diff --git a/lib/services/manager_api.dart b/lib/services/manager_api.dart
index dbd75098..60c44357 100644
--- a/lib/services/manager_api.dart
+++ b/lib/services/manager_api.dart
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ class ManagerAPI {
   final RootAPI _rootAPI = RootAPI();
   final String patcherRepo = 'revanced-patcher';
   final String cliRepo = 'revanced-cli';
-  late String storedPatchesFile = '/selected-patches.json';
   late SharedPreferences _prefs;
+  String storedPatchesFile = '/selected-patches.json';
   String defaultApiUrl = 'https://releases.revanced.app/';
   String defaultRepoUrl = 'https://api.github.com';
   String defaultPatcherRepo = 'revanced/revanced-patcher';
@@ -424,30 +424,20 @@ class ManagerAPI {
     } else {
       patchesMap[app] = patches;
     }
-    if (selectedPatchesFile.existsSync()) {
-      selectedPatchesFile.createSync(recursive: true);
-    }
     selectedPatchesFile.writeAsString(jsonEncode(patchesMap));
   }
 
   Future<List<String>> getSelectedPatches(String app) async {
     Map<String, dynamic> patchesMap = await readSelectedPatchesFile();
-    if (patchesMap.isNotEmpty) {
-      final List<String> patches =
-          List.from(patchesMap.putIfAbsent(app, () => List.empty()));
-      return patches;
-    }
-    return List.empty();
+    return List.from(patchesMap.putIfAbsent(app, () => List.empty()));
   }
 
   Future<Map<String, dynamic>> readSelectedPatchesFile() async {
     final File selectedPatchesFile = File(storedPatchesFile);
-    if (selectedPatchesFile.existsSync()) {
-      String string = selectedPatchesFile.readAsStringSync();
-      if (string.trim().isEmpty) return {};
-      return json.decode(string);
-    }
-    return {};
+    if (!selectedPatchesFile.existsSync()) return {};
+    String string = selectedPatchesFile.readAsStringSync();
+    if (string.trim().isEmpty) return {};
+    return jsonDecode(string);
   }
 
   Future<void> resetLastSelectedPatches() async {
diff --git a/lib/ui/views/app_selector/app_selector_viewmodel.dart b/lib/ui/views/app_selector/app_selector_viewmodel.dart
index caaa4b31..9b5943a5 100644
--- a/lib/ui/views/app_selector/app_selector_viewmodel.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/views/app_selector/app_selector_viewmodel.dart
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ class AppSelectorViewModel extends BaseViewModel {
       patchDate: DateTime.now(),
     );
     locator<PatcherViewModel>().loadLastSelectedPatches();
-    locator<PatcherViewModel>().notifyListeners();
   }
 
   Future<void> selectAppFromStorage(BuildContext context) async {
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ class AppSelectorViewModel extends BaseViewModel {
             isFromStorage: true,
           );
           locator<PatcherViewModel>().loadLastSelectedPatches();
-          locator<PatcherViewModel>().notifyListeners();
         }
       }
     } on Exception catch (e, s) {
diff --git a/lib/ui/views/patcher/patcher_viewmodel.dart b/lib/ui/views/patcher/patcher_viewmodel.dart
index 1c16ed6c..fa6c4221 100644
--- a/lib/ui/views/patcher/patcher_viewmodel.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/views/patcher/patcher_viewmodel.dart
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ class PatcherViewModel extends BaseViewModel {
         await _managerAPI.getSelectedPatches(selectedApp!.originalPackageName);
     List<Patch> patches =
         _patcherAPI.getFilteredPatches(selectedApp!.originalPackageName);
-    this
-        .selectedPatches
+    this.selectedPatches
         .addAll(patches.where((patch) => selectedPatches.contains(patch.name)));
     notifyListeners();
   }
diff --git a/lib/ui/views/settings/settings_viewmodel.dart b/lib/ui/views/settings/settings_viewmodel.dart
index 53aac65e..416068b6 100644
--- a/lib/ui/views/settings/settings_viewmodel.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/views/settings/settings_viewmodel.dart
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ class SettingsViewModel extends BaseViewModel {
         await CRFileSaver.saveFileWithDialog(SaveFileDialogParams(
             sourceFilePath: tempFilePath, destinationFileName: ''));
         File(tempFilePath).delete();
-        locator<Toast>().showBottom('settingsView.exportedPatches');
+        _toast.showBottom('settingsView.exportedPatches');
       } else {
-        locator<Toast>().showBottom('settingsView.noExportFileFound');
+        _toast.showBottom('settingsView.noExportFileFound');
       }
     } on Exception catch (e, s) {
       Sentry.captureException(e, stackTrace: s);
@@ -97,20 +97,16 @@ class SettingsViewModel extends BaseViewModel {
       );
       if (result != null && result.files.single.path != null) {
         File inFile = File(result.files.single.path!);
-        final File storedPatchesFile = File(_managerAPI.storedPatchesFile);
-        if (!storedPatchesFile.existsSync()) {
-          storedPatchesFile.createSync(recursive: true);
-        }
-        inFile.copySync(storedPatchesFile.path);
+        inFile.copySync(_managerAPI.storedPatchesFile);
         inFile.delete();
         if (locator<PatcherViewModel>().selectedApp != null) {
           locator<PatcherViewModel>().loadLastSelectedPatches();
         }
-        locator<Toast>().showBottom('settingsView.importedPatches');
+        _toast.showBottom('settingsView.importedPatches');
       }
     } on Exception catch (e, s) {
       await Sentry.captureException(e, stackTrace: s);
-      locator<Toast>().showBottom('settingsView.jsonSelectorErrorMessage');
+      _toast.showBottom('settingsView.jsonSelectorErrorMessage');
     }
   }