diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
index c62acdbc..120df5b8 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
+readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
+SKIP_INSTALL="true"
+# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
+source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
+# stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
+# restart_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
+
 # Determine database location
 DBFILE=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.database")
 if [ -z "$DBFILE" ]; then
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ flushARP(){
     fi
 
     # Stop FTL to prevent database access
-    if ! output=$(service pihole-FTL stop 2>&1); then
+    if ! output=$(stop_service pihole-FTL 2>&1); then
         echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to stop FTL"
         echo "  Output: ${output}"
         return 1
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ flushARP(){
     fi
 
     # Start FTL again
-    if ! output=$(service pihole-FTL restart 2>&1); then
+    if ! output=$(restart_service pihole-FTL 2>&1); then
         echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to restart FTL"
         echo "  Output: ${output}"
         return 1
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
index ca70f31b..ac0c196f 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
+SKIP_INSTALL="true"
+# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
+source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
+# stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
+# restart_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
+
 # In case we're running at the same time as a system logrotate, use a
 # separate logrotate state file to prevent stepping on each other's
 # toes.
@@ -104,13 +110,14 @@ else
     fi
 
     # Stop FTL to make sure it doesn't write to the database while we're deleting data
-    service pihole-FTL stop
+    stop_service pihole-FTL >/dev/null
+
 
     # Delete most recent 24 hours from FTL's database, leave even older data intact (don't wipe out all history)
     deleted=$(pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${DBFILE}" "DELETE FROM query_storage WHERE timestamp >= strftime('%s','now')-86400; select changes() from query_storage limit 1")
 
     # Restart FTL
-    service pihole-FTL restart
+    restart_service pihole-FTL >/dev/null
     if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
         echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Deleted ${deleted} queries from long-term query database"
     fi
diff --git a/automated install/uninstall.sh b/automated install/uninstall.sh
index a158e595..eb1e9e29 100755
--- a/automated install/uninstall.sh	
+++ b/automated install/uninstall.sh	
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ source "/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
 
+SKIP_INSTALL="true"
+# shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
+source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
+# stop_service() is defined in basic-install.sh
+
 ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
 readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR
 
@@ -102,11 +107,7 @@ removePiholeFiles() {
     # Remove FTL
     if command -v pihole-FTL &> /dev/null; then
         echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing pihole-FTL..."
-        if [[ -x "$(command -v systemctl)" ]]; then
-            systemctl stop pihole-FTL
-        else
-            service pihole-FTL stop
-        fi
+        stop_service pihole-FTL
         ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service
         if [[ -d '/etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d' ]]; then
             read -rp "  ${QST} FTL service override directory /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d detected. Do you wish to remove this from your system? [y/N] " answer