diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 579c7af..d72bb34 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ help:
 	@grep -E '^[-a-zA-Z0-9_\.\/]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "  \033[32m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
 .PHONY: update
-update: qmk_firmware qmk_firmware/patches_applied ## Update qmk_firmware
+update: qmk_firmware ## Update qmk_firmware
 	@git -C qmk_firmware fetch
 	@git -C qmk_firmware checkout $(QMK_FIRMWARE_COMMIT)
+	$(MAKE) qmk_firmware/patches_applied
 
 .PHONY: write
 write: mdloader builds/$(WRITE_TARGET).bin ## Write a layout to the keyboard, pass WRITE_TARGET as variable to control the particular layout
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ qmk_firmware:
 	@git -C qmk_firmware checkout $(QMK_FIRMWARE_COMMIT)
 	$(MAKE) qmk_firmware/patches_applied
 
-qmk_firmware/patches_applied: qmk_patches.diff
-	@sudo git -C qmk_firmware clean -dffx
+qmk_firmware/patches_applied: qmk_patches.diff qmk_firmware/.git/HEAD
+	@git -C qmk_firmware clean -dffx 2>/dev/null || true
 	@git -C qmk_firmware reset --hard HEAD
 	@git -C qmk_firmware apply ../qmk_patches.diff
 	@touch qmk_firmware/patches_applied