diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac6d7b6..ff3a5ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # generic temporary / dev files
 *.pyc
 *.sh
+!/update_requirements.sh
 *.note
 *.xcf
 nohup.out
diff --git a/maloja b/maloja
index b0f8e36..83899b3 100755
--- a/maloja
+++ b/maloja
@@ -297,7 +297,11 @@ def update():
 
 	os.chmod("./maloja",os.stat("./maloja").st_mode | stat.S_IXUSR)
 
-	print("Make sure to update required modules! (" + yellow("pip3 install -r requirements.txt --upgrade --no-cache-dir") + ")")
+	try:
+		returnval = os.system("bash update_requirements.sh")
+		assert returnval == 0
+	except:
+		print("Make sure to update required modules! (" + yellow("bash update_requirements.sh") + ")")
 
 	if stop(): start() #stop returns whether it was running before, in which case we restart it
 
diff --git a/update_requirements.sh b/update_requirements.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e346b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update_requirements.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pip3 install -r requirements.txt --upgrade --no-cache-dir