diff --git a/helpers/update.sh b/helpers/update.sh
index 81c44a2..1abc617 100755
--- a/helpers/update.sh
+++ b/helpers/update.sh
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ if [ "$doScriptUpdate" -eq 1 ]; then
                 printf "\n%s*** This script has been updated. Please re-run it to load the updated version of this file. ***%s\n\n" "$warn" "$norm"
                 # overwrite this script with updated script
                 mv -f ./update.sh.tmp "$localScriptName"
+                exit 0
             fi
         fi
     fi