diff --git a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/DeclarationHandler.kt b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/DeclarationHandler.kt
similarity index 97%
rename from cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/DeclarationHandler.kt
rename to cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/DeclarationHandler.kt
index 90f41d75a53..b11cfa5f995 100644
--- a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/DeclarationHandler.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/DeclarationHandler.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
  *                    \______/ \__|       \______/
  *
  */
-package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends
+package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.jvm
 
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.Handler
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.*
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.declarations.*
 import sootup.core.jimple.basic.Local
diff --git a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/ExpressionHandler.kt b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/ExpressionHandler.kt
similarity index 95%
rename from cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/ExpressionHandler.kt
rename to cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/ExpressionHandler.kt
index 1c5d526584f..34dad13438d 100644
--- a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/ExpressionHandler.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/ExpressionHandler.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
  *                    \______/ \__|       \______/
  *
  */
-package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends
+package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.jvm
 
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.Handler
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.*
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.*
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.types.FunctionType
-import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.passes.SymbolResolver
 import sootup.core.jimple.basic.Local
 import sootup.core.jimple.basic.Value
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.constant.*
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ class ExpressionHandler(frontend: JVMLanguageFrontend) :
         // Unary operator
         map.put(JNegExpr::class.java) { handleNegExpr(it as JNegExpr) }
 
+        // Special operators, which we need to model as binary operators
+        map.put(JInstanceOfExpr::class.java) { handleInstanceOfExpr(it as JInstanceOfExpr) }
+
         // Constants
         map.put(BooleanConstant::class.java) { handleBooleanConstant(it as BooleanConstant) }
         map.put(FloatConstant::class.java) { handleFloatConstant(it as FloatConstant) }
@@ -276,6 +279,16 @@ class ExpressionHandler(frontend: JVMLanguageFrontend) :
         return op
     }
 
+    private fun handleInstanceOfExpr(instanceOfExpr: JInstanceOfExpr): BinaryOperator {
+        val op = newBinaryOperator("instanceof", rawNode = instanceOfExpr)
+        op.lhs = handle(instanceOfExpr.op) ?: newProblemExpression("missing lhs")
+
+        val type = frontend.typeOf(instanceOfExpr.type)
+        op.rhs = newTypeExpression(type.name, type, rawNode = type)
+
+        return op
+    }
+
     private fun handleBooleanConstant(constant: BooleanConstant) =
         newLiteral(
             constant.equalEqual(BooleanConstant.getTrue()),
diff --git a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/JVMLanguage.kt b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/JVMLanguage.kt
similarity index 93%
rename from cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/JVMLanguage.kt
rename to cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/JVMLanguage.kt
index 5bbfca828ca..ec50e0c1966 100644
--- a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/JVMLanguage.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/JVMLanguage.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
  *                    \______/ \__|       \______/
  *
  */
-package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends
+package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.jvm
 
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.Language
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.types.*
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 
diff --git a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/JVMLanguageFrontend.kt b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/JVMLanguageFrontend.kt
similarity index 96%
rename from cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/JVMLanguageFrontend.kt
rename to cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/JVMLanguageFrontend.kt
index a0277dc84d0..a0924abefe7 100644
--- a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/JVMLanguageFrontend.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/JVMLanguageFrontend.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
  *                    \______/ \__|       \______/
  *
  */
-package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends
+package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.jvm
 
-import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.TranslationConfiguration
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.TranslationContext
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.Language
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.LanguageFrontend
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.TranslationException
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.*
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.declarations.NamespaceDeclaration
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.declarations.TranslationUnitDeclaration
diff --git a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/StatementHandler.kt b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/StatementHandler.kt
similarity index 93%
rename from cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/StatementHandler.kt
rename to cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/StatementHandler.kt
index d71a7eadfb2..a3cb6305f53 100644
--- a/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/StatementHandler.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-jvm/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/StatementHandler.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, Fraunhofer AISEC. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,15 +23,17 @@
  *                    \______/ \__|       \______/
  *
  */
-package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends
+package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.jvm
 
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.Handler
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.*
-import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.builder.label
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.GotoStatement
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.IfStatement
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.ReturnStatement
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.Statement
-import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.*
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.AssignExpression
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.Block
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.ProblemExpression
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.stmt.*
 import sootup.core.model.Body
 import sootup.core.util.printer.NormalStmtPrinter
diff --git a/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/JVMLanguageFrontendTest.kt b/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/JVMLanguageFrontendTest.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from cpg-language-jvm/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/JVMLanguageFrontendTest.kt
rename to cpg-language-jvm/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/JVMLanguageFrontendTest.kt
index 331a24906e3..d1b19d9f2e0 100644
--- a/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/JVMLanguageFrontendTest.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/jvm/JVMLanguageFrontendTest.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *                    \______/ \__|       \______/
  *
  */
-package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends
+package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.frontends.jvm
 
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.*
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.TestUtils.assertInvokes
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class JVMLanguageFrontendTest {
         assertLocalName("ExtendedClass", doSomethingCall1.arguments.firstOrNull()?.type)
         assertInvokes(doSomethingCall1, appDoSomething)
 
-        val extended = appInit.variables["\$r3"]
+        val extended = appInit.variables["\$r4"]
         assertNotNull(extended)
 
         val getMyProperty =
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ class JVMLanguageFrontendTest {
                             it.base in extended.usages
                     }]
         assertNotNull(getMyProperty)
+        assertInvokes(getMyProperty, baseClass.methods["getMyProperty"])
 
         val setMyProperty =
             appInit.calls[
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ class JVMLanguageFrontendTest {
                             it.base in extended.usages
                     }]
         assertNotNull(setMyProperty)
+        assertInvokes(setMyProperty, extendedClass.methods["setMyProperty"])
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/resources/class/inheritance/mypackage/Application.class b/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/resources/class/inheritance/mypackage/Application.class
index 1f45e172e7a..0104bfda3e3 100644
Binary files a/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/resources/class/inheritance/mypackage/Application.class and b/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/resources/class/inheritance/mypackage/Application.class differ
diff --git a/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/resources/class/inheritance/mypackage/Application.java b/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/resources/class/inheritance/mypackage/Application.java
index 0890e26e88d..83416910826 100644
--- a/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/resources/class/inheritance/mypackage/Application.java
+++ b/cpg-language-jvm/src/test/resources/class/inheritance/mypackage/Application.java
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ public Application() {
             base = new AnotherExtendedClass();
         }
         base.setMyProperty(10);
+
+        if(base instanceof ExtendedClass) {
+            System.out.println("Is extended!");
+        }
     }
 
     public void doSomething(MyInterface i) {