diff --git a/ab-openldap/update.sh b/ab-openldap/update.sh
index 916cb9d..51d134c 100755
--- a/ab-openldap/update.sh
+++ b/ab-openldap/update.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-### update script for ab-openldap container and utility scripts
+#
+# update script for ab-openldap container and utility scripts
 # version 1.0.0
 # script by Asif Bacchus
 # usage of this script is subject to the license terms found at:
 # https://git.asifbacchus.app/ab-docker/scripts/LICENSE
-
+#
 
 ### pre-requisites
 
@@ -32,55 +33,53 @@ updateSuccess=0
 # reference constants
 containerName='ab-openldap'
 containerUpdatePath='docker.asifbacchus.app/ldap/ab-openldap:latest'
-server="https://git.asifbacchus.app/ab-docker/scripts/raw/branch/master/$containerName/"
+serverPath="https://asifbacchus.app/public/$containerName/"
 checksumFilename='checksums.sha256'
 
 # files to update
-localScriptName='update.sh'
-repoScriptName='update.sh'
-updateFiles="ab-openldap.sh ab-openldap.params.template backup.sh backup.params.template"
+scriptName='ab-openldap-update.sh'
+updateFiles="ab-openldap-backup.params.template ab-openldap-backup.sh ab-openldap.params.template ab-openldap.sh"
+
+printf "\nUpdating %s:\n" "$containerName"
 
 
 ### update container
-printf "\n*** Updating %s container and service scripts ***\n\n" "$containerName"
 
-printf "Updating container:\n"
+printf "updating container... "
 if ! docker pull "$containerUpdatePath"; then
+    printf "[ERROR]\n\n"
     printf "There was an error updating the container. Try again later.\n\n"
     exit 1
-else
-    printf "Container updated!\n\n"
-fi
-
-
-### update scripts
-printf "Updating %s service scripts\n" "$containerName"
-
-## download latest checksums
-printf "Getting latest checksums from ab-git server... "
-if ! wget --quiet --tries=3 --timeout=10 -N "${server}${checksumFilename}"; then
-    printf "[ERROR]\n"
-    printf "Unable to download checksums from ab-git server. Try again later.\n\n"
-    exit 1
 else
     printf "[OK]\n"
 fi
 
-## check for updates to this script
-printf "Checking for updates to this script... "
-repoScriptChecksum=$( grep "$repoScriptName" "$checksumFilename" | grep -o '^\S*' )
-localScriptChecksum=$( sha256sum "$localScriptName" | grep -o '^\S*' )
+### checksums
+printf "downloading latest checksums... "
+if ! wget --quiet --tries=3 --timeout=10 -O "$checksumFilename" "$serverPath$checksumFilename"; then
+    printf "[ERROR]\n\n"
+    printf "Unable to download updated checksums. Try again later.\n\n"
+    exit 1
+else
+    printf "[OK]\n"
+fi
+
+
+### script self-update
+printf "checking for updates to this script... "
+localScriptChecksum=$( sha256 "./$scriptName" | grep -o '^\S*' )
+repoScriptChecksum=$( grep "$scriptName" "$checksumFilename" | grep -o '^\S*' )
 if [ "$localScriptChecksum" = "$repoScriptChecksum" ]; then
     printf "[NONE]\n"
 else
     # download updated script
-    if ! wget --quiet --tries=3 --timeout=10 -O $localScriptName "${server}${repoScriptName}"; then
-        printf "[ERROR]\n"
+    if ! wget --quiet --tries=3 --timeout=10 -O "$scriptName" "$serverPath$scriptName"; then
+        printf "[ERROR]\n\n"
         printf "Unable to download script update. Try again later.\n\n"
         exit 1
     else
         # verify download
-        localScriptChecksum=$( sha256sum "$localScriptName" | grep -o '^\S*' )
+        localScriptChecksum=$( sha256sum "$scriptName" | grep -o '^\S*' )
         if ! [ "$localScriptChecksum" = "$repoScriptChecksum" ]; then
             printf "[ERROR]\n"
             printf "Unable to verify checksum of updated script. Try again later.\n\n"
@@ -96,36 +95,31 @@ fi
 set -- dummy $updateFiles
 shift
 for file; do
-    updateTarget="$file"
-    printf "\nChecking '%s' for updates... " "$updateTarget"
-    repoFile=$( grep "$updateTarget" "$checksumFilename" | grep -o '^\S*' )
+    printf "\nchecking '%s' for updates... " "$file"
+    repoFileChecksum=$( grep "$file" "$checksumFilename" | grep -o '^\S*' )
     if [ -f "$file" ]; then
-        localFile=$( sha256sum "$updateTarget" | grep -o '^\S*' )
+        localFileChecksum=$( sha256sum "$file" | grep -o '^\S*' )
     else
-        localFile=0
+        localFileChecksum=0
     fi
-
-    if ! [ "$localFile" = "$repoFile" ]; then
+    if ! [ "$localFileChecksum" = "$repoFileChecksum" ]; then
         printf "[AVAILABLE]\n"
         updatesAvailable=$((updatesAvailable+1))
         # download update
-        printf "Downloading updated '%s'... " "$updateTarget"
-        # specify a name here instead of using the server name so that wget
-        # overwrites the file
-        if ! wget --quiet --tries=3 --timeout=10 -O "$updateTarget" "${server}${updateTarget}"; then
+        printf "Downloading updated '%s'... " "$file"
+        if ! wget --quiet --tries=3 --timeout=10 -O "$file" "$serverPath$file"; then
             printf "[ERROR]\n"
             downloadFailed=$((downloadFailed+1))
         else
-            printf "[OK]\n"
+            printf "[OK] "
             downloadSuccess=$((downloadSuccess+1))
             # verify download
-            printf "Verifying '%s'... " "$updateTarget"
-            localFile=$( sha256sum "$updateTarget" | grep -o '^\S*' )
-            if ! [ "$localFile" = "$repoFile" ]; then
+            localFileChecksum=$( sha256sum "$file" | grep -o '^\S*' )
+            if ! [ "$localFileChecksum" = "$repoFileChecksum" ]; then
                 printf "[INVALID]\n"
                 updateFailed=$((updateFailed+1))
             else
-                printf "[OK]\n"
+                printf "[VERIFIED]\n"
                 updateSuccess=$((updateSuccess+1))
             fi
         fi