diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
index 613a8d86..cc2ae92a 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ TestAPIAvailability() {
     local chaos_api_list authResponse authStatus authData apiAvailable DNSport
 
     # as we are running locally, we can get the port value from FTL directly
-    readonly utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
     # shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
-    . "${utilsfile}"
+    . "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
 
     DNSport=$(getFTLConfigValue dns.port)
 
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
index 120df5b8..8b628591 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
@@ -15,15 +15,12 @@ if [[ -f ${coltable} ]]; then
     source ${coltable}
 fi
 
-readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
-utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
-source "${utilsfile}"
+source "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
 
-readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
 SKIP_INSTALL="true"
 # shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
-source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
+source "/etc/.pihole/automated install/basic-install.sh"
 # stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
 # restart_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
 
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
index bbdadeaf..5a03164c 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
@@ -12,15 +12,12 @@ colfile="/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE"
 source ${colfile}
 
-readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
-utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
-source "${utilsfile}"
+source "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
 
-readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
 SKIP_INSTALL="true"
 # shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
-source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
+source "/etc/.pihole/automated install/basic-install.sh"
 # stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
 # restart_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
 
diff --git a/automated install/uninstall.sh b/automated install/uninstall.sh
index 166573b2..60ac05f8 100755
--- a/automated install/uninstall.sh	
+++ b/automated install/uninstall.sh	
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ source "/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
 
-readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
-SKIP_INSTALL="true"
-# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
-source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
-# stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
-
 ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
 readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR
 
@@ -51,7 +45,7 @@ readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
 SKIP_INSTALL="true"
 # shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
 source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
-
+# stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
 # package_manager_detect() sourced from basic-install.sh
 package_manager_detect