diff --git a/patches/applyPatches.sh b/patches/applyPatches.sh
index ebb4493cab6a5761cf2ab4600ffad0ee5de65abf..f3aaf46904f643de59aa794696b8a106c6bd5d10 100755
--- a/patches/applyPatches.sh
+++ b/patches/applyPatches.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ set -e
 PATCHES="./patch*/patch.sh"
 export UTILSPATH="../utils"
 
+. ../utils/load_settings.sh
+. ../utils/helpers.sh
 for p in $PATCHES
 do
     $p "$@" --patch=$p