diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/merge_open_prs.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/merge_open_prs.sh
index 0930d05b2..e2c300834 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/merge_open_prs.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/helpers/merge_open_prs.sh
@@ -1,82 +1,46 @@
-#!/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"
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-    temp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
-    target_dir="/home/${USER:-pi}/BirdNET-Pi"
+set -euo pipefail
 
-    # Parse owner/repo from the URL
-    _url_no_git="${repo%.git}"
-    _path="${_url_no_git#https://github.com/}"
-    owner="${_path%%/*}"
-    reponame="${_path#*/}"
+TARGET_BRANCH="main"
 
-    # --- 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"
+# Make sure we are in a git repo
+if ! git rev-parse --git-dir > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "❌ Not a git repository"
+  exit 1
 fi
+
+# Get list of open, non-draft PR numbers via GitHub API
+echo "🔍 Fetching open PRs..."
+mapfile -t PRS < <(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/alexbelgium/BirdNET-Pi/pulls?state=open&per_page=100" \
+  | jq -r '.[] | select(.draft==false) | .number')
+
+if [[ ${#PRS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "✅ No open non-draft PRs found."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Found PRs: ${PRS[*]}"
+
+# Update local repo
+git fetch origin
+git checkout "$TARGET_BRANCH"
+git pull origin "$TARGET_BRANCH"
+
+# Merge each PR
+for pr in "${PRS[@]}"; do
+  echo "=== Merging PR #$pr ==="
+
+  # Fetch PR branch from GitHub refs
+  git fetch origin pull/"$pr"/head:pr-"$pr"
+
+  # Merge into target branch, no fast-forward (like GitHub)
+  if ! git merge --no-ff --no-edit "pr-$pr"; then
+    echo "⚠️ Merge conflict in PR #$pr."
+    echo "   Resolve manually, then run: git merge --continue"
+    echo "   After resolving, re-run this script to finish remaining PRs."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "✅ All open non-draft PRs merged into $TARGET_BRANCH"