diff --git a/functions/update_apps.sh b/functions/update_apps.sh
index fff889fa..997a2adb 100644
--- a/functions/update_apps.sh
+++ b/functions/update_apps.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export -f commander
 
 update_apps(){
 app_name=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $1}') #print out first catagory, name.
+printf '%s\0' "${ignore[@]}" | grep -iFxqz "${app_name}" && echo -e "\n$app_name\nIgnored, skipping" && return 0 #If application is on ignore list, skip
 old_app_ver=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $4}' | awk -F '_' '{print $1}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}') #previous/current Application MAJOR Version
 new_app_ver=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $5}' | awk -F '_' '{print $1}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}') #new Application MAJOR Version
 old_chart_ver=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $4}' | awk -F '_' '{print $2}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}') # Old Chart MAJOR version
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ diff_chart=$(diff <(echo "$old_chart_ver") <(echo "$new_chart_ver")) #caluclatin
 old_full_ver=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $4}') #Upgraded From
 new_full_ver=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $5}') #Upraded To
 rollback_version=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $4}' | awk -F '_' '{print $2}')
-printf '%s\0' "${ignore[@]}" | grep -iFxqz "${app_name}" && echo -e "\n$app_name\nIgnored, skipping" && return 1 #If application is on ignore list, skip
     if [[ "$diff_app" == "$diff_chart" || "$update_all_apps" == "true" ]]; then #continue to update
         if [[ $stop_before_update == "true" ]]; then # Check to see if user is using -S or not
             if [[ "$status" ==  "STOPPED" ]]; then # if status is already stopped, skip while loop