diff --git a/functions/update_apps.sh b/functions/update_apps.sh
index dea780d6..e5691bce 100644
--- a/functions/update_apps.sh
+++ b/functions/update_apps.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-
+commander(){
 mapfile -t array < <(cli -m csv -c 'app chart_release query name,update_available,human_version,human_latest_version,container_images_update_available,status' | tr -d " \t\r" | grep -E ",true($|,)" | sort)
 [[ -z $array ]] && echo -e "\nThere are no updates available" && return 0 || echo -e "\n${#array[@]} update(s) available"
 [[ -z $timeout ]] && echo -e "\nDefault Timeout: 500" && timeout=500 || echo -e "\nCustom Timeout: $timeout"
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ count=0
             wait
         done
     done
-
+}
+export -f commander
 
 update_apps(){
 app_name=$(echo "$i" | awk -F ',' '{print $1}') #print out first catagory, name.
diff --git a/heavy_script.sh b/heavy_script.sh
index 90eb0575..905e50de 100644
--- a/heavy_script.sh
+++ b/heavy_script.sh
@@ -115,5 +115,5 @@ done
 [[ "$mount" == "true" ]] && mount && exit
 [[ "$number_of_backups" -ge 1 ]] && backup
 [[ "$sync" == "true" ]] && sync
-[[ "$update_all_apps" == "true" || "$update_apps" == "true" ]] && update_apps
+[[ "$update_all_apps" == "true" || "$update_apps" == "true" ]] && commander
 [[ "$prune" == "true" ]] && prune
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