diff --git a/utils/helpers.sh b/utils/helpers.sh
index bb2337d4d62aa3073b75174fcc24a84ec51bfcf3..4ecf8789b650d9463639b119dcda1bfe2bce2bcd 100644
--- a/utils/helpers.sh
+++ b/utils/helpers.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 function mysql_execute {
 	  #TODO is it meaningful that here always the database user is used???
 	  set +e
-    env
+    # env | sort
 	  $MYSQL_CMD $(get_db_args) -e "$1"
 	  ret=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 	  if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/utils/patch_header.sh b/utils/patch_header.sh
index 7f85505234b2b5dd1232d2f7614b73908e70efc2..f53266aabd96b316ecf2c17948384c505e5a9d87 100644
--- a/utils/patch_header.sh
+++ b/utils/patch_header.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 #header for patch scripts
 
 # load useful functions #######################################################
-. $UTILSPATH/helpers.sh
+source $UTILSPATH/load_settings.sh
+source $UTILSPATH/helpers.sh
 
 USAGE="$1 [ --env=ENV_FILE ] [ --patch=PATCH ] [ --backupdir=BACKUPDIR ]\n\n"
 CMD_OPTIONS=$(cat <<EOF