diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56a7d90..f58c0f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ cd linux-tkg
 # Optional: edit the "customization.cfg" file
 makepkg -si
 ```
-The script will use a slightly modified Arch config from the `linux-tkg-config` folder. The options selected at build-time are installed to `/usr/share/doc/$pkgbase/customization.cfg`, where `$pkgbase` is the package name.
-
+The script will use a slightly modified Arch config from the `linux-tkg-config` folder, it can be changed through the `_configfile` variable in `customization.cfg`. The options selected at build-time are installed to `/usr/share/doc/$pkgbase/customization.cfg`, where `$pkgbase` is the package name.
 
 #### DEB (Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives) and RPM (Fedora, SUSE and derivatives) based distributions
 The interactive `install.sh` script will create, depending on the selected distro, `.deb` or `.rpm` packages, move them in the the subfolder `DEBS` or `RPMS` then prompts to install them with the distro's package manager.
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ manually. `install.sh` can can help out with some useful information:
 cd path/to/linux-tkg
 ./install.sh uninstall-help
 ```
-The script will use your current kernel's `.config` file, which will be searched for either at ``/boot/config-`uname -r`.config`` or ``/proc/config.gz`` otherwise it defaults the the "vanilla" upstream `.config` file. It's recommended to run the script booted on your distro-provided kernel.
+The script will use a slightly modified Arch config from the `linux-tkg-config` folder, it can be changed through the `_configfile` variable in `customization.cfg`.
 
 #### Void Linux
 ```shell
@@ -136,10 +135,10 @@ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
 - If you only want the script to patch the sources in `linux-src-git`, you can use `./install.sh config`
 - `${kernel_flavor}` is a default naming scheme but can be customized with the variable `_kernel_localversion` in `customization.cfg`.
 - `_dracut_options` is a variable that can be changed in `customization.cfg`.
-- The script uses a base `.config` file. Its path can be provided through `_configfile` in `customization.cfg`. Otherwise ``/boot/config-`uname -r`.config``, ``/proc/config.gz`` or a "vanilla" upstream `.config` file are used, in that order, by default.
+- The script uses Arch's `.config` file as a base. A custom one can be provided through `_configfile` in `customization.cfg`.
 - The installed files will not be tracked by your package manager and uninstalling requires manual intervention. `./install.sh uninstall-help` can help with useful information if your install procedure follows the `Generic` approach.
 #### Gentoo
-The interactive `install.sh` script supports Gentoo by following the same procedure as `Generic`. Then it offers to conveniently do an `emerge @module-rebuild` after symlinking the sources folder in `/usr/src/` to `/usr/src/linux`.
+The interactive `install.sh` script supports Gentoo by following the same procedure as `Generic`, symlinks the sources folder in `/usr/src/` to `/usr/src/linux`, then offers to do an `emerge @module-rebuild` for convenience
 ```shell
 git clone https://github.com/Frogging-Family/linux-tkg.git
 cd linux-tkg
diff --git a/customization.cfg b/customization.cfg
index 7a7f9e7..db8ebbe 100644
--- a/customization.cfg
+++ b/customization.cfg
@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ _dracut_options="--lz4"
 #### KERNEL OPTIONS ####
 
