diff --git a/pkgs/overlay.nix b/pkgs/overlay.nix
index 60ba26c..b0a12c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/overlay.nix
+++ b/pkgs/overlay.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ final: prev: {
   retropieSetup = final.callPackage ./retropie-setup.nix {};
   joy2key = final.callPackage ./joy2key.nix {};
   runcommand = final.callPackage ./runcommand.nix {};
-  emulationstationPatched = final.emulationStation.overrideAttrs (_: previous: {
-    patches = previous.patches ++ [ ./emulationstation.patch ];
+  emulationstationPatched = final.emulationstation.overrideAttrs (_: previous: {
+    patches = [ ./emulationstation.patch ];
   });
   symlinkJoinSubdir =
     args_@{ name
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ final: prev: {
         }; # pass the defaults
     in final.runCommand name args
       ''
-        mkdir -p $out
+        mkdir -p $out/${subdir}
         for i in $(cat $pathsPath); do
           ${final.xorg.lndir}/bin/lndir -silent $i $out/${subdir}
         done