diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3df12bba..d140069b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Some patches remain unapplied due to their uncertain maintenance burden. You may
 <li><a class="commit-link" href="https://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan/commit/5d31f3bab70de7f983fd56aa18817ede38d1d4f3"><tt>5d31f3b</tt></a> (<span class="reference"><a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="1530457642" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan/issues/527" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/vichan-devel/vichan/pull/527/hovercard" href="https://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan/pull/527">Allow open parentheses before cite: "(&gt;&gt;1"<span class="issue-shorthand">&nbsp;#527</span></a></span>) by <a class="user-mention notranslate" href="https://github.com/discomrade">@discomrade</a></li>
 </ul>
 
+They will be collected in `static/unapplied patches` upon rejection.
+
 About
 ------------
 vichan is a free light-weight, fast, highly configurable and user-friendly
diff --git a/static/unapplied patches/5d31f3bab70de7f983fd56aa18817ede38d1d4f3.patch b/static/unapplied patches/5d31f3bab70de7f983fd56aa18817ede38d1d4f3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be474e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/unapplied patches/5d31f3bab70de7f983fd56aa18817ede38d1d4f3.patch	
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 5d31f3bab70de7f983fd56aa18817ede38d1d4f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: discomrade <83621080+discomrade@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:16:15 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Add open parentheses to cite regex
+
+Allows cite regex to match a post number after an opening parenthesis. "I like the comfy threads (>>1 and >>2) because they're comfy"
+From https://github.com/fallenPineapple/NPFchan/commit/d78254b41db7902b9463b8d5ccfecd30265bacf9
+---
+ inc/functions.php | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
+index 7cf9c5dc3..9d3fcc57e 100755
+--- a/inc/functions.php
++++ b/inc/functions.php
+@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ function markup(&$body, $track_cites = false, $op = false) {
+ 	$tracked_cites = array();
+ 
+ 	// Cites
+-	if (isset($board) && preg_match_all('/(^|\s)&gt;&gt;(\d+?)((?=[\s,.)?!])|$)/m', $body, $cites, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
++	if (isset($board) && preg_match_all('/(^|[\s(])&gt;&gt;(\d+?)((?=[\s,.)?!])|$)/m', $body, $cites, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
+ 		if (count($cites[0]) > $config['max_cites']) {
+ 			error($config['error']['toomanycites']);
+ 		}
+@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ function markup(&$body, $track_cites = false, $op = false) {
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	// Cross-board linking
+-	if (preg_match_all('/(^|\s)&gt;&gt;&gt;\/(' . $config['board_regex'] . 'f?)\/(\d+)?((?=[\s,.)?!])|$)/um', $body, $cites, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
++	if (preg_match_all('/(^|[\s(])&gt;&gt;&gt;\/(' . $config['board_regex'] . 'f?)\/(\d+)?((?=[\s,.)?!])|$)/um', $body, $cites, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
+ 		if (count($cites[0]) > $config['max_cites']) {
+ 			error($config['error']['toomanycross']);
+ 		}