diff --git a/transfer/transfer b/transfer/transfer
index 182bc76..ed444f3 100755
--- a/transfer/transfer
+++ b/transfer/transfer
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ configuredClient=""
 currentVersion="1.17.3"
 single="false"
 down="false"
-
+singlef="false"
 ## This function determines which http get tool the system has installed and returns an error if there isnt one
 getConfiguredDownloadClient()
 {
@@ -73,6 +73,46 @@ httpDownload()
   esac
 }
 
+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" == [Yy] ]]; 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 "$repositoryName is already the latest version"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
 checkInternet()
 {
   httpGet github.com > /dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: no active internet connection" >&2; return 1; } # query github with a get request
@@ -118,7 +158,27 @@ singleUpload()
   httpSingleUpload "$tempFilePath" "$tempFileName"
 }
 
-while getopts "s:d:uvh" opt; do
+usage()
+{
+  cat <<EOF
+Transfer
+Description: Quickly transfer files from the command line.
+Usage: transfer [flags] or transfer [flag] [args]
+  -s  Upload a single file, takes in file path as argument
+  -d  Download a single file
+      First arg: Output file directory
+      Second arg: File url id
+      Third arg: File name
+  -u  Update Bash-Snippet Tools
+  -h  Show the help
+  -v  Get the tool version
+Examples:
+  transfer -s ~/fileToTransfer.txt
+  transfer -d ~/outputDirectory fileID fileName
+EOF
+}
+
+while getopts "s:d:f:uvh" opt; do
   case "$opt" in
     \?) echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
       exit 1
@@ -129,17 +189,26 @@ while getopts "s:d:uvh" opt; do
     v)  echo "Version $currentVersion"
       exit 0
     ;;
-    u)  update
+    u)
+      getConfiguredClient || exit 1
+      checkInternet || exit 1
+      update || exit 1
       exit 0
     ;;
-    d)  down="true"
+    d)
+      down="true"
       if [ $# -lt 4 ];then { echo "Error: not enough arguments for downloading a file, see the usage"; return 1;};fi
       inputFilePath=$(echo "$*" | sed s/-d//g | cut -d " " -f 2)
       inputID=$(echo "$*" | sed s/-d//g | cut -d " " -f 3)
       inputFileName=$(echo "$*" | sed s/-d//g | cut -d " " -f 4)
     ;;
-    s)  single="true"
-      inputFilePath=$(echo "$@" | sed s/-s//g)
+    s)
+      single="true"
+      inputFilePath=$OPTARG
+    ;;
+    f)
+      singlef="true"
+      inputFilePath=$OPTARG
     ;;
     :)  echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument." >&2
       exit 1
@@ -147,7 +216,8 @@ while getopts "s:d:uvh" opt; do
   esac
 done
 
-if $down && $single;then { echo "Error: upload and download are mutually exclusive";exit 1;};fi
+if $down && ($single || $singlef);then { echo "Error: upload and download are mutually exclusive";exit 1;};fi
+if $single && $singlef;then { echo "Error: only use -f or -d not both";exit 1;};fi
 
 if [[ $# == "0" ]]; then
   usage
@@ -156,9 +226,11 @@ elif [[ $1 == "help" ]]; then
   usage
   exit 0
 elif [[ $1 == "update" ]]; then
-  update
+  getConfiguredClient || exit 1
+  checkInternet || exit 1
+  update || exit 1
   exit 0
-elif $single ;then
+elif $single || $singlef ;then
   getConfiguredClient || exit 1
   checkInternet || exit 1
   getconfiguredUploadClient || exit 1