diff --git a/functions/update_apps.sh b/functions/update_apps.sh
index 766ace10..ec807f5d 100644
--- a/functions/update_apps.sh
+++ b/functions/update_apps.sh
@@ -178,19 +178,16 @@ if [[ $rollback == "true" || "$startstatus"  ==  "STOPPED" ]]; then
             old_status=$status
         elif [[ $verify == "true" ]]; then
             before_loop=$(head -n 1 temp.txt)
-            new_status=$old_status
             current_loop=0
-            until [[ "$new_status" != "$old_status" || $current_loop -gt 3 ]] # Wait for a specific change to app status, or 3 refreshes of the file to go by.
+            until [[ "$status" != "$old_status" || $current_loop -gt 3 ]] # Wait for a specific change to app status, or 3 refreshes of the file to go by.
             do
-                new_status=$( grep "^$app_name," temp.txt | awk -F ',' '{print $2}')
+                status=$( grep "^$app_name," temp.txt | awk -F ',' '{print $2}')
                 sleep 1
                 if ! echo -e "$(head -n 1 temp.txt)" | grep -qs ^"$before_loop" ; then
                     before_loop=$(head -n 1 temp.txt)
                     ((current_loop++))
                 fi
             done
-            old_status=$new_status
-            status=$( grep "^$app_name," temp.txt | awk -F ',' '{print $2}')
             unset verify
         fi
         (( count++ ))