diff --git a/services/licensemanager/testdata/appstates/appstate_service_state.json b/services/licensemanager/testdata/appstates/appstate_service_state.json
index fb5b410f..1460f8c4 100644
--- a/services/licensemanager/testdata/appstates/appstate_service_state.json
+++ b/services/licensemanager/testdata/appstates/appstate_service_state.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-[{"name":"untangle-node-geoip","allowedState":0},{"name":"untangle-node-discovery","allowedState":0},{"name":"untangle-node-classd","allowedState":1},{"name":"untangle-node-dynamic-lists","allowedState":0},{"name":"untangle-node-captiveportal","allowedState":0},{"name":"untangle-node-threat-prevention","allowedState":1},{"name":"untangle-node-sitefilter","allowedState":0}]
\ No newline at end of file
+[{"name":"untangle-node-captiveportal","allowedState":0},{"name":"untangle-node-threat-prevention","allowedState":1},{"name":"untangle-node-sitefilter","allowedState":0},{"name":"untangle-node-geoip","allowedState":0},{"name":"untangle-node-discovery","allowedState":0},{"name":"untangle-node-classd","allowedState":1},{"name":"untangle-node-dynamic-lists","allowedState":0}]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/settings/filesystem.go b/services/settings/filesystem.go
index b49c19ef..bbc87b68 100644
--- a/services/settings/filesystem.go
+++ b/services/settings/filesystem.go
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ const (
 
 	// prefix specifically for config files in hybrid mode
 	hybridModeSettingsPrefix = "/mnt/flash/mfw-settings"
+
+	nativeEOSIndicatorFile = "/etc/EfwNativeEos"
 )
 
+var openWRTFileToNativeEOS = map[string]string{
+	"/etc/config/categories.json": "/usr/share/bctid/categories.json",
+}
+
 // NoFileAtPath is an error for if a file doesn't exist. In this case
 // platform detection may have gone okay but we didn't see the file.
 type NoFileAtPath struct {
@@ -56,9 +62,20 @@ func FileExists(fname string) bool {
 func (f *FilenameLocator) getPlatformFileName(filename string) (string, error) {
 	// Determine platform
 	var newFileName string
-	if f.fileExists(kernelModeSettingsPrefix) { // Kernel/OpenWRT mode
+	if f.fileExists(kernelModeSettingsPrefix) {
+		// Kernel/OpenWRT mode
 		newFileName = kernelModeSettingsPrefix + "/" + filename[strings.LastIndex(filename, "/")+1:]
-	} else { // Hybrid mode
+	} else {
+		// Hybrid mode
+		if f.fileExists(nativeEOSIndicatorFile) {
+			// Packetd running natively EOS mode
+			if nativePath, exists := openWRTFileToNativeEOS[filename]; exists {
+				return nativePath, nil
+			}
+
+			// Fall through to Hybrid mode handling
+		}
+
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(filename, kernelModeSettingsPrefix) {
 			// Not a config file, use generic prefix
 			newFileName = filepath.Join(hybridModeGenericPrefix, filename)
diff --git a/services/settings/filesystem_test.go b/services/settings/filesystem_test.go
index 740c7c03..275788d0 100644
--- a/services/settings/filesystem_test.go
+++ b/services/settings/filesystem_test.go
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ func TestFilenameLocator(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			filename:     "/etc/config/settings.json",
-			existResults: []bool{false, false, true},
+			existResults: []bool{false, false, false, true},
 			returnValue:  "/mnt/flash/mfw-settings/settings.json",
 		},
 		{
 			filename:     "/usr/share/geoip",
-			existResults: []bool{false, false, true},
+			existResults: []bool{false, false, false, true},
 			returnValue:  "/mfw/usr/share/geoip",
 		},
 		{
 			filename:     "/etc/config/appstate.json",
-			existResults: []bool{false, false, true},
+			existResults: []bool{false, false, false, true},
 			returnValue:  "/mnt/flash/mfw-settings/appstate.json",
 		},
 		{
@@ -56,10 +56,15 @@ func TestFilenameLocator(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			filename:     "/etc/config/appstate.json",
-			existResults: []bool{false, false, false},
+			existResults: []bool{false, false, false, false},
 			returnValue:  "/mnt/flash/mfw-settings/appstate.json",
 			returnErr:    fmt.Errorf("no file at path: /mnt/flash/mfw-settings/appstate.json"),
 		},
+		{
+			filename:     "/etc/config/categories.json",
+			existResults: []bool{false, false, true},
+			returnValue:  "/usr/share/bctid/categories.json",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {