diff --git a/update.lua b/update.lua
index a65b279..c60bb80 100644
--- a/update.lua
+++ b/update.lua
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ function update_update()
             fs.move("update.lua", "update.lua.old")
         end
         shell.execute("wget", "https://gitea.rs485.network/ben/cc/raw/branch/main/update.lua", "update.lua")
-        if fs.exists("update.lua.old") and fs.getSize("update.lua.old") ~= fs.getSize("update.lua") then
-            shell.run("update")
-            -- re-ran update, don't continue in this instance
-            return false
+        if fs.exists("update.lua.old") then
+            if fs.getSize("update.lua.old") ~= fs.getSize("update.lua") then
+                shell.run("update")
+                -- re-ran update, don't continue in this instance
+                return false
+            else
+                fs.delete("update.lua.old")
+            end
         end
     end
     return true