diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/main.cpp b/app/src/main/cpp/main.cpp
index f7c81a1..70ee610 100644
--- a/app/src/main/cpp/main.cpp
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/main.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <android/log.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/system_properties.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 #define DEX_FILE_PATH "/data/adb/modules/playintegrityfix/classes.dex"
 
 #define JSON_FILE_PATH "/data/adb/modules/playintegrityfix/pif.json"
+
 #define CUSTOM_JSON_FILE_PATH "/data/adb/modules/playintegrityfix/custom.pif.json"
 
 static std::string FIRST_API_LEVEL, SECURITY_PATCH;
@@ -249,12 +249,9 @@ static void companion(int fd) {
         fclose(dex);
     }
 
-    struct stat tmpbuf;
-    if (stat(CUSTOM_JSON_FILE_PATH, &tmpbuf) == 0) {
-       FILE *json = fopen(CUSTOM_JSON_FILE_PATH, "r");
-    else {
+    FILE *json = fopen(CUSTOM_JSON_FILE_PATH, "r");
+    if (!json)
        FILE *json = fopen(JSON_FILE_PATH, "r");
-    }
 
     if (json) {
         fseek(json, 0, SEEK_END);