diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 098ed53..31731d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitnet-cpp"
-version = "0.0.3"
+version = "0.0.4"
 dependencies = [
  "bitnet-cpp-sys",
  "encoding_rs",
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitnet-cpp-sys"
-version = "0.0.3"
+version = "0.0.4"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen",
  "cc",
diff --git a/bitnet-cpp-sys/Cargo.toml b/bitnet-cpp-sys/Cargo.toml
index 851b156..1937143 100644
--- a/bitnet-cpp-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bitnet-cpp-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "bitnet-cpp-sys"
 description = "Low Level Bindings to bitnet.cpp"
-version = "0.0.3"
+version = "0.0.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/eugenehp/bitnet-cpp-rs"
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ include = [
     "wrapper.h",
     "build.rs",
     "/src",
+    "/patches",
     
     "/bitnet/src",
     "/bitnet/include/*",
diff --git a/bitnet-cpp-sys/build.rs b/bitnet-cpp-sys/build.rs
index 2fb4fdb..56f16d1 100644
--- a/bitnet-cpp-sys/build.rs
+++ b/bitnet-cpp-sys/build.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ macro_rules! debug_log {
     };
 }
 
-const CARGO_PKG_NAME: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME");
+// const CARGO_PKG_NAME: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME");
+const CARGO_PKG_NAME: &str = "bitnet-cpp-sys"; // this has to be hardcoded to enable `bitnet-cpp` build
 const CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR: &str = env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
 const BITNET_DIR: &str = "bitnet";
 const LLAMA_CPP_DIR: &str = "bitnet/3rdparty/llama.cpp";
+const PATCHES_DIR: &str = "patches";
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 const OS_EXTRA_ARGS: [(&str, &str); 1] = [("-T", "ClangCL")]; // these are cflags, so should be defined as .cflag("-foo")
@@ -210,12 +212,16 @@ fn macos_link_search_path() -> Option<String> {
 fn build() {
     let target = env::var("TARGET").unwrap();
     let out_dir = get_out_dir();
+    let src_dir = get_src_dir();
 
     let target_dir = get_cargo_target_dir().unwrap();
 
     let bitnet_dst = out_dir.join(BITNET_DIR);
     let bitnet_src = Path::new(&CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR).join(BITNET_DIR);
 
+    let patches_dst = out_dir.join(PATCHES_DIR);
+    let patches_src = Path::new(&src_dir).join(PATCHES_DIR);
+
     let build_shared_libs = cfg!(feature = "cuda") || cfg!(feature = "dynamic-link");
 
     let build_shared_libs = std::env::var("LLAMA_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS")
@@ -232,6 +238,15 @@ fn build() {
     debug_log!("OUT_DIR: {}", out_dir.display());
     debug_log!("BUILD_SHARED: {}", build_shared_libs);
 
+    if !patches_dst.exists() {
+        debug_log!(
+            "Copy {} to {}",
+            patches_src.display(),
+            patches_dst.display()
+        );
+        copy_folder(&patches_src, &patches_dst);
+    }
+
     if !bitnet_dst.exists() {
         debug_log!("Copy {} to {}", bitnet_src.display(), bitnet_dst.display());
         copy_folder(&bitnet_src, &bitnet_dst);
@@ -451,10 +466,11 @@ fn build() {
 }
 
 fn apply_patch(patch_name: &str, output_dir: &str) {
-    let src_dir = get_src_dir();
+    // let src_dir = get_src_dir();
     let out_dir = get_out_dir();
 
-    let patches_dir = src_dir.join("patches");
+    // let patches_dir = src_dir.join("patches");
+    let patches_dir = out_dir.join(PATCHES_DIR);
 
     let content = fs::read_to_string(patches_dir.join(patch_name)).unwrap();
     // uncomment this if you want to see atomic commits in the main git repo
diff --git a/bitnet-cpp/Cargo.toml b/bitnet-cpp/Cargo.toml
index 14ba659..0ce2308 100644
--- a/bitnet-cpp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bitnet-cpp/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "bitnet-cpp"
 description = "bitnet.cpp bindings for Rust"
-version = "0.0.3"
+version = "0.0.4"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/eugenehp/bitnet-cpp-rs"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ keywords = [
 
 [dependencies]
 enumflags2 = "0.7.10"
-bitnet-cpp-sys = { path = "../bitnet-cpp-sys", version = "*" }
+bitnet-cpp-sys = { path = "../bitnet-cpp-sys", version = "0.0.4" }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }