diff --git a/functions/update_apps.sh b/functions/update_apps.sh
index 6651e331..6ff12b6f 100644
--- a/functions/update_apps.sh
+++ b/functions/update_apps.sh
@@ -31,27 +31,25 @@ done
 export -f commander
 
 update_apps(){
-i=${array[$it]}
-app_name=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $1}') #print out first catagory, name.
-old_app_ver=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $4}' | awk -F '_' '{print $1}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}') #previous/current Application MAJOR Version
-new_app_ver=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $5}' | awk -F '_' '{print $1}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}') #new Application MAJOR Version
-old_chart_ver=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $4}' | awk -F '_' '{print $2}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}') # Old Chart MAJOR version
-new_chart_ver=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $5}' | awk -F '_' '{print $2}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}') # New Chart MAJOR version
-status=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $2}') #status of the app: STOPPED / DEPLOYING / ACTIVE
+app_name=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $1}') #print out first catagory, name.
+old_app_ver=$(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 $1}') # Old Chart MAJOR version
+new_chart_ver=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $5}' | awk -F '_' '{print $2}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1}') # New Chart MAJOR version
+status=$(echo "${array[$it]}" | awk -F ',' '{print $2}') #status of the app: STOPPED / DEPLOYING / ACTIVE
 startstatus=$status
 diff_app=$(diff <(echo "$old_app_ver") <(echo "$new_app_ver")) #caluclating difference in major app versions
 diff_chart=$(diff <(echo "$old_chart_ver") <(echo "$new_chart_ver")) #caluclating difference in Chart versions
-old_full_ver=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $4}') #Upgraded From
-new_full_ver=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $5}') #Upraded To
-rollback_version=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $4}' | awk -F '_' '{print $2}')
-printf '%s\0' "${ignore[@]}" | grep -iFxqz "${app_name}" && echo -e "\n$app_name\nIgnored, skipping" && (( current_updates-- )) && return #If application is on ignore list, skip
+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 #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
                 echo -e "\n$app_name"
                 [[ "$verbose" == "true" ]] && echo "Updating.."
                 cli -c 'app chart_release upgrade release_name=''"'"$app_name"'"' &> /dev/null && echo -e "Updated\n$old_full_ver\n$new_full_ver" && after_update_actions || echo "FAILED"
-                (( current_updates-- ))
                 return
             else # if status was not STOPPED, stop the app prior to updating
                 echo -e "\n$app_name"
@@ -81,10 +79,8 @@ printf '%s\0' "${ignore[@]}" | grep -iFxqz "${app_name}" && echo -e "\n$app_name
         fi
     else
         echo -e "\n$app_name\nMajor Release, update manually"
-        (( current_updates-- ))
         return
     fi
-(( current_updates-- ))
 }
 export -f update_apps