diff --git a/forgeConfig/Makefile b/forgeConfig/Makefile
index afabd5b..942ee78 100644
--- a/forgeConfig/Makefile
+++ b/forgeConfig/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ add:
 	./forgeConfig --add --name 'foo' --gopath 'go.wit.com/apps/foo'
 
 update:
-	./forgeConfig --update --name 'foo' --gopath 'go.wit.com/apps/foonew'
+	./forgeConfig --update --name 'foo' --gopath 'more stuff but not memory corruption?'
 
 corruptMemory:
 	./forgeConfig --update --name 'foo' --gopath 'blah'
diff --git a/forgeConfig/main.go b/forgeConfig/main.go
index 8e08878..20df841 100644
--- a/forgeConfig/main.go
+++ b/forgeConfig/main.go
@@ -23,25 +23,22 @@ func main() {
 		loop := repos.SortByName() // get the list of repos
 		for loop.Scan() {
 			r := loop.Repo()
-			log.Info("repo:", r.Name, r.Gopath)
+			log.Info("repo:", r.Name, r.GoPath)
 		}
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 	if argv.Update {
-		r := repos.FindByName(argv.Name) // find the repo
-		if r == nil {
-			log.Info("rep:", argv.Name, "not found")
-			os.Exit(-1)
+		if repos.UpdateGoPath(argv.Name, argv.GoPath) {
+			// save updated config file
+			repos.ConfigSave()
 		}
-		r.Gopath = argv.GoPath
-		repos.ConfigSave()
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 	if argv.Add {
 		log.Info("going to add a new repo", argv.Name, argv.GoPath)
 		new1 := new(forgepb.Repo)
 		new1.Name = argv.Name
-		new1.Gopath = argv.GoPath
+		new1.GoPath = argv.GoPath
 		if repos.Append(new1) {
 			log.Info("added", new1.Name, "ok")
 		} else {
diff --git a/repo.proto b/repo.proto
index f1d307b..4e07d79 100644
--- a/repo.proto
+++ b/repo.proto
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ message Repo {
   bool readonly			= 6; // if you have write access to the repo
   bool private			= 7; // if the repo can be published
   string debname 		= 8; // this is the actual .deb name of the package
-  string gopath			= 9; // Examples: 'go.wit.com/apps/go-clone' or "~/mythings" or "/home/src/foo"
+  string goPath			= 9; // Examples: 'go.wit.com/apps/go-clone' or "~/mythings" or "/home/src/foo"
   google.protobuf.Timestamp     verstamp      = 10;    // the git commit timestamp of the version
 }
 
diff --git a/repos.go b/repos.go
index 07ee8e2..4222ab9 100644
--- a/repos.go
+++ b/repos.go
@@ -118,6 +118,23 @@ func (a ByRepoName) Len() int           { return len(a) }
 func (a ByRepoName) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Name < a[j].Name }
 func (a ByRepoName) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
 
+func (all *Repos) DeleteByName(name string) *Repo {
+	reposLock.Lock()
+	defer reposLock.Unlock()
+
+	var newr Repo
+
+	for i, _ := range all.Repos {
+		if all.Repos[i].Name == name {
+			newr = *all.Repos[i]
+			all.Repos[i] = all.Repos[len(all.Repos)-1]
+			all.Repos = all.Repos[:len(all.Repos)-1]
+			return &newr
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // safely returns a slice of pointers to the Repo protobufs
 func (r *Repos) selectAllRepos() []*Repo {
 	reposLock.RLock()
diff --git a/update.go b/update.go
index 2ad64cf..f1f1af3 100644
--- a/update.go
+++ b/update.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package forgepb
 
-import (
-	"os"
-)
+func (all *Repos) UpdateGoPath(name string, gopath string) bool {
+	oldr := all.DeleteByName(name)
+	if oldr == nil {
+		// nothing to update
+		return false
+	}
 
-func (repos *Repos) UpdateGoPath(r *Repo, gopath string) {
-	r.Gopath = gopath
-	repos.ConfigSave()
-	os.Exit(0)
+	// update gopath and append it back to the list
+	oldr.GoPath = gopath
+	return all.Append(oldr)
 }