diff --git a/functions/other_functions.sh b/functions/other_functions.sh
index 69c95e55..1ddb8eac 100644
--- a/functions/other_functions.sh
+++ b/functions/other_functions.sh
@@ -979,9 +979,6 @@ convert_to_markdown() {
 retroarch_updater(){
 
   log i "Running RetroArch updater"
-
-  # Copy shaders from the application share directory to the RetroArch configuration directory
-  cp -rf /app/share/libretro/shaders /var/config/retroarch/ && log d "RetroArch shaders updated correctly"
   
   # Synchronize cores from the application share directory to the RetroArch cores directory
   rsync -rlD --mkpath "/app/share/libretro/cores/" "/var/config/retroarch/cores/" && log d "RetroArch cores updated correctly"
diff --git a/functions/prepare_component.sh b/functions/prepare_component.sh
index 792065c1..5bcc5048 100644
--- a/functions/prepare_component.sh
+++ b/functions/prepare_component.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ prepare_component() {
         dir_prep "$bios_folder" "/var/config/retroarch/system"
         dir_prep "$rdhome/logs/retroarch" "/var/config/retroarch/logs"
         create_dir /var/config/retroarch/shaders/
+        cp -rf /app/share/libretro/shaders /var/config/retroarch/
         dir_prep "$rdhome/shaders/retroarch" "/var/config/retroarch/shaders"
         cp -fv $config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg /var/config/retroarch/
         cp -fv $config/retroarch/retroarch-core-options.cfg /var/config/retroarch/