diff --git a/HelperResources/CommonResources b/HelperResources/CommonResources
index a2c87b9..9b7036b 100755
--- a/HelperResources/CommonResources
+++ b/HelperResources/CommonResources
@@ -1201,7 +1201,8 @@ endScript ()
 		fi
 	fi
 	#### TODO: add gui v2
-	if $restartGui ; then
+	# restart GUI if not doing a reboot below
+	if $restartGui && ! $rebootNeeded && ! $deferReboot; then
 		if $userInteraction ; then
 			if yesNoPrompt "Restart the GUI now (y) or issue a do it manually later (n): " ; then
 				restartGuiV1Service
@@ -1433,22 +1434,6 @@ getFileLists "$pkgFileSets"
 # tempFileDir is removed in the exit trap above but it is in volatile storage so will be removed on boot anyway
 tempFileDir=$( mktemp -d )
 
-# patch files previously used to patch a file are stored in /etc/venus
-# so they track the selected root fs and are erased when Venus OS is updated
-previousPatchesRoot="/etc/venus/previousPatches"
-previousPatchesDir="$previousPatchesRoot/$packageName"
-if ! [ -e "$previousPatchesDir" ]; then
-	mkdir -p "$previousPatchesDir"
-fi
-# relocate previous patch files
-oldPreviousPatchesDir="$setupOptionsDir/previousPatches"
-if [ -e "$oldPreviousPatchesDir" ]; then
-	logMessage "relocating previous patches"
-	mv "$oldPreviousPatchesDir"/* "$previousPatchesDir"
-	rm -rf "$oldPreviousPatchesDir"
-fi
-unset oldPreviousPatchesDir
-
 # do install pre-checks - skip if uninstalling
 if [ $scriptAction != 'UNINSTALL' ]; then
 
@@ -1681,6 +1666,22 @@ fi
 
 updateRootToReadWrite
 
+# patch files previously used to patch a file are stored in /etc/venus
+# so they track the selected root fs and are erased when Venus OS is updated
+previousPatchesRoot="/etc/venus/previousPatches"
+previousPatchesDir="$previousPatchesRoot/$packageName"
+if ! [ -e "$previousPatchesDir" ]; then
+	mkdir -p "$previousPatchesDir"
+fi
+# relocate previous patch files
+oldPreviousPatchesDir="$setupOptionsDir/previousPatches"
+if [ -e "$oldPreviousPatchesDir" ]; then
+	logMessage "relocating previous patches"
+	mv "$oldPreviousPatchesDir"/* "$previousPatchesDir"
+	rm -rf "$oldPreviousPatchesDir"
+fi
+unset oldPreviousPatchesDir
+
 # done with pre checks
 #	prior to this no system mofications have been made
 #	after this system modifications may occur
diff --git a/HelperResources/version b/HelperResources/version
deleted file mode 120000
index 1748d5b..0000000
--- a/HelperResources/version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../version
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/blindInstall/SetupHelperVersion b/blindInstall/SetupHelperVersion
index 3392718..9235dd0 100644
--- a/blindInstall/SetupHelperVersion
+++ b/blindInstall/SetupHelperVersion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v8.14
+v8.15
diff --git a/changes b/changes
index eb5732d..9724103 100644
--- a/changes
+++ b/changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+v8.15:
+	fixed: GUI restart doesn't always occur after install
+	fixed: previouis patches file creation fails on first install
+		because root fs was stil read only
+
 v8.14:
 	fixed: crash when installing packages (introduced in v8.11)
 
diff --git a/venus-data-UninstallPackages.tgz b/venus-data-UninstallPackages.tgz
index 0857aae..89c75b4 100644
Binary files a/venus-data-UninstallPackages.tgz and b/venus-data-UninstallPackages.tgz differ
diff --git a/venus-data.tgz b/venus-data.tgz
index 97ccb2d..4d3fd46 100644
Binary files a/venus-data.tgz and b/venus-data.tgz differ
diff --git a/version b/version
index 3392718..9235dd0 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v8.14
+v8.15