diff --git a/hosts/framework/home.nix b/hosts/framework/home.nix
index bc9fa93..0bee8a2 100644
--- a/hosts/framework/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/framework/home.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
   # The home.packages option allows you to install Nix packages into your
   # environment.
-  home.packages = [
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
     # # Adds the 'hello' command to your environment. It prints a friendly
     # # "Hello, world!" when run.
     # pkgs.hello
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     # (pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "my-hello" ''
     #   echo "Hello, ${config.home.username}!"
     # '')
+    (writeShellScriptBin "updateNix" (builtins.readFile ../../update.sh))
   ];
   programs.git = {
     enable = true;
diff --git a/modules/nixos/nixUpdate.nix b/modules/nixos/nixUpdate.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 55018c6..0000000
--- a/modules/nixos/nixUpdate.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-with import <nixpkgs> {};
-  writeShellScriptBin "nixUpdate" ''
-    set -e
-
-
-    pushd ~/nixos/
-
-    # if git diff --quiet '*.nix'; then
-        # echo "no changes"
-        # popd
-        # exit 0
-    # fi
-
-
-  ''
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9509499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+
+pushd ~/nixos/
+
+alejandra . &>/dev/null \
+  || (alejandra . ; echo "formatting failed!" && exit 1)
+
+echo "Rebuilding"
+sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade --flake .
+
+current=$(nixos-rebuild list-generations | grep current)
+
+if git diff --quiet '*.nix'; then
+  popd
+  notify-send -e "Nixos updated with no config changes" --icon=software-update-avaiable
+fi
+
+git commit -am "$current"
+git push
+
+popd
+
+notify-send -e "Nixos updated and pushed to git" --icon=software-update-avaiable
+