diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 34d238c..22b4740 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 install:
-	@echo "==> Installing update v0.4..."
+	@echo "==> Installing update v1.0..."
 	@sudo install -Dm755 update /usr/local/bin/update
 	@cp update.conf ${HOME}/.config/
 	@echo "==> Finished."
 
 uninstall:
-	@echo "==> Uninstalling update v0.4..."
+	@echo "==> Uninstalling update v1.0..."
 	@sudo rm /usr/local/bin/update ${HOME}/.config/update.conf
 	@echo "==> Finished."
diff --git a/update b/update
index c9dcd9c..222604a 100644
--- a/update
+++ b/update
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# shellcheck source=/dev/null
 
 # updates via an aur-helper and flatpak with flags
-# version 0.7
-
-# add options to change aur-helper in the config
-# maybe make a first time setup, which asks for backup_location and aur_helper, maybe even if you wanna opt-in to non-interactive flatpak-update (maybe a flag?)
-
+# version 1.0
 
 IGreen="\033[0;92m"		# Green
 NC="\033[0m"			# Text Reset
 
+dir="$pwd"
+
 source ~/.config/update.conf
 
 # output if wrong flag is used
@@ -31,36 +28,39 @@ Help() {
 # creates package lists, moves them into a zip, adds some other files to the zip and backups the pacman database in the form of a tar
 # it then rsyncs the zip and the tar to the backup location
 before_backup() {
-	paclog-pkglist > ~/pacman-pre.txt
-    flatpak list > ~/flatpak-pre.txt
-    zip --quiet --move ~/before_backup.zip.new ~/pacman-pre.txt ~/flatpak-pre.txt
-    zip --quiet --grow ~/before_backup.zip.new /etc/fstab /etc/makepkg.conf
-    tar -cJf ~/pacman_database.tar.xz.new /var/lib/pacman/local &> /dev/null
-    rsync --remove-source-files ~/before_backup.zip.new ~/pacman_database.tar.xz.new "$backup_location"
-    rename before_backup.zip.new before_backup.zip "$backup_location"/before_backup.zip.new 
-    rename pacman_database.tar.xz.new pacman_database.tar.xz "$backup_location"/pacman_database.tar.xz.new
+	paclog-pkglist > pacman-pre.txt
+    flatpak list > flatpak-pre.txt
+    zip --quiet --move before-backup.zip.new pacman-pre.txt flatpak-pre.txt
+    zip --quiet --grow before-backup.zip.new /etc/fstab /etc/makepkg.conf
+    tar -cJf pacman-database.tar.xz.new /var/lib/pacman/local &> /dev/null
+    rsync --remove-source-files before-backup.zip.new pacman-database.tar.xz.new "$backup_location"
+    rename before-backup.zip.new before-backup.zip "$backup_location"/before-backup.zip.new 
+    rename pacman-database.tar.xz.new pacman-database.tar.xz "$backup_location"/pacman-database.tar.xz.new
 }
 
 # moves the package lists into a zip, it then rsyncs the zip to the backup location
 after_backup() {
-    zip --quiet --move ~/after_backup.zip.new ~/pacman-after.txt ~/flatpak-after.txt
-    rsync --remove-source-files ~/after_backup.zip.new "$backup_location"
-    rename after_backup.zip.new after_backup.zip "$backup_location"/after_backup.zip.new
+    zip --quiet --move after-backup.zip.new pacman-after.txt flatpak-after.txt
+    rsync --remove-source-files after-backup.zip.new "$backup_location"
+    rename after-backup.zip.new after-backup.zip "$backup_location"/after-backup.zip.new
 }
 
 # updates using aur-helper
 update_with_aur_helper() {
 	"$aur_helper"
-    paclog-pkglist > ~/pacman-after.txt
+    paclog-pkglist > pacman-after.txt
 }
 
 # updates using flatpak update
 update_with_flatpak() {
 	flatpak update -u --noninteractive
-    flatpak list > ~/flatpak-after.txt
+    flatpak list > flatpak-after.txt
 }
 
-before_backup && echo -e "${IGreen} pre-backup complete ${NC}"
+[[ $1 = --help ]] && Help && exit 0;
+
+[[ ! -d /tmp/backup ]] && mkdir /tmp/backup;
+cd /tmp/backup && before_backup && echo -e "${IGreen} pre-backup complete ${NC}"
 
 [[ -z $1 ]] && update_with_aur_helper && update_with_flatpak;
 while getopts 'fyagr' OPTION; do
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ while getopts 'fyagr' OPTION; do
             update_with_aur_helper; update_with_flatpak ;;
         g)
             [[ $1 = -g ]] && update_with_aur_helper && update_with_flatpak;
-            after_backup && echo -e "${IGreen} after-backup complete ${NC}" && sleep 3s && shutdown now ;;
+            after_backup && cd "$dir"; echo -e "${IGreen} after-backup complete ${NC}" && sleep 3s && shutdown now ;;
         r)
             [[ $1 = -r ]] && update_with_aur_helper && update_with_flatpak;
-            after_backup && echo -e "${IGreen} after-backup complete ${NC}" && sleep 3s && reboot ;;
+            after_backup && cd "$dir"; echo -e "${IGreen} after-backup complete ${NC}" && sleep 3s && reboot ;;
         ?)
             Help
             exit 1;;
     esac
 done
 
-after_backup && echo -e "${IGreen} after-backup complete ${NC}"
+after_backup && cd "$dir"; rm -r /tmp/backup; echo -e "${IGreen} after-backup complete ${NC}"
diff --git a/update.conf b/update.conf
index b9d5b66..53e4090 100644
--- a/update.conf
+++ b/update.conf
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 backup_location=~/
 
 # use this aur-helper
-aur_helper=yay
+aur_helper=paru