diff --git a/core/filesystem/spkgbuild b/core/filesystem/spkgbuild
index be411b4dd..3e07f8849 100755
--- a/core/filesystem/spkgbuild
+++ b/core/filesystem/spkgbuild
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 name=filesystem
 version=4.0
-venom_release=$(echo $version | sed 's/_/-/')
-release=1
+venom_release=rolling
+release=2
 backup="etc/passwd
 	etc/locale.conf
 	etc/resolv.conf
diff --git a/core/scratchpkg/scratchpkg.repo b/core/scratchpkg/scratchpkg.repo
index e3c429327..77617dc5f 100644
--- a/core/scratchpkg/scratchpkg.repo
+++ b/core/scratchpkg/scratchpkg.repo
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #    <repo directory> <repo url for sync>
 #
 
-/usr/ports/core       https://github.com/venomlinux/ports/tree/venom4/core
+/usr/ports/core       https://github.com/venomlinux/ports/tree/repos/core
 /usr/ports/main       https://github.com/venomlinux/ports/tree/repos/main
 #/usr/ports/multilib   https://github.com/venomlinux/ports/tree/repos/multilib
 #/usr/ports/nonfree    https://github.com/venomlinux/ports/tree/repos/nonfree
diff --git a/core/scratchpkg/spkgbuild b/core/scratchpkg/spkgbuild
index 2ee7c4b7c..9b75e795f 100644
--- a/core/scratchpkg/spkgbuild
+++ b/core/scratchpkg/spkgbuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 name=scratchpkg
 version=20230326
-release=1
+release=2
 backup="etc/scratchpkg.conf
 	etc/scratchpkg.alias
 	etc/scratchpkg.repo
diff --git a/current-release b/current-release
index 5186d0706..9f844d434 100644
--- a/current-release
+++ b/current-release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.0
+rolling
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 7424889dd..c7e473adb 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ zap_rootfs() {
 	msg "Extracting tarball image: $TARBALLIMG"
 	tar -xf $TARBALLIMG -C $ROOTFS || die "Error extracting tarball image"
 	tmp_scratchpkgconf
-	chrootrun portsync || die 'failed sync ports'
+	#chrootrun portsync || die 'failed sync ports'
 	#set_release_info
 	generatelocales
 	unset ZAP
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ restore_scratchpkgconf() {
 tmp_scratchpkgconf() {
 	if [ ! -f "$ROOTFS"/etc/scratchpkg.repo.spkgnew ]; then
 		mv "$ROOTFS"/etc/scratchpkg.repo "$ROOTFS"/etc/scratchpkg.repo.spkgnew
-		echo "/usr/ports/core https://github.com/venomlinux/ports/tree/venom${RELEASE%%.*}/core" > "$ROOTFS"/etc/scratchpkg.repo
+		#echo "/usr/ports/core https://github.com/venomlinux/ports/tree/venom${RELEASE%%.*}/core" > "$ROOTFS"/etc/scratchpkg.repo
 		for i in $REPO; do
 			echo "/usr/ports/$i" >> "$ROOTFS"/etc/scratchpkg.repo
 		done
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ make_iso() {
 	done
 	#cp "$FILESDIR/splash.png" "$ISODIR/isolinux"
 	cp "$ROOTFS/usr/share/syslinux/splash.png" "$ISODIR/isolinux"
-	sed "s/Venom Linux/Venom Linux $RELEASE/g" "$ROOTFS/usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.cfg" > "$ISODIR/isolinux/isolinux.cfg"
+	#sed "s/Venom Linux/Venom Linux $RELEASE/g" "$ROOTFS/usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.cfg" > "$ISODIR/isolinux/isolinux.cfg"
 	
 	[ -d "$PORTSDIR/virootfs" ] && {
 		cp -aR "$PORTSDIR/virootfs" "$ISODIR"
@@ -334,10 +334,6 @@ checktool() {
 	if [ "$ISO" ]; then
 		check mksquashfs squashfs-tools || err=1
 		check xorriso libisoburn || err=1
-		if [ ! -d /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/ ]; then
-			echo "'grub-efi' files not found"
-			err=1
-		fi
 	fi
 	[ "$err" = 1 ] && exit 1
 }
@@ -493,14 +489,14 @@ parse_opts "$@"
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
 RELEASE=$(cat $PORTSDIR/current-release)
 
-TARBALLIMG="$PORTSDIR/venomlinux-rootfs-$RELEASE-$ARCH.tar.xz"
+TARBALLIMG="$PORTSDIR/venomlinux-rootfs-$ARCH.tar.xz"
 SRCDIR="${SRCDIR:-/var/cache/scratchpkg/sources}"
 PKGDIR="${PKGDIR:-/var/cache/scratchpkg/packages}"
 ROOTFS="${ROOTFS:-$PORTSDIR/rootfs}"
 CCACHE_DIR="${CCACHEDIR:-/var/lib/ccache}"
 JOBS="${JOBS:-$(nproc)}"
 
-REPO="main multilib nonfree testing"
+REPO="core main multilib nonfree testing"
 
 # iso
 ISODIR="${ISODIR:-/tmp/venomiso}"
diff --git a/scripts/makeiso.sh b/scripts/makeiso.sh
index f35d875dd..c9897f2ee 100755
--- a/scripts/makeiso.sh
+++ b/scripts/makeiso.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ THEME_PKG="arcbox paper-icon-theme osx-arc-theme ttf-liberation picom dunst neof
 # theme: arc-gtk-theme xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin pop-icon-theme
 
 RELEASE=$(cat $PORTSDIR/current-release)
-outputiso="$PORTSDIR/venomlinux-$RELEASE-$INIT-$(uname -m)-$(date +%Y%m%d).iso"
+outputiso="$PORTSDIR/venomlinux-$INIT-$(uname -m)-$(date +%Y%m%d).iso"
 pkgs="$(echo $MUST_PKG $XORG_PKG $MAIN_PKG $OPENBOX_PKG $THEME_PKG | tr ' ' ',')"
 
 as_root $SCRIPTDIR/build.sh \