diff --git a/wpset b/wpset
index 8d80f1d..fab4629 100755
--- a/wpset
+++ b/wpset
@@ -1,13 +1,40 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # WPDL
-VERSION="0.1-rev82"
+VERSION="0.1-rev83"
 CONF="/home/$USER/.config/wpdl.conf"
 source $CONF
 
 # updater
 if [ "$1" = "-u" ]; then
-curl -s https://assets.brendo.org/wpset/update | bash
+# contact tildegit to see if there's a new release
+WPSET_REL=$(mktemp /tmp/wpset-releases-XXXXX.json)
+curl -s https://tildegit.org/api/v1/repos/BrendanTCC/brendotools-wallman/releases -o $WPSET_REL
+DOWNLOAD_VERSION=$(cat $WPSET_REL | jq .[0].tag_name | sed s/\"//g)
+DOWNLOAD_URL=$(cat $WPSET_REL | jq .[0].assets[0].browser_download_url | sed s/\"//g)
+DOWNLOAD_FNAME=$(cat $WPSET_REL | jq .[0].assets[0].name | sed s/\"//g)
+rm $WPSET_REL
+
+# compare versions
+WPSET_REMOTEVER=$(echo "$DOWNLOAD_VERSION")
+WPSET_LOCALVER=$(wpset -v)
+
+if [ "$WPSET_REMOTEVER" == "$WPSET_LOCALVER" ]; then
+
+# tell user that there's nothing to do
+echo "you are already running the latest available version of wallman."
 exit
+
+else
+# download the update
+cd /home/$USER/
+wget $DOWNLOAD_URL -o $DOWNLOAD_FNAME
+unzip $DOWNLOAD_FNAME
+cd brendotools-wallman
+mv wpset /bin/wpset
+chmod +x /bin/wpset
+cd /home/$USER/
+rm -rf brendotools-wallman/
+echo "done."
 fi
 
 # version
diff --git a/wpset-update b/wpset-update
index 6a269c8..0b37fed 100644
--- a/wpset-update
+++ b/wpset-update
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# this file will reside at https://assets.brendo.org/wpset/update
-# parse json
+# contact tildegit to see if there's a new release
 WPSET_REL=$(mktemp /tmp/wpset-releases-XXXXX.json)
 curl -s https://tildegit.org/api/v1/repos/BrendanTCC/brendotools-wallman/releases -o $WPSET_REL
 DOWNLOAD_VERSION=$(cat $WPSET_REL | jq .[0].tag_name | sed s/\"//g)
 DOWNLOAD_URL=$(cat $WPSET_REL | jq .[0].assets[0].browser_download_url | sed s/\"//g)
 DOWNLOAD_FNAME=$(cat $WPSET_REL | jq .[0].assets[0].name | sed s/\"//g)
-DOWNLOAD_FOLDER=$(echo "$DOWNLOAD_FNAME" | sed s/\.zip//)
+rm $WPSET_REL
 
 # other important shit
 CONF="/home/$USER/.config/wpdl.conf"
 source $CONF
-WPSET_REMOTEVER=$(echo "$DOWNLOAD_VERSION")
+WPSET_REMOTEVER="0.1-rev83"
 WPSET_LOCALVER=$(wpset -v)
 clear
 
@@ -30,11 +29,12 @@ unzip $DOWNLOAD_FNAME -d /home/$USER/$DOWNLOAD_FOLDER
 cd /home/$USER/$DOWNLOAD_FOLDER
 chmod +x /home/$USER/$DOWNLOAD_FOLDER/brendotools-wallman/wpset-setup
 echo "sudo privileges are required to continue. enter your password."
-sudo /home/$USER/$DOWNLOAD_FOLDER/brendotools-wallman/wpset-setup -u
+sudo mv wpset /bin/wpset
+sudo chmod +x /bin/wpset
 
 
 sleep 1
-echo "wpset updated."
+echo "wpset should have successfully updated."
 WPSET_LOCALVER=$(wpset -v)
 echo "wpset version is now $WPSET_LOCALVER."
 fi