diff --git a/module/common.sh b/module/common.sh
index 3dd2d1c..93d59c8 100644
--- a/module/common.sh
+++ b/module/common.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ resetprop_hexpatch() {
     [ "$NEWVALUE" = "$CURVALUE" -a ! "$FORCE" ] && return 1
 
     local NEWLEN=${#NEWVALUE}
-    local PROPFILE="/dev/__properties__/$(resetprop -Z "$NAME")"
+    if [ -f /dev/__properties__ ]; then
+        local PROPFILE=/dev/__properties__
+    else
+        local PROPFILE="/dev/__properties__/$(resetprop -Z "$NAME")"
+    fi
     local NAMEOFFSET=$(echo $(strings -t d "$PROPFILE" | grep "$NAME") | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
 
     #<hex 2-byte change counter><flags byte><hex length of prop value><prop value + nul padding to 92 bytes><prop name>