FILENAME=$(basename "$BINARY_FILE")
 INFO=$(file -b "$BINARY_FILE")
-OUTPUT_DIRECTORY="classifiers/positive/$FILENAME-$PATTERN-$SHA256-$OFFSET-$LENGTH"
+OUTPUT_DIRECTORY="classifiers/positive/$FILENAME-$VERSION"
 mkdir "$OUTPUT_DIRECTORY"
 
 OUTPUT_FILE="$OUTPUT_DIRECTORY/$FILENAME"