diff --git a/scripts/sync.sh b/scripts/sync.sh
index 23090b4..ffcc7ae 100755
--- a/scripts/sync.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # sync.sh — Copy telegram-join-approval-bot submodule into internal/, then apply patches.
-# Usage: ./scripts/sync.sh
+# Usage: cd scripts/ && ./sync.sh
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Ensure script is run from the scripts/ directory
+if [[ "$(basename "$PWD")" != "scripts" ]]; then
+  echo "❌ This script must be run from the scripts/ directory."
+  echo "   Usage: cd scripts/ && ./sync.sh"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
 
@@ -23,7 +30,7 @@ rm -rf "$ROOT_DIR/config" "$ROOT_DIR/handlers" "$ROOT_DIR/pkg" "$ROOT_DIR/main.g
 
 # Copy source files, excluding .git and keeping patches/ and scripts/
 rsync -a --stats --exclude='.git' "$SUBMODULE_DIR/" "$ROOT_DIR/" \
-  --exclude='patches' --exclude='scripts' --exclude='README.md' --exclude='Dockerfile'
+  --exclude='patches' --exclude='scripts' --exclude='README.md' --exclude='Dockerfile' --exclude='LICENSE'
 
 # Remove scripts/ from .gitignore so we can track our sync script
 sed -i '/^scripts\/$/d' "$ROOT_DIR/.gitignore"
diff --git a/telegram-join-approval-bot b/telegram-join-approval-bot
index 4f3a0b9..98e6a4a 160000
--- a/telegram-join-approval-bot
+++ b/telegram-join-approval-bot
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4f3a0b9b06c097480e161d5351dcce50ea0692d0
+Subproject commit 98e6a4a100cb350cadc0a074894bb2fb0b0c9394