 # Name of the default config file to use for the kernel
-# Default (empty):
-# - Archlinux (PKGBUILD): "config.x86_64" from the linux-tkg-config/5.y folder.
-# - install.sh: Picks the .config file from the currently running kernel.
-#               It is recommended to be running an official kernel before running this script, to pick off a correct .config file
-# User provided:
-# - Archlinux : use "config_hardened.x86_64" to get a hardened kernel. To get a complete hardened setup, you have to use "cfs" as _cpusched.
-# - Any : custom user provided file, the given path should be relative to the PKGBUILD file. This enables for example to use a user stripped down .config file.
+# Default (empty)  : "config.x86_64" from the linux-tkg-config/5.y folder.
+# "running-kernel" : Picks the .config file from the currently running kernel.
+#                    It is recommended to be running an official kernel before running this script, to pick off a correct .config file
+# "config_hardened.x86_64" : config file for a hardened kernel, available for kernel version "5.13", "5.10" and "5.4" .
+#                            To get a complete hardened setup, you have to use "cfs" as _cpusched.
+# User provided value : custom user provided file, the given path should be relative to the PKGBUILD file. This enables for example to use a user stripped down .config file.
 #         If the .config file isn't up to date with the chosen kernel version, any extra CONFIG_XXXX is set to its default value.
 # Note: the script copies the resulting .config file as "kernelconfig.new" next to the PKGBUILD as a convenience for an eventual re-use. It gets overwritten at each run.
 #       One can use "kernelconfig.new" here to always use the latest edited .config file. modprobed-db needs to be used only once for its changes to be picked up.
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index cba8935..067545a 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ _install_dependencies() {
   fi
   if [ "$_distro" = "Debian" -o "$_distro" = "Ubuntu" ]; then
     msg2 "Installing dependencies"
-    sudo apt install git wget build-essential fakeroot libncurses5-dev libssl-dev ccache bison flex qtbase5-dev bc rsync kmod cpio libelf-dev ${clang_deps} -y
+    sudo apt install git wget build-essential fakeroot libncurses5-dev libssl-dev ccache bison flex qtbase5-dev bc rsync kmod cpio libelf-dev lz4 zstd ${clang_deps} -y
   elif [ "$_distro" = "Fedora" ]; then
     msg2 "Installing dependencies"
     if [ $(rpm -E %fedora) = "32" ]; then
-      sudo dnf install fedpkg fedora-packager rpmdevtools ncurses-devel pesign grubby qt5-devel libXi-devel gcc-c++ git ccache flex bison elfutils-libelf-devel openssl-devel dwarves rpm-build ${clang_deps} -y
+      sudo dnf install fedpkg fedora-packager rpmdevtools ncurses-devel pesign grubby qt5-devel libXi-devel gcc-c++ git ccache flex bison elfutils-libelf-devel openssl-devel dwarves rpm-build lz4 zstd ${clang_deps} -y
     else
-      sudo dnf install qt5-qtbase-devel fedpkg fedora-packager rpmdevtools ncurses-devel pesign grubby libXi-devel gcc-c++ git ccache flex bison elfutils-libelf-devel elfutils-devel openssl openssl-devel dwarves rpm-build perl-devel perl-generators python3-devel make -y ${clang_deps} -y
+      sudo dnf install qt5-qtbase-devel fedpkg fedora-packager rpmdevtools ncurses-devel pesign grubby libXi-devel gcc-c++ git ccache flex bison elfutils-libelf-devel elfutils-devel openssl openssl-devel dwarves rpm-build perl-devel perl-generators python3-devel make lz4 zstd -y ${clang_deps} -y
     fi
   elif [ "$_distro" = "Suse" ]; then
     msg2 "Installing dependencies"
diff --git a/linux-tkg-config/prepare b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
index 01eaf9b..37489a8 100644
--- a/linux-tkg-config/prepare
+++ b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
@@ -362,15 +362,15 @@ _tkg_srcprep() {
       tkgpatch="$srcdir/patch-${pkgver}"
       _msg="Patching from $_basekernel to $pkgver" && _tkg_patcher
     fi
+  fi
 
-    # ARCH Patches
-    if [ "${_configfile}" = "config_hardened.x86_64" ] && [ "${_cpusched}" = "cfs" ]; then
-      tkgpatch="$srcdir/0012-linux-hardened.patch"
-      _msg="Using linux hardened patchset" && _tkg_patcher
-    else
-      tkgpatch="$srcdir/0001-add-sysctl-to-disallow-unprivileged-CLONE_NEWUSER-by.patch"
-      _msg="Using Arch patches" && _tkg_patcher
-    fi
+  # Hardened Patches
+  if [ "${_configfile}" = "config_hardened.x86_64" ] && [ "${_cpusched}" = "cfs" ]; then
+    tkgpatch="$srcdir/0012-linux-hardened.patch"
+    _msg="Using linux hardened patchset" && _tkg_patcher
+  else
+    tkgpatch="$srcdir/0001-add-sysctl-to-disallow-unprivileged-CLONE_NEWUSER-by.patch"
+    _msg="Using Arch patches" && _tkg_patcher
   fi
 
   # Void
@@ -527,18 +527,21 @@ _tkg_srcprep() {
 
 
   if [ -z "${_configfile}" ]; then
-    if [ "${_distro}" = "Arch" ] || [ "$_distro" = "Void" ]; then
-      cat "${srcdir}"/config.x86_64 > ./.config
+    msg2 "Using archlinux's default config file for kernel ${_basekernel}"
+    cat "${srcdir}"/config.x86_64 > ./.config
+  elif [ "${_configfile}" = "config_hardened.x86_64" ]; then
+    msg2 "Using archlinux's hardened config file for kernel ${_basekernel}"
+    cat "${srcdir}"/config_hardened.x86_64 > ./.config
+  elif [ "${_configfile}" = "running-kernel" ]; then
+    if [ -f /boot/config-`uname -r` ];then
+      msg2 "Using /boot/config-`uname -r` as config file"
+      cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config
+    elif [ -f /proc/config.gz ];then
+      msg2 "Using /proc/config.gz as config file"
+      zcat --verbose /proc/config.gz > .config
     else
-      if [ -f /boot/config-`uname -r` ];then
-        msg2 "Using /boot/config-`uname -r` as config file"
-        cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config
-      elif [ -f /proc/config.gz ];then
-        msg2 "Using /proc/config.gz as config file"
-        zcat --verbose /proc/config.gz > .config
-      else
-        msg2 "Current kernel config not found! Falling back to default..."
-      fi
+      warning "Cannot get config file of running kernel"
+      exit 1
     fi
   else
     msg2 "Using user-provided config file in ${_where}/${_configfile}"