diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0300771..fc99652 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 [submodule "ui/modules/PyXRLinuxDriverIPC"]
 	path = ui/modules/PyXRLinuxDriverIPC
 	url = https://github.com/wheaney/PyXRLinuxDriverIPC.git
+	branch = 2.4.x
 [submodule "gnome/backports/gnome-44-max"]
 	path = gnome/backports/gnome-44-max
 	url = https://github.com/wheaney/breezy-desktop
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 79a6144..59aa62c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4.4
+2.4.5
diff --git a/gnome/bin/setup b/gnome/bin/setup
index e61c132..cfbf381 100755
--- a/gnome/bin/setup
+++ b/gnome/bin/setup
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ echo "Installing xrDriver"
 echo "BEGIN - xr_driver_setup"
 if [ -z "$1" ]
 then
-  sudo bin/xr_driver_setup $(pwd)/xrDriver.tar.gz
+  sudo --preserve-env=SKIP_SYSTEMD bin/xr_driver_setup $(pwd)/xrDriver.tar.gz
 else
-  sudo bin/xr_driver_setup -v $1 $(pwd)/xrDriver.tar.gz
+  sudo --preserve-env=SKIP_SYSTEMD bin/xr_driver_setup -v $1 $(pwd)/xrDriver.tar.gz
 fi
 
 echo "END - xr_driver_setup"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/XRLinuxDriver b/modules/XRLinuxDriver
index 3b05cab..1cd0e7b 160000
--- a/modules/XRLinuxDriver
+++ b/modules/XRLinuxDriver
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3b05cab0c58bc306fdc7f7019a1764bfcde545d1
+Subproject commit 1cd0e7b5aff4c3b8c5df24054b0c551fd191de43
diff --git a/ui/modules/PyXRLinuxDriverIPC b/ui/modules/PyXRLinuxDriverIPC
index 0eb04ff..da173bd 160000
--- a/ui/modules/PyXRLinuxDriverIPC
+++ b/ui/modules/PyXRLinuxDriverIPC
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0eb04ff4429ce7a025f126843cd0d3b24bc0d73e
+Subproject commit da173bd9e0392aaeb2cb68a332e5d4a20dd4dae1