diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
index f4226299..372df27f 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. /etc/pihole/versions
+source /etc/pihole/versions
 
 # Read the value of an FTL config key. The value is printed to stdout.
 get_ftl_conf_value() {
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/query.sh b/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
index 3340bdd2..a65a1f07 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ domain=""
 
 # Source color table
 colfile="/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
-. "${colfile}"
+source "${colfile}"
 
 # Source api functions
-. "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/api.sh"
+source "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/api.sh"
 
 Help() {
     echo "Usage: pihole -q [option] <domain>
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh b/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh
index b325ee9c..0124808b 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function get_remote_hash() {
 
 # Source the utils file for addOrEditKeyValPair()
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. /opt/pihole/utils.sh
+source /opt/pihole/utils.sh
 
 # Remove the below three legacy files if they exist
 rm -f "/etc/pihole/GitHubVersions"
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/version.sh b/advanced/Scripts/version.sh
index 540924c2..9e6fe75a 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/version.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/version.sh
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ cachedVersions="/etc/pihole/versions"
 
 if [ -f ${cachedVersions} ]; then
     # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-    . "$cachedVersions"
+    source "$cachedVersions"
 else
     echo "Could not find /etc/pihole/versions. Running update now."
     pihole updatechecker
     # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-    . "$cachedVersions"
+    source "$cachedVersions"
 fi
 
 main() {
diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh
index b5ddbc97..38d3cc33 100755
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR='/opt/pihole'
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-. "${utilsfile}"
+source "${utilsfile}"
 
 # Get file paths
 FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.pid)"
diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
index 37d750a2..99c47a3f 100755
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR='/opt/pihole'
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-. "${utilsfile}"
+source "${utilsfile}"
 
 # Get file paths
 FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.pid)"
diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
index 151d4f90..67f509b5 100644
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-. "${utilsfile}"
+source "${utilsfile}"
 
 
 is_running() {
diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index 824ba5e1..50180d02 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 # Source utils.sh for GetFTLConfigValue
 utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-. "${utilsfile}"
+source "${utilsfile}"
 
 coltable="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/COL_TABLE"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-. "${coltable}"
+source "${coltable}"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "/etc/.pihole/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity-db.sh"
+source "/etc/.pihole/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity-db.sh"
 
 basename="pihole"
 PIHOLE_COMMAND="/usr/local/bin/${basename}"