diff --git a/functions/self_update.sh b/functions/self_update.sh
index 44e07454..6aab3597 100644
--- a/functions/self_update.sh
+++ b/functions/self_update.sh
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 args=("$@")
 self_update() {
-branch="main"
+
+latest_ver=$(git describe --tags "$(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)")
 git fetch &> /dev/null 
 echo "🅂 🄴 🄻 🄵"
 echo "🅄 🄿 🄳 🄰 🅃 🄴"
-if  git diff --name-only origin/$branch | grep -qs ".sh" ; then
+if  [[ "$hs_version" != "$latest_ver" ]] ; then
     echo "Found a new version of HeavyScript, updating myself..."
     git reset --hard -q
-    git pull --force -q
+    git checkout "$(latest_ver)"
     count=0
     for i in "${args[@]}"
     do
diff --git a/heavy_script.sh b/heavy_script.sh
index b8878186..f772cb6d 100644
--- a/heavy_script.sh
+++ b/heavy_script.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #Version
-hs_version=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/HeavyBullets8/heavy_script/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name)
+hs_version=$(git describe --tags)
 
 # cd to script, this ensures the script can find the source scripts below, even when ran from a seperate directory
 script=$(readlink -f "$0")