diff --git a/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile b/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
index 9acd339dc..9ebcdf178 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
+++ b/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ ADD "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/master/.templat
 ARG CONFIGLOCATION="/config"
 RUN chmod 744 /ha_lsio.sh && if grep -qr "lsio" /etc; then /ha_lsio.sh "$CONFIGLOCATION"; fi && rm /ha_lsio.sh
 
+COPY merge_open_prs.sh /merge_open_prs.sh
+
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # hadolint ignore=DL3015,SC2016
 RUN \
@@ -70,6 +72,11 @@ RUN \
     # Download installer
     curl -f -L -s -S "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexbelgium/BirdNET-Pi/main/newinstaller.sh" -o /newinstaller.sh && \
     chmod 777 /newinstaller.sh && \
+    chmod +x /merge_open_prs.sh && \
+    /merge_open_prs.sh && \
+    chown -R 1000:1000 $HOME && \
+    chmod 777 $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/*.sh && \
+    sed -i "/CURRENT_TIMEZONE/s/$/ || true/" $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/install_birdnet.sh && \
     \
     # Use installer to modify other scripts
     #######################################
@@ -86,18 +93,9 @@ RUN \
     ##################
     # Use my repository
     sed -i "s|Nachtzuster|alexbelgium|g" /newinstaller.sh && \
-    # Install open PR
-    sed -i '/^git clone/a for pr in $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/alexbelgium/BirdNET-Pi/pulls?state=open | jq -r ".[].number"); do echo "Merging PR #$pr" && git fetch origin pull/$pr/merge:pr-$pr && git merge --no-ff -m "Merge PR #$pr" pr-$pr || { echo "Skipping PR #$pr"; git merge --abort || true; }; done' /newinstaller.sh && \
-    # Avoid rebooting at end of installation
+    sed -i '/git clone -b \$branch --depth=1/d' /newinstaller.sh && \
     sed -i "/reboot/d" /newinstaller.sh && \
-    # Use apt-get as without user action
     sed -i "s|apt |apt-get |g" /newinstaller.sh && \
-    # Ensure chmod
-    sed -i "/git clone/a chown -R 1000:1000 $HOME" /newinstaller.sh && \
-    sed -i "/git clone/a chmod 777 \$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/*.sh" /newinstaller.sh && \
-    # Disable datetimectl
-    sed -i '/git clone/a sed -i "/CURRENT_TIMEZONE/s/$/ || true/" $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/install_birdnet.sh' /newinstaller.sh && \
-    # Remove all instances of sudo from the newinstaller
     sed -i -e "s|== 0|== 7|g" -e "s|sudo -n true|true|g" -e "s|sudo -K|true|g" /newinstaller.sh && \
     \
     # Execute installer
diff --git a/birdnet-pi/merge_open_prs.sh b/birdnet-pi/merge_open_prs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6e81cc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-pi/merge_open_prs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+update=yes
+if [[ "$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