diff --git a/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile b/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
index 244b0f06f..23e0e8d90 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
+++ b/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ RUN \
     # Use my repository
     sed -i "s|Nachtzuster|alexbelgium|g" /newinstaller.sh && \
     # Install open PR
-    sed -i '/^git clone/a for pr in $(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/alexbelgium/BirdNET-Pi/pulls?state=open\\&per_page=100 | jq -r ".[] | select(.draft|not) | .number"); do echo "Merging PR #$pr" && git -C "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi" fetch --depth=1 origin pull/$pr/head:pr-$pr && git -C "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi" -c user.email=ci@local -c user.name=CI -c commit.gpgsign=false merge --no-ff --no-edit pr-$pr || { echo "Skipping PR #$pr"; git -C "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi" merge --abort || true; git -C "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi" reset --hard HEAD; }; done' /newinstaller.sh && \
+    sed -i 's|git clone|\#git clone|g' /newinstaller.sh && \
+    sed -i '/git clone/a exec \/helpers\/merge_open_prs.sh' /newinstaller.sh && \
     # Avoid rebooting at end of installation
     sed -i "/reboot/d" /newinstaller.sh && \
     # Use apt-get as without user action
diff --git a/birdnet-pi/roots/helpers/merge_open_prs.sh b/birdnet-pi/roots/helpers/merge_open_prs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6e81cc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-pi/roots/helpers/merge_open_prs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+update=yes
+if [[ "$update" = "yes" ]]; then
+  repo="https://github.com/alexbelgium/BirdNET-Pi.git"
+  # repo="https://github.com/Nachtzuster/BirdNET-Pi.git"
+  branch="main"
+  echo "Update with $branch of $repo"
+
+  temp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+  target_dir="/home/${USER}/BirdNET-Pi"
+
+  # Parse owner/repo from the URL
+  _url_no_git="${repo%.git}"
+  _path="${_url_no_git#https://github.com/}"
+  owner="${_path%%/*}"
+  reponame="${_path#*/}"
+
+  # --- helper: list open PRs via GitHub API (unauthenticated) ----------------
+  list_open_prs() {
+    # prints PR numbers, one per line; returns non-zero if none or curl missing
+    command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
+    local page=1 per_page=100 out
+    local -a all=() chunk=()
+    while :; do
+      out="$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${reponame}/pulls?state=open&per_page=${per_page}&page=${page}")" || break
+      [[ -z "$out" || "$out" == "[]" ]] && break
+      if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        mapfile -t chunk < <(printf '%s' "$out" | jq -r '.[] | select(.draft == false) | .number')
+      else
+        # Fallback JSON scraping if jq is unavailable
+        mapfile -t chunk < <(printf '%s' "$out" | grep -o '"number":[[:space:]]*[0-9]\+' | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
+      fi
+      ((${#chunk[@]}==0)) && break
+      all+=("${chunk[@]}")
+      ((${#chunk[@]} < per_page)) && break
+      ((page++))
+    done
+    ((${#all[@]}==0)) && return 1
+    printf '%s\n' "${all[@]}"
+  }
+
+  # --- clone base ------------------------------------------------------------
+  git clone --quiet --branch "$branch" "$repo" "$temp_dir"
+  pushd "$temp_dir" >/dev/null
+  git fetch --quiet origin
+  git config user.name "Local PR Aggregator"
+  git config user.email "local@example.invalid"
+  git checkout -B with-open-prs "origin/${branch}"
+
+  # --- fetch & merge only OPEN PRs -------------------------------------------
+  mapfile -t prs < <(list_open_prs || true)
+  if ((${#prs[@]})); then
+    # Sort numerically (oldest first)
+    IFS=$'\n' prs=($(sort -n <<<"${prs[*]}")); unset IFS
+    echo "Open PR(s): ${prs[*]}"
+
+    for pr in "${prs[@]}"; do
+      echo "Fetching PR #${pr}…"
+      if git fetch --quiet origin "pull/${pr}/head:pr-${pr}"; then
+        echo "Merging PR #${pr} into with-open-prs…"
+        if git merge --no-ff -X theirs --no-edit "pr-${pr}"; then
+          echo "✓ merged PR #${pr}"
+        else
+          echo "! Conflict merging PR #${pr}; aborting and skipping."
+          git merge --abort || true
+          git reset --hard
+          git checkout with-open-prs
+        fi
+      else
+        echo "! Could not fetch refs for PR #${pr}; skipping."
+      fi
+    done
+  else
+    echo "No open PRs detected (API unavailable or none open)."
+  fi
+
+  popd >/dev/null
+  rm -rf "$target_dir"
+  mv "$temp_dir" "$target_dir"
+fi