diff --git a/patches/branding/835.patch b/patches/branding/835.patch
index c583883b..f0dafa5a 100644
--- a/patches/branding/835.patch
+++ b/patches/branding/835.patch
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ diff -crB -x dist -x build com.discord-835-base/AndroidManifest.xml com.discord-
       <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false"/>
       <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.faketouch" android:required="false"/>
 --- 1,4 ----
-! <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?><manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:compileSdkVersion="28" android:compileSdkVersionCodename="9" android:installLocation="auto" package="com.cutthecord.CTCBRANCH" platformBuildVersionCode="835CTCBUILD" platformBuildVersionName="8.3.5g-cutthecord">
+! <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?><manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:compileSdkVersion="28" android:compileSdkVersionCodename="9" android:installLocation="auto" package="com.cutthecord.CTCBRANCH" platformBuildVersionCode="835CTCBUILD" platformBuildVersionName="8.3.5g-cutthecord-CTCBUILD">
       <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false"/>
       <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false"/>
       <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.faketouch" android:required="false"/>
diff --git a/patches/branding/README.md b/patches/branding/README.md
index 6571b306..1bec7add 100644
--- a/patches/branding/README.md
+++ b/patches/branding/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This patch renames Discord app to Cutthecord.
 
-You'll need to run "addpatch.py" with syntax of `python3 addpatch.py $in_patch_filename $space_splitted_patches` and use the `-custom.patch` version, or else it'll fail.
+You'll need to run "addpatch.py" with syntax of `python3 addpatch.py $in_patch_filename $space_splitted_patches` and use the `-custom.patch` version, or else it'll fail. You'll need to put a valid directory for storing hacky build counters to it.
 
 Running customicon.sh (while on root of the extracted folder) will also change the icon to the debug icon:
 
diff --git a/patches/branding/addpatch.py b/patches/branding/addpatch.py
index 4b51bb91..7c898e84 100644
--- a/patches/branding/addpatch.py
+++ b/patches/branding/addpatch.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ persistdir = "/home/ave/distokrepos/versionlogs/"
 def counterup():
     # HACKY
     cfname = persistdir + fname.split("/")[-1].replace(".patch", "")
-    if os.path.isfile(fname):
+    if os.path.isfile(cfname):
         with open(cfname, 'r') as file:
             countdata = file.read()
     else:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def counterup():
 with open(fname, 'r') as file:
     filedata = file.read()
 
-buildnum = counterup()
+buildnum = str(counterup())
 
 name = "CutTheCord"
 branch = "base"