diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index a256b4d16467..b71b574d22f0 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ runs:
         ENABLE_EXTENSIONS="${{ inputs.armbian_extensions }}" \
         COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE="${{ inputs.armbian_compress }}" \
         SHARE_LOG="yes" \
-        EXPERT="yes"
+        EXPERT="yes" \
+        PREFER_DOCKER="no"
 
         # save path
         echo "ARMBIAN_SCRIPT_PATH=${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/lib/functions/cli/entrypoint.sh b/lib/functions/cli/entrypoint.sh
index a1ca193835c7..0ad7182292aa 100644
--- a/lib/functions/cli/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/cli/entrypoint.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ function cli_entrypoint() {
 	# Also form here, UUID will be generated, output created, logging enabled, etc.
 
 	# Init basic dirs.
-	declare -g -r DEST="${SRC}/output" USERPATCHES_PATH="${SRC}"/userpatches # DEST is the main output dir, and USERPATCHES_PATH is the userpatches dir. read-only.
+	declare -g -r DEST="${SRC}/output" # DEST is the main output dir
+	[[ -z ${USERPATCHES_PATH} ]] && USERPATCHES_PATH="${SRC}"/userpatches # USERPATCHES_PATH is the userpatches dir. read-only.
 	mkdir -p "${DEST}" "${USERPATCHES_PATH}"                                 # Create output and userpatches directory if not already there
 	display_alert "Output directory created! DEST:" "${DEST}" "debug"
 
diff --git a/lib/functions/general/extensions.sh b/lib/functions/general/extensions.sh
index da28c135dcdd..ffa8b19f9041 100644
--- a/lib/functions/general/extensions.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/general/extensions.sh
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ function write_hook_point_metadata() {
 
 # can be called by board, family, config or user to make sure an extension is included.
 # single argument is the extension name.
-# will look for it in /userpatches/extensions first.
+# will look for it in ${USERPATCHES_PATH}/extensions first.
 # if not found there will look in /extensions
 # if not found will exit 17
 function enable_extension() {
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ function enable_extension() {
 
 	if [[ "${SHOW_DEBUG}" == "yes" ]]; then
 		stacktrace="${ENABLE_EXTENSION_TRACE_HINT}$(get_extension_hook_stracktrace "${BASH_SOURCE[*]}" "${BASH_LINENO[*]}")"
-		display_alert "Enabling extension" "${extension_name} :: added by ${stacktrace}" "debug"
+		display_alert "Enabling extension $USERPATCHES_PATH sd" "${extension_name} :: added by ${stacktrace}" "debug"
 	else
-		[[ "${enable_extension_quiet:-no}" != "yes" ]] && display_alert "Enabling extension" "${extension_name}" ""
+		[[ "${enable_extension_quiet:-no}" != "yes" ]] && display_alert "Enabling extension ddf $USERPATCHES_PATH" "${extension_name}" ""
 	fi
 
 	# first a check, has the extension manager already initialized? then it is too late to enable_extension(). bail.
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ function enable_extension() {
 	enable_extension_recurse_counter=$((enable_extension_recurse_counter + 1))
 
 	# there are many opportunities here. too many, actually. let userpatches override just some functions, etc.
-	for extension_base_path in "${SRC}/userpatches/extensions" "${SRC}/extensions"; do
+	for extension_base_path in "${USERPATCHES_PATH}/extensions" "${SRC}/extensions"; do
 		extension_dir="${extension_base_path}/${extension_name}"
 		extension_file_in_dir="${extension_dir}/${extension_name}.sh"
 		extension_floating_file="${extension_base_path}/${extension_name}.sh"
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ function enable_extension() {
 # The reasoning is simple: during Dockerfile build, we wanna have all the hostdeps defined, even if we're not gonna use them.
 function enable_all_extensions_builtin_and_user() {
 	declare -a extension_list=()
-	declare -a ext_dirs=("${SRC}/extensions" "${SRC}/userpatches/extensions")
+	declare -a ext_dirs=("${SRC}/extensions" "${USERPATCHES_PATH}/extensions")
 	declare -a ignore_extensions=("sample-extension")
 
 	# Extensions are files of the format <dir>/extension_name.sh or <dir>/extension_name/extension_name.sh
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ function enable_all_extensions_builtin_and_user() {
 	# loop over the files found; remove the prefix
 	for extension_file in "${extension_list[@]}"; do
 		extension_file="${extension_file#${SRC}/}"
+		extension_file="${extension_file#${USERPATCHES_PATH}/}"
 		extension_file="${extension_file%.sh}"
 		extension_name="${extension_file##*/}"
 		# skip, if extension_name is in the ignore_extensions array