diff --git a/src/client/component/patches.cpp b/src/client/component/patches.cpp
index f55b2725..1bb9d5e0 100644
--- a/src/client/component/patches.cpp
+++ b/src/client/component/patches.cpp
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ namespace patches
 			utils::hook::set<uint8_t>(0xC5A200_b, 0xC3);
 
 			utils::hook::set(0x6D5280_b, 0xC301B0); // NetConstStrings_IsPrecacheAllowed
+
+			// skip "fx/" and "vfx/" name prefix checks (move this to map_patches)
+			utils::hook::set<uint8_t>(0xB34889_b, 0xEB); // Scr_LoadFx
 		}
 	};
 }