diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index a8ee2ae..c34a7cc 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func parseConfig() {
 		config.Dirty = true
 	}
 
-	buf := wget("https://mirrors.wit.com/cloud/control-panel/VERSION")
+	buf := shell.Wget("https://mirrors.wit.com/cloud/control-panel/VERSION")
 	upstream := shell.Chomp(buf)
 
 	epoch := shell.Run("git log -1 --format=%at v" + version)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8bb6166..8430b0c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import "log"
+import "fmt"
 import "os"
 import "time"
 import "reflect"
@@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ func lookupAAAA(hostname string) string {
 func main() {
 	go handleErrors()
 
+	epoch := fmt.Sprintf("%d", time.Now().Unix())
+	shell.Write("./resources/BUILDDATE", epoch)
+	// for {}
+
 	// This puts all the files in that directory in the binary
 	// This directory includes the default config file if there is not already one
 	packrBox = packr.NewBox("./resources")
diff --git a/update.go b/update.go
index 782171a..3b36174 100644
--- a/update.go
+++ b/update.go
@@ -13,19 +13,7 @@ package main
 import "log"
 import "time"
 import "runtime"
-// import "os"
-// import "os/user"
-// import "flag"
-// import "fmt"
-// import "runtime/debug"
-// import "io/ioutil"
-// import "strings"
-// import "reflect"
-// import "bytes"
-// import "sys"
 
-// import "github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
-// import pb "git.wit.com/wit/witProtobuf"
 import "git.wit.com/wit/shell"
 
 // import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
@@ -36,17 +24,13 @@ import "git.wit.com/wit/shell"
 func update() {
 	version          := shell.Run("cat VERSION")
 
-	mirrorsBUILDDATE := shell.Chomp(wget("https://mirrors.wit.com/cloud/control-panel/linux/BUILDDATE"))
-	upstream         := shell.Chomp(wget("https://mirrors.wit.com/cloud/control-panel/linux/VERSION"))
+	mirrorsBUILDDATE := shell.Chomp(shell.Wget("https://mirrors.wit.com/cloud/control-panel/linux/BUILDDATE"))
+	upstream         := shell.Chomp(shell.Wget("https://mirrors.wit.com/cloud/control-panel/linux/VERSION"))
 	upstreamEpoch    := shell.Run("git log -1 --format=%at v" + upstream)
 	epoch            := time.Now().Unix()
 
 	myBUILDDATE, _   := packrBox.FindString("BUILDDATE")
-
-	if (! config.Dirty) {
-		// See if a newer version of this control panel exists
-		// if (epoch > time.now().Unix()) // seconds since epoch
-	}
+	myBUILDDATE       = shell.Chomp(myBUILDDATE)
 
 	log.Println()
 	log.Println("version              =", version)
@@ -66,6 +50,29 @@ func update() {
 	log.Println("runtime.GOARCH       =", runtime.GOARCH)
 	log.Println()
 
-	for {}
+	log.Println("update() compare", mirrorsBUILDDATE, "to", myBUILDDATE)
+	if (! config.Dirty) {
+		// See if a newer version of this control panel exists
+		// if (epoch > time.now().Unix()) // seconds since epoch
+		if (shell.Int(mirrorsBUILDDATE) > shell.Int(myBUILDDATE)) {
+			log.Println("update() THERE IS A NEW UPSTREAM VERSION !!!")
+			log.Println("update() THERE IS A NEW UPSTREAM VERSION !!!")
+			log.Println("update() THERE IS A NEW UPSTREAM VERSION !!!")
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 2)
+		} else {
+			log.Println("update() UPSTREAM VERSION IS OLDER THAN THIS")
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (shell.Int(mirrorsBUILDDATE) > shell.Int(myBUILDDATE)) {
+			log.Println("update() dirty=true THERE IS A NEW UPSTREAM VERSION !!!")
+			log.Println("update() dirty=true THERE IS A NEW UPSTREAM VERSION !!!")
+			log.Println("update() dirty=true THERE IS A NEW UPSTREAM VERSION !!!")
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 2)
+		} else {
+			log.Println("update() dirty=true UPSTREAM VERSION IS OLDER THAN THIS")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// for {}
 	// os.Exit(0)
 }
diff --git a/wget.go b/wget.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a4fac3c..0000000
--- a/wget.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-/* 
-	This simply parses the command line arguments using the default golang
-	package called 'flag'. This can be used as a simple template to parse
-	command line arguments in other programs.
-
-	It puts everything in a 'config' Protobuf which I think is a good
-	wrapper around the 'flags' package and doesn't need a whole mess of
-	global variables
-*/
-
-import "os"
-import "net/http"
-import "bytes"
-import "io"
-
-/*
-import "git.wit.com/wit/shell"
-import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
-*/
-
-func wget(url string) (*bytes.Buffer) {
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-
-	// Get the data
-	resp, err := http.Get(url)
-	if err != nil {
-		errChan <- err
-		return buf
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	buf.ReadFrom(resp.Body)
-	return buf
-}
-
-func wgetToFile(filepath string, url string) error {
-	// Get the data
-	resp, err := http.Get(url)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	// Create the file
-	out, err := os.Create(filepath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer out.Close()
-
-	// Write the body to file
-	_, err = io.Copy(out, resp.Body)
-	return err
-}