diff --git a/swapupdate.sh b/swapupdate.sh
index e69de29..b9c8b78 100644
--- a/swapupdate.sh
+++ b/swapupdate.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#this script is run via cron and checks for updates to swapwatch
+#unless the conf says not to
+swapURL="http://DOMAIN.com/monitoring/swapwatch.sh"
+swapupdateURL="http://DOMAIN.com/monitoring/swapupdate.sh"
+APPDIR="/usr/local/sw/apps/swapwatch"
+TMPDIR="/usr/local/sw/temp"
+LOGDIR="/usr/local/sw/logs"
+. /usr/local/sw/configs/swapwatch/swapwatch.conf
+
+################################################################################
+#if we are allowed to update
+   
+if [ $update = "yes" ]
+then
+  #update swapwatch.sh
+  wget -O "$TMPDIR/swapwatch.tmp" $swapURL
+  #only overwrite if the dl worked
+  if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]
+  then 
+    #just overwrite... probably with identical data. that's fine
+    mv -f "$TMPDIR/swapwatch.tmp" "$APPDIR/swapwatch.sh"
+    chmod +x "$APPDIR/swapwatch.sh"
+  fi
+  #update swapupdate.sh
+  wget -O "$TMPDIR/swapupdate.tmp" $swapupdateURL
+  if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    mv -f "$TMPDIR/swapupdate.tmp" "$APPDIR/swapupdate.sh"
+    chmod +x "$APPDIR/swapupdate.sh"
+    #log
+    echo "[ $(date +%c) ] swapwatch checked for updates" >> $LOGDIR/swapwatch.log
+  else
+    echo "[ $(date +%c) ] swapwatch update failed" >> $LOGDIR/swapwatch.log
+  fi
+
+fi
+
+################################################################################