diff --git a/Viewer/Makefile b/Viewer/Makefile
index ae2f3a46..52fc76c2 100755
--- a/Viewer/Makefile
+++ b/Viewer/Makefile
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ LESSC := npx lessc
 # 		   procs to access their paths (as is done below)
 # 		2) set path and launch a child make -- not sure how to 
 # 		   do this...
+#
 ELECTRON := npx electron
-# XXX stopped working while sharp started working out of the box...
 ELECTRON_REBUILD := npx electron-rebuild
 ASAR := npx asar
 ELECTRON_VERSION_FALLBACK ?= v1.8.1
@@ -641,6 +641,11 @@ $(BUILD_INFO): $(CSS_FILES) $(NODE_DIR) $(PROJECT_FILES) \
 
 $(NODE_DIR): package.json
 	npm install
+	# patch requirejs (see: NOTES)
+	cp -f $(NODE_DIR)/requirejs/bin/r.js{,.bak}
+	cat $(NODE_DIR)/requirejs/bin/r.js.bak \
+		| sed 's/^\(#!\/\)/\/\/\1/' \
+		> $(NODE_DIR)/requirejs/bin/r.js
 	# NOTE: this may break on some systems due to a dependency issue...
 #	$(ELECTRON_REBUILD)
 	@touch "$@"
diff --git a/Viewer/doc/HACKS b/Viewer/doc/HACKS
index 6a17a6e1..a40d6232 100644
--- a/Viewer/doc/HACKS
+++ b/Viewer/doc/HACKS
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ Hacks and fixes
 ===============
 
 20220126:
-- node_modules/requirejs/bin/r,js:
+- node_modules/requirejs/bin/r,js
 	Under Electron v14+ requirejs breaks with a SyntaxError on the 
 	first char of r.js ('#!/...') -- a hackish way to fix this is to 
 	comment it out, not yet sure why is this happening...
+	STUB: patched by:
+		make node_modules
 
-- cfg/requirejs.js:
+- cfg/requirejs.js (FIXED)
 	.baseUrl calculation under U*IX systems needs a '/' prefixed...
 
-Both issues are currently tweaked manually...