diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3811ffc..607877c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*workspace*
 *.conf
 *.shlf
 *test*
diff --git a/py/VERSION b/py/VERSION
index 23aa839..b966e81 100644
--- a/py/VERSION
+++ b/py/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.2
+1.2.4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/py/init.py b/py/init.py
index 4aa798f..c410f8d 100644
--- a/py/init.py
+++ b/py/init.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import sys
 import os
 import configparser
 import wget
-import sysrsync
 import shutil
 
 #funky stuff to deal with relative file paths
-dir = os.getcwd()
+randir = os.getcwd()
 os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 
 config = configparser.ConfigParser()
@@ -16,16 +15,22 @@ config.read("config.conf")
 if config["config"]["autoupdate"] == "true":
     versionl = version.local()
     versionr = version.remote()
+    print(versionr.join("."))
 
 #updater
-if versionl < versionr:
-    print("outdated version detected\n",versionl," < ",versionr)
+if ".".join(versionl)<".".join(versionr):
+    print("outdated version",versionl,"<",versionr)
     if config["config"]["autoupdate"] == "true":
         print("autoupdate is enabled, attempting to update")
-        wget.download("https://github.com/ionburger/turdbot/archive/refs/tags/"+versionr+".zip",out = "turdbot.zip")
-        shutil.unpack_archive("turdbot.zip","turdbot")      
-        sysrsync.run(source="turdbot/turdbot-"+versionr+"/py/*.py",destination="*.py")  
-        os.chdir(dir)
+        wget.download("https://github.com/ionburger/turdbot/archive/refs/tags/"+versionr+".zip",out = "turdbottmp.zip")
+        shutil.unpack_archive("turdbottmp.zip","turdbottmp")
+        for file in os.listdir("turdbottmp/turdbot-"+versionr+"/py/"):
+            if file.endswith(".py"):
+                shutil.move("turdbottmp/turdbot-"+versionr+"/py/"+file,file)
+        with open("VERSION","w") as file:
+            file.write(versionr)
+
+        os.chdir(randir)
         os.execl(sys.executable, sys.executable, *sys.argv)
 else:
-    print("running latest version of turdbot ",versionl)
+    print("running latest version of turdbot",versionl)
diff --git a/py/turdbot (1).zip b/py/turdbottmp (1).zip
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot (1).zip
rename to py/turdbottmp (1).zip
diff --git a/py/turdbot.zip b/py/turdbottmp (2).zip
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot.zip
rename to py/turdbottmp (2).zip
diff --git a/py/turdbottmp.zip b/py/turdbottmp.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ea419d
Binary files /dev/null and b/py/turdbottmp.zip differ
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/.gitignore b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/.gitignore
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/.gitignore
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/LICENSE b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/LICENSE
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/LICENSE
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/README.md b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/README.md
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/README.md
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/html/about.html b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/html/about.html
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/html/about.html
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/html/about.html
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/html/images/a.jpg b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/html/images/a.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/html/images/a.jpg
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/html/images/a.jpg
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/html/images/coffee.jpg b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/html/images/coffee.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/html/images/coffee.jpg
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/html/images/coffee.jpg
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/html/index.html b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/html/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/html/index.html
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/html/index.html
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/VERSION b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/VERSION
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/VERSION
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/VERSION
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/init.py b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/init.py
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/init.py
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/init.py
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/main.py b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/main.py
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/main.py
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/main.py
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/storage.py b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/storage.py
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/storage.py
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/storage.py
diff --git a/py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/version.py b/py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/version.py
similarity index 100%
rename from py/turdbot/turdbot-1.2.4/py/version.py
rename to py/turdbottmp/turdbot-1.2.4/py/version.py
diff --git a/py/version.py b/py/version.py
index e51fbfb..057892e 100644
--- a/py/version.py
+++ b/py/version.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import subprocess
 def remote():
     try:
         process = subprocess.Popen(["lastversion", "ionburger/turdbot"],stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
-        return (process.communicate()[0])
+        return (process.communicate()[0]).strip("\n")
     except:
         return 0
 def local():
-    return open("VERSION","r").read()
\ No newline at end of file
+    return open("VERSION","r").read().strip("\n")
\ No newline at end of file