diff --git a/geo/geo b/geo/geo
index 3dddf9e..eb827ef 100755
--- a/geo/geo
+++ b/geo/geo
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/bash
 
 #
 # Bash utility for getting specific network info
@@ -6,6 +6,34 @@
 # Github: https://github.com/jakewmeyer
 #
 
+currentVersion="1.5.0"
+configuredClient=""
+
+## This function determines which http get tool the system has installed and returns an error if there isnt one
+getConfiguredClient()
+{
+    if  command -v curl &>/dev/null ; then
+      configuredClient="curl"
+    elif command -v wget &>/dev/null ; then
+      configuredClient="wget"
+    elif command -v fetch &>/dev/null ; then
+      configuredClient="fetch"
+    else
+      echo "Error: This tool reqires either curl, wget, or fetch to be installed."
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+}
+
+## Allows to call the users configured client without if statements everywhere
+httpGet()
+{
+  case "$configuredClient" in
+    curl) curl -A curl -s "$@";;
+    wget) wget -qO- "$@";;
+    fetch) fetch -o "...";;
+  esac
+}
 # Parse arguments passed + help formatting
 usage() {
     echo "Usage: geo [flag]"
@@ -27,7 +55,7 @@ usage() {
 
 # Displays version number
 version() {
-  echo "Version 0.1.5";
+  echo $currentVersion;
 }
 
 # Fetches WAN ip address
@@ -85,20 +113,76 @@ mac_search() {
 
 # Fetches current geodata based on ip
 geodata_search() {
-  curl -sf "http://ip-api.com/line/?fields=query,city,region,country,zip,isp"
+  httpGet "http://ip-api.com/line/?fields=query,city,region,country,zip,isp"
 }
 
 # Fetches specific geodata based on args
 specific_geo() {
   if [ "$OPTIONS" = "all" ]; then
-    curl -s "http://ip-api.com/line/${ADDRESS}?fields=query,city,region,country,zip,isp"
+    httpGet "http://ip-api.com/line/${ADDRESS}?fields=query,city,region,country,zip,isp"
   else
-    curl -sf "http://ip-api.com/line/${ADDRESS}?fields=${OPTIONS}"
+    httpGet "http://ip-api.com/line/${ADDRESS}?fields=${OPTIONS}"
   fi
 }
 
+
+update()
+{
+  # Author: Alexander Epstein https://github.com/alexanderepstein
+  # Update utility version 1.2.0
+  # To test the tool enter in the defualt values that are in the examples for each variable
+  repositoryName="Bash-Snippets" #Name of repostiory to be updated ex. Sandman-Lite
+  githubUserName="alexanderepstein" #username that hosts the repostiory ex. alexanderepstein
+  nameOfInstallFile="install.sh" # change this if the installer file has a different name be sure to include file extension if there is one
+  latestVersion=$(httpGet https://api.github.com/repos/$githubUserName/$repositoryName/tags | grep -Eo '"name":.*?[^\\]",'| head -1 | grep -Eo "[0-9.]+" ) #always grabs the tag without the v option
+
+  if [[ $currentVersion == "" || $repositoryName == "" || $githubUserName == "" || $nameOfInstallFile == "" ]];then
+    echo "Error: update utility has not been configured correctly." >&2
+    exit 1
+  elif [[ $latestVersion == "" ]];then
+    echo "Error: no active internet connection" >&2
+    exit 1
+  else
+    if [[ "$latestVersion" != "$currentVersion" ]]; then
+      echo "Version $latestVersion available"
+      echo -n "Do you wish to update $repositoryName [Y/n]: "
+      read -r answer
+      if [[ "$answer" == "Y" || "$answer" == "y" ]] ;then
+        cd  ~ || { echo 'Update Failed' ; exit 1 ; }
+        if [[ -d  ~/$repositoryName ]]; then rm -r -f $repositoryName  ||  { echo "Permissions Error: try running the update as sudo"; exit 1; } ; fi
+        git clone "https://github.com/$githubUserName/$repositoryName" || { echo "Couldn't download latest version" ; exit 1; }
+        cd $repositoryName ||  { echo 'Update Failed' ; exit 1 ;}
+        git checkout "v$latestVersion" 2> /dev/null || git checkout "$latestVersion" 2> /dev/null || echo "Couldn't git checkout to stable release, updating to latest commit."
+        chmod a+x install.sh #this might be necessary in your case but wasnt in mine.
+        ./$nameOfInstallFile "update" || exit 1
+        cd ..
+        rm -r -f $repositoryName ||  { echo "Permissions Error: update succesfull but cannot delete temp files located at ~/$repositoryName delete this directory with sudo"; exit 1; }
+      else
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    else
+      echo "$repositoryName is already the latest version"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+}
+
+
+
+checkInternet()
+{
+  echo "GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc google.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1 # query google with a get request
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then #check if the output is 0, if so no errors have occured and we have connected to google successfully
+    return 0
+  else
+    echo "Error: no active internet connection" >&2 #sent to stderr
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+
 # Option parsing "controller"
-optspec="wlrdm:go:a:vh*:"
+optspec="uwlrdm:go:a:vh*:"
 while getopts "$optspec" optchar
 do
     case "${optchar}" in
@@ -107,11 +191,12 @@ do
         r) router_search ;;
         d) dns_search ;;
         m) MAC=$OPTARG mac_search;;
-        g) geodata_search ;;
+        g) getConfiguredClient && checkInternet && geodata_search || exit 1 ;;
         a) ADDRESS=$OPTARG ;;
-        o) OPTIONS=$OPTARG specific_geo ;;
+        o) getConfiguredClient && checkInternet && OPTIONS=$OPTARG specific_geo || exit 1 ;;
         v) version ;;
         h) usage ;;
+        u) getConfiguredClient && checkInternet && update || exit 1 ;;
         *) usage ;;
     esac
 done
@@ -121,4 +206,6 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ];
 then
     usage
     exit 0
+elif [[ $1 == "update" ]];then  getConfiguredClient && checkInternet && update || exit 1
+elif [[ $1 == "help" ]];then usage
 fi