diff --git a/projects/updater/install.lua b/projects/updater/install.lua
index e8150b8..3a64684 100644
--- a/projects/updater/install.lua
+++ b/projects/updater/install.lua
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ local function getAllFiles(program)
 end
 
 local function finishInstall(program, files)
+    if files == nil then
+        print("files var is nil")
+        error()
+    end
     for key, file in ipairs(files) do
         if customPath ~= nil then
             print("moving " .. file .. " to " .. customPath .. "...")
diff --git a/projects/updater/update.lua b/projects/updater/update.lua
index cc785fc..b8fbdbd 100644
--- a/projects/updater/update.lua
+++ b/projects/updater/update.lua
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ local function getAllFiles(program)
 end
 
 local function finishInstall(program, files)
-    for key, file in ipairs(files) do
+    if files == nil then
+      print("files var is nil")
+      error()
+    end
+    for _, file in ipairs(files) do
         if customPath ~= nil then
             print("moving " .. file .. " to " .. customPath .. "...")
             if not fs.exists(customPath) then
@@ -145,13 +149,16 @@ if programToInstall == nil then
         if value ~= "" and value ~= nil then
             print("checking for updates for " .. value)
             local files = getAllFiles(value)
-            if files ~= nil then
+
+            if #files == 0 then
+                print("no updates found.")
+            elseif files ~= nil then
                 for _, value2 in ipairs(files) do
                     if value2 ~= nil then
                         downloadFile(value, value2)
                     end
                 end
-                finishInstall(files)
+                finishInstall(value, files)
             end
         end
     end