diff --git a/femctl b/femctl
index eeff8d6..77a3426 100755
--- a/femctl
+++ b/femctl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# femctl - a simplle sysv cli bootscript manager
+# femctl - a simple sysv cli bootscript manager
 # Copyright (C) 2025 Gabriel Di Martino
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import urllib.request
 import difflib
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
+import json
 
-"""This is a small utility frontend for blfs bootscripts, the bootscripts remain to the BLFS Authors"""
+"""Femctl: small utility frontend for BLFS bootscripts with remote overlays."""
 
 BOOTSCRIPT_VER = "20250225"
 BLFS_URL = f"https://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/blfs-bootscripts/blfs-bootscripts-{BOOTSCRIPT_VER}.tar.xz"
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ CACHE_DIR = Path.home() / ".blfs_cache"
 TARBALL = CACHE_DIR / "blfs-bootscripts.tar.xz"
 SRC_DIR = CACHE_DIR / f"blfs-bootscripts-{BOOTSCRIPT_VER}"
 
+OVERLAY_INDEX_URL = "https://rocketleaguechatp.duckdns.org/femctl/overlays.json"
+
 def check_root():
     if os.geteuid() != 0:
         print("This script must be run as root!")
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ def run_make(service, action, services):
     subprocess.run(["make", target], cwd=SRC_DIR, check=True)
 
 def print_version():
-    print("""Femctl version 1.0.1
+    print("""Femctl version 1.0.2
 
 Made by gabry for FemboyOS
 Credits to the BLFS authors for the BLFS bootscripts""")
@@ -96,15 +99,60 @@ Commands:
   help     Show this message
 
 Example:
-  femctl enable sshd
+  femctl enable xdm
   femctl disable sshd""")
 
+# ----------------- remote overlay logic -----------------
+
+def fetch_overlay_index():
+    """Fetch overlay index dynamically from server"""
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(OVERLAY_INDEX_URL) as resp:
+        return json.load(resp)
+
+def apply_remote_overlay_live(service, patch_name):
+    """Download and apply a patch directly to /etc/init.d/{service}"""
+    url = f"https://rocketleaguechatp.duckdns.org/femctl/patches/{service}/{patch_name}"
+    target_script_dir = Path("/etc/init.d")
+    target_script_path = target_script_dir / service
+
+    if not target_script_path.exists():
+        print(f"Service script {target_script_path} not found!")
+        return
+
+    print(f"Downloading and applying overlay {patch_name} to {target_script_path}...")
+
+    # download patch in memory
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as resp:
+        patch_data = resp.read().decode("utf-8")
+
+    # apply patch to /etc/init.d
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["patch", str(target_script_path)],
+        input=patch_data,
+        text=True,
+        check=True
+    )
+
+def apply_service_overlays(service):
+    """Fetch overlay index and apply all patches for a service"""
+    index = fetch_overlay_index()
+    
+    # optionally warn if BLFS versions mismatch
+    if index.get("blfs_version") != BOOTSCRIPT_VER:
+        print("Warning: overlay BLFS version mismatch")
+    
+    patches = index.get("overlays", {}).get(service, [])
+    for patch_name in patches:
+        apply_remote_overlay(service, patch_name)
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------
+
 def main():
     check_root()
     if len(sys.argv) < 2 or sys.argv[1] in ("help", "-h", "--help"):
         print_help()
         return
-    elif len(sys.argv) <2 or sys.argv[1] in ("version"):
+    elif len(sys.argv) < 2 or sys.argv[1] in ("version"):
         print_version()
         return
 
@@ -118,6 +166,9 @@ def main():
         return
     service = sys.argv[2]
 
+    # apply remote overlays first
+    apply_service_overlays(service)
+
     if command == "enable":
         run_make(service, "install", services)
     elif command == "disable":
@@ -127,4 +178,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
-
diff --git a/overlays.json b/overlays.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1e11bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "blfs_version": "20250225",
+  "overlays": {
+    "sddm": {
+      "target": "xdm",
+      "patches": [
+        "0001-plymouth-quit.patch"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/patches/xdm/0001-plymouth-quit.patch b/patches/xdm/0001-plymouth-quit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a0f982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/xdm/0001-plymouth-quit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- /tmp/xdm.orig	2025-12-21 11:19:37.763436780 +0100
++++ /etc/init.d/xdm	2025-12-21 11:19:49.884939311 +0100
+@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
+ 
+ source /etc/sysconfig/xdm
+ 
++plymouth quit || true
++
+ if [ -z "${DISPLAY_MANAGER}" ]; then
+     echo Please set DISPLAY_MANAGER in /etc/sysconfig/xdm \
+ before running /etc/rc.d/init.d/xdm