diff --git a/extra_configs/qpdfview/update_config.py b/extra_configs/qpdfview/update_config.py
index 0b7e347..ddebd60 100755
--- a/extra_configs/qpdfview/update_config.py
+++ b/extra_configs/qpdfview/update_config.py
@@ -10,19 +10,10 @@ import shutil
 # =======================================================================================
 
 QPDFVIEW_CONFIGDIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/qpdfview/")
-if not os.path.exists(QPDFVIEW_CONFIGDIR):
-    print("qpdfview config directory not found.")
-    print("Install qpdfview first and rerun this script.")
-    print("Exiting...")
-    exit(1)
-
-# =======================================================================================
-
 QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_CONFIG = QPDFVIEW_CONFIGDIR + "qpdfview.conf"
 print(f"{QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_CONFIG=}")
 
-if os.path.exists(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_CONFIG):
-    shutil.copyfile(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_CONFIG, QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_CONFIG + ".orig")
+shutil.copyfile(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_CONFIG, QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_CONFIG + ".orig")
 
 config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
 config.optionxform = lambda optionstr: optionstr
@@ -32,16 +23,12 @@ config["documentView"]["autoRefresh"] = "true"
 config["documentView"]["highlightAll"] = "true"
 config["documentView"]["highlightCurrentThumbnail"] = "true"
 config["documentView"]["highlightDuration"] = "5000"
-config["documentView"]["limitThumbnailsToResults"] = "true"
 config["documentView"]["prefetch"] = "true"
 config["documentView"]["prefetchDistance"] = "5"
 config["documentView"]["relativeJumps"] = "true"
 
-config["mainWindow"]["recentlyClosedCount"] = "20"
-config["mainWindow"]["recentlyUsedCount"] = "40"
 config["mainWindow"]["restorePerFileSettings"] = "true"
 config["mainWindow"]["restoreTabs"] = "true"
-config["mainWindow"]["searchableMenus"] = "true"
 config["mainWindow"]["tabVisibility"] = "0"
 config["mainWindow"]["trackRecentlyUsed"] = "true"
 config["mainWindow"]["viewToolBar"] = "scaleFactor, zoomIn, zoomOut, fitToPageWidthMode"
@@ -55,18 +42,14 @@ with open(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_CONFIG, "w") as file:
 
 QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_SHORTCUTS = QPDFVIEW_CONFIGDIR + "shortcuts.conf"
 
-if os.path.exists(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_SHORTCUTS):
-    shutil.copyfile(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_SHORTCUTS, QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_SHORTCUTS + ".orig")
+shutil.copyfile(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_SHORTCUTS, QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_SHORTCUTS + ".orig")
 
-shortcut_config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
-shortcut_config.optionxform = lambda optionstr: optionstr
-shortcut_config.read(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_SHORTCUTS)
+config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+config.optionxform = lambda optionstr: optionstr
+config.read(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_SHORTCUTS)
 
-shortcut_config["General"]["continuousMode"] = "Ctrl+7, C"
-shortcut_config["General"]["findNext"] = "Ctrl+G, Return"
-shortcut_config["General"]["findPrevious"] = "Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+Return"
-shortcut_config["General"]["nextPage"] = "Space, N"
-shortcut_config["General"]["previousPage"] = "Backspace, P"
+config["General"]["nextPage"] = "Space, N"
+config["General"]["previousPage"] = "Backspace, P"
 
 with open(QPDFVIEW_CONFIG_SHORTCUTS, "w") as file:
     config.write(file, space_around_delimiters=False)