diff --git a/ucore/install-ucore.sh b/ucore/install-ucore.sh
index 4bcd4b7..cfe6a43 100755
--- a/ucore/install-ucore.sh
+++ b/ucore/install-ucore.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ export IMAGE_NAME=ucore
 /ctx/packages.sh
 
 # install packages direct from github
-/ctx/github-release-install.sh trapexit/mergerfs fc${RELEASE}.x86_64
+# Fedora 41 packages missing for mergerfs
+#/ctx/github-release-install.sh trapexit/mergerfs fc${RELEASE}.x86_64
+curl --fail --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors -sSL -o /tmp/mfs-api.json \
+    "https://api.github.com/repos/trapexit/mergerfs/releases/latest"
+MFS_TGZ_URL=$(cat /tmp/mfs-api.json | \
+    jq -r --arg arch_filter "linux_amd64" \
+    '.assets | sort_by(.created_at) | reverse | .[] | select(.name|test($arch_filter)) | select (.name|test("tar.gz$")) | .browser_download_url')
+curl -sSL -o /tmp/mergerfs.tar.gz "${MFS_TGZ_URL}"
+tar -zxvf /tmp/mergerfs.tar.gz -C /usr --strip-components=2
 
 # tweak os-release
 sed -i '/^PRETTY_NAME/s/(uCore.*$/(uCore)"/' /usr/lib/os-release