diff --git a/functions/update_apps.sh b/functions/update_apps.sh
index ceb35166..8a0c353f 100644
--- a/functions/update_apps.sh
+++ b/functions/update_apps.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ echo "Asynchronous Updates: $update_limit"
 [[ -z $timeout ]] && echo "Default Timeout: 500" && timeout=500 || echo "Custom Timeout: $timeout"
 [[ "$timeout" -le 120 ]] && echo "Warning: Your timeout is set low and may lead to premature rollbacks or skips"
 pool=$(cli -c 'app kubernetes config' | grep -E "dataset\s\|" | awk -F '|' '{print $3}' | awk -F '/' '{print $1}' | tr -d " \t\n\r")
-
+rm external_services 2>/dev/null # TODO remove later
 it=0
 while_count=0
 rm deploying 2>/dev/null
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fi
 
 [[ ! -e external_services ]] && touch external_services
 if ! grep -qs "^$app_name," external_services ; then 
-    if ! grep qs "/external-service" /mnt/"$pool"/ix-applications/releases/"$app_name"/charts/"$(find /mnt/"$pool"/ix-applications/releases/"$app_name"/charts/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '%P\n' | sort -r | head -n 1)"/Chart.yaml 2>/dev/null; then
+    if ! grep -qs "/external-service" /mnt/"$pool"/ix-applications/releases/"$app_name"/charts/"$(find /mnt/"$pool"/ix-applications/releases/"$app_name"/charts/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '%P\n' | sort -r | head -n 1)"/Chart.yaml; then
         echo "$app_name,false" >> external_services
     else
         echo "$app_name,true" >> external_services