diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cbc933afe..9677574e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   - ex. "EFI" and additional FAT32 partitions on a single drive
 - Backend changes:
   - Call `setpgrp()` to prevent app from being killed if parent process is killed (ie. LaunchAgents)
+  - Resolve payloads path being mis-routed during CLI calls
 
 ## 0.6.6
 - Implement option to disable ColorSync downgrade on HD 3000 Macs
diff --git a/resources/main.py b/resources/main.py
index f231dac1f..3041533bc 100644
--- a/resources/main.py
+++ b/resources/main.py
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ class OpenCoreLegacyPatcher:
         ignore_args = ["--auto_patch", "--gui_patch", "--gui_unpatch", "--update_installed"]
         if not any(x in sys.argv for x in ignore_args):
             self.constants.current_path = Path.cwd()
-            if getattr(sys, "frozen", False) and hasattr(sys, "_MEIPASS"):
-                logging.info("- Rerouting payloads location")
-                self.constants.payload_path = sys._MEIPASS / Path("payloads")
         ignore_args = ignore_args.pop(0)
 
         if not any(x in sys.argv for x in ignore_args):
diff --git a/resources/network_handler.py b/resources/network_handler.py
index 5efd0be14..2dc61fd6f 100644
--- a/resources/network_handler.py
+++ b/resources/network_handler.py
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ class DownloadObject:
             logging.error(f"- Error preparing working directory {path}: {self.error_msg}")
             return False
 
+        logging.info(f"- Directory ready: {path}")
         return True