diff --git a/src/displayapp/fonts/fonts.json b/src/displayapp/fonts/fonts.json
index 1216472b..dfc10ad9 100644
--- a/src/displayapp/fonts/fonts.json
+++ b/src/displayapp/fonts/fonts.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       ],
       "bpp": 1,
       "size": 20,
-      "patches": ["{file}_zero.patch"]
+      "patches": ["jetbrains_mono_bold_20.c_zero.patch"]
    },
    "jetbrains_mono_42": {
       "sources": [
diff --git a/src/displayapp/fonts/generate.py b/src/displayapp/fonts/generate.py
index 801566b4..401d47ab 100755
--- a/src/displayapp/fonts/generate.py
+++ b/src/displayapp/fonts/generate.py
@@ -66,18 +66,7 @@ def main():
         subprocess.check_call(line)
         if patches:
             for patch in patches:
-                try:
-                    # Try and patch, if given a string
-                    patch = patch.format(name=name, file=name+'.c')
-                    subprocess.check_call(['/usr/bin/patch', name+'.c', patch])
-                    continue
-                except: pass
-                try:
-                    # otherwise, assume a "advanced" patch, which is a list of strings.
-                    patch = [arg.format(name=name, file=name+'.c') for arg in patch]
-                    subprocess.check_call(patch)
-                except Exception as e:
-                    sys.exit('Failed to patch using "{patch}"\n{err}'.format(patch=patch,err=e))
+                subprocess.check_call(['/usr/bin/patch', name+'.c', patch])