diff --git a/nginx/sites-available/default.conf b/etc/nginx/sites-available/default.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from nginx/sites-available/default.conf
rename to etc/nginx/sites-available/default.conf
diff --git a/nginx/sites-available/fediverse.jarv.is.conf b/etc/nginx/sites-available/fediverse.jarv.is.conf
similarity index 99%
rename from nginx/sites-available/fediverse.jarv.is.conf
rename to etc/nginx/sites-available/fediverse.jarv.is.conf
index 719c97a..8ebf03f 100644
--- a/nginx/sites-available/fediverse.jarv.is.conf
+++ b/etc/nginx/sites-available/fediverse.jarv.is.conf
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ server {
   gzip_buffers 16 8k;
   gzip_http_version 1.1;
   gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript image/svg+xml image/x-icon;
-  # jake: added
-  gzip_min_length 256;
+  gzip_min_length 256; # jake: added
 
+  # jake: added
   access_log off;
 
   location / {
diff --git a/scripts/apply_patches.sh b/scripts/apply_patches.sh
index de72e11..afebeb2 100755
--- a/scripts/apply_patches.sh
+++ b/scripts/apply_patches.sh
@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@ MASTODON_ROOT=/home/mastodon
 
 if [ ! -d "$MASTODON_ROOT/scripts" ]
 then
-  sudo -u mastodon git clone https://github.com/jakejarvis/mastodon-scripts.git ./scripts
+  # clone repo
+  sudo -u mastodon git clone https://github.com/jakejarvis/mastodon-scripts.git "$MASTODON_ROOT/scripts"
+
+  # fix permissions
+  sudo chown -R mastodon:mastodon "$MASTODON_ROOT/scripts"
+  sudo git config --global --add safe.directory "$MASTODON_ROOT/scripts"
 fi
 
 # pull latest patches
 cd "$MASTODON_ROOT/scripts"
-sudo -u mastodon git fetch --all
 sudo -u mastodon git pull origin main
 
 # apply custom patches
 cd "$MASTODON_ROOT/live"
-sudo -u mastodon git apply --allow-binary-replacement --whitespace=warn "$MASTODON_ROOT"/mastodon-scripts/patches/*.patch || true
+sudo -u mastodon git apply --allow-binary-replacement --whitespace=warn "$MASTODON_ROOT"/scripts/patches/*.patch || true