diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e8393e99..0b1fc01a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ COPY --from=zoeyvid/curl-quic:373     /usr/local/bin/curl /usr/local/bin/curl
 
 RUN apk upgrade --no-cache -a && \
     apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata tini \
-    patch bash nano \
+    bash nano \
     nodejs-current \
     openssl apache2-utils \
     lua5.1-lzlib lua5.1-socket \
-    coreutils grep jq shadow sudo \
+    coreutils grep findutils jq shadow sudo \
     luarocks5.1 lua5.1-dev lua5.1-sec build-base git yarn && \
     curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/master/acme.sh | sh -s -- --install-online --home /usr/local/acme.sh --nocron && \
     git clone https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset --branch "$CRS_VER" /tmp/coreruleset && \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6030ad46..c8d7d4c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -204,11 +204,10 @@ Password: iArhP1j7p1P6TA92FA2FMbbUGYqwcYzxC4AVEe12Wbi94FY9gNN62aKyF1shrvG4NycjjX
 ```
 Immediately after logging in with this default user you will be asked to modify your details and change your password.
 
-### prerun patches/scripts (EXPERT option) - if you don't know what this is, ignore it
-run order: entrypoint.sh (patches => scripts) => start.sh => launch.sh <br>
-if you need to apply patches before NPMplus launches put them under: `/opt/npm/etc/prerun/patches/*.patch` (applied using `patch -p1`) <br>
-if you need to run scripts before NPMplus launches put them under: `/opt/npm/etc/prerun/scripts/*.sh` (please add `#!/bin/sh` / `#!/bin/bash` to the top of the script) <br>
-you need to create this folders yourself, they will be launches from the `/` folder - **NOTE:** I won't help you creating thoose patches/scripts if you need them you also need to know how to create them
+### prerun scripts (EXPERT option) - if you don't know what this is, ignore it
+run order: entrypoint.sh (prerun scripts) => start.sh => launch.sh <br>
+if you need to run scripts before NPMplus launches put them under: `/opt/npm/etc/prerun/*.sh` (please add `#!/bin/sh` / `#!/bin/bash` to the top of the script) <br>
+you need to create this folder yourself - **NOTE:** I won't help you creating thoose patches/scripts if you need them you also need to know how to create them
 
 ## Contributing
 All are welcome to create pull requests for this project, against the `develop` branch.
diff --git a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
index 30a6be04..82bf28b7 100755
--- a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-cd / || exit
-
-for patch in /data/etc/prerun/patches/*.patch; do
-    [ -e "$patch" ] || break
-    echo "Applying prerun patch using patch -p1: $patch"
-    patch -p1 <"$patch"
-done
-
-for script in /data/etc/prerun/scripts/*.sh; do
-    [ -e "$patch" ] || break
-    echo "Exexcuting prerun script: $script"
-    chmod +x "$script"
-    "$script"
-done
-
-cd /app || exit
+if [ -n "$(ls -A /data/etc/prerun 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
+    for script in /data/etc/prerun/*.sh; do
+        echo "Exexcuting prerun script: $script"
+        chmod +x "$script"
+        "$script"
+    done
+fi
 
 exec start.sh