diff --git a/birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md b/birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md
index 535298e0fc..f878994446 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 2026.07.10-1 (10-07-2026)
+- Fix standalone (no-Supervisor) mode: strip `sudo` from BirdNET-Pi scripts at build time (the previous hook ran before the repo was cloned, so `sudo` remained and broke service/WebUI actions run by non-sudoers users such as `caddy`/`abc`)
+- Ensure `/run/php` exists before starting PHP-FPM so the WebUI starts even when `/run` is a fresh tmpfs
 ## 2026.07.10 (10-07-2026)
 - Minor bugs fixed
 ## 2026.06.01 (19-06-2026)
diff --git a/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile b/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
index 44d1703689..0c5511fb0b 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
+++ b/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
@@ -74,17 +74,6 @@ RUN \
     curl -f -L -s -S "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexbelgium/BirdNET-Pi/main/newinstaller.sh" -o /newinstaller.sh && \
     chmod 777 /newinstaller.sh && \
     \
-    # Use installer to modify other scripts
-    #######################################
-    # Define file
-    sed -i "1a /./newinstallermod.sh" /newinstaller.sh && \
-    echo '#!/bin/bash' >> /newinstallermod.sh && \
-    # Remove all instances of sudo from all other scripts
-    echo 'for file in $(grep -srl "sudo" $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts); do sed -i "s|sudo ||" "$file"; done' >> /newinstallermod.sh && \
-    echo 'for file in $(grep -srl "my_dir" $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts); do sed -i "s|\$my_dir|/config|" "$file"; done' >> /newinstallermod.sh && \
-    # Set permission
-    chmod +x /newinstallermod.sh && \
-    \
     # Modify installer
     ##################
     # Use my repository
@@ -110,6 +99,16 @@ RUN \
     # Execute installer
     /./newinstaller.sh && \
     \
+    # Remove sudo from the installed BirdNET-Pi scripts.
+    # Inside the container everything already runs with the privileges it needs
+    # (root during init, user "pi" for the services), so "sudo" is never required.
+    # Leaving it in breaks any script invoked by a user that is not in sudoers -
+    # e.g. php-fpm's "caddy" user driving the WebUI System Controls, or the "abc"
+    # user - which is what prevented BirdNET-Pi from working in standalone
+    # (no-Supervisor) mode. This must run AFTER the installer has cloned the repo;
+    # the previous build-time hook ran before the clone and was therefore a no-op.
+    for file in $(grep -srlF "sudo " "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts"); do sed -i "s|sudo ||g" "$file"; done && \
+    \
     # Install dateparser and resampy, upgrade numpy
     $PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV /usr/bin/pip3 install dateparser resampy && \
     \
diff --git a/birdnet-pi/config.yaml b/birdnet-pi/config.yaml
index 42b148b948..d2db429e2f 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/config.yaml
+++ b/birdnet-pi/config.yaml
@@ -116,5 +116,5 @@ tmpfs: true
 udev: true
 url: https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/tree/master/birdnet-pi
 usb: true
-version: 2026.07.10
+version: 2026.07.10-1
 video: true
diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/00-php_pfm.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/00-php_pfm.sh
index 0519e60bf6..76c2497cd3 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/00-php_pfm.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/00-php_pfm.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 # Correct /config permissions after startup
 chown pi:pi /config
 
+# Ensure the PHP-FPM runtime directory exists. It is normally created by
+# systemd-tmpfiles (/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/php*-fpm.conf), which does not run in
+# this container - so on a fresh/tmpfs /run the socket cannot be bound and the
+# WebUI never starts. Create it here so the web stack works with or without
+# Home Assistant Supervisor.
+mkdir -p /run/php
+chown www-data:www-data /run/php 2> /dev/null || true
+
 # Set timezone without requiring Home Assistant Supervisor or D-Bus.
 TZ_VALUE="${TZ:-}"
 if [[ -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket ]] && command -v timedatectl > /dev/null 2>&1; then