diff --git a/home.admin/BlitzTUI/blitztui/main.py b/home.admin/BlitzTUI/blitztui/main.py
index bb36f9055..81c835949 100644
--- a/home.admin/BlitzTUI/blitztui/main.py
+++ b/home.admin/BlitzTUI/blitztui/main.py
@@ -242,11 +242,11 @@ class AppWindow(QMainWindow):
         if IS_WIN32_ENV:
             return
 
-        if self.rb_info.status != "ready":
-            log.info("skipping updating status_lnd --> no ready signal in info file")
-            return
-        else:
-            log.info("doing updating status_lnd / self.rb_info.status --> {}".format(self.rb_info.status))
+        #if self.rb_info.status != "ready":
+        #    log.info("skipping updating status_lnd --> no ready signal in info file")
+        #    return
+        #else:
+        #    log.info("doing updating status_lnd / self.rb_info.status --> {}".format(self.rb_info.status))
 
         # log.debug("update_status_lnd due: {}".format(self.status_lnd_due))
         if self.status_lnd_due <= self.uptime:
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ class AppWindow(QMainWindow):
         if IS_WIN32_ENV:
             return
 
-        if self.rb_info.status != "ready":
-            log.info("skipping update_status_lnd_channels --> no ready signal in info file")
-            return
-        else:
-            log.info("doing update_status_lnd_channels / self.rb_info.status --> {}".format(self.rb_info.status))
+        #if self.rb_info.status != "ready":
+        #    log.info("skipping update_status_lnd_channels --> no ready signal in info file")
+        #    return
+        #else:
+        #    log.info("doing update_status_lnd_channels / self.rb_info.status --> {}".format(self.rb_info.status))
 
         # log.debug("update_status_lnd_channel due: {}".format(self.status_lnd_channel_due))
         if self.status_lnd_channel_due <= self.uptime:
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.touchscreen.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.touchscreen.sh
index 19eb6d833..bae7d4c46 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.touchscreen.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.touchscreen.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ source /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf
 if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "-help" ]; then
  echo "STILL EXPERIMENTAL - NOT FINISHED"
  echo "the Blitz-Touch-User-Interface (BlitzTUI) feature"
- echo "blitz.touchscreen.sh [on|off]"
+ echo "blitz.touchscreen.sh [on|off|update]"
  exit 1
 fi
 
-
 ###################
 # SWITCH ON
 ###################
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
   fi
 
   echo "installing BlitzTUI (including python dependencies)"
-  /home/admin/python3-env-lnd/bin/pip install BlitzTUI >/dev/null
+  /home/admin/python3-env-lnd/bin/pip install /home/admin/raspiblitz/home.admin/BlitzTUI/ 
 
   # make sure lndlibs are patched for compatibility for both Python2 and Python3
   if ! grep -Fxq "from __future__ import absolute_import" /home/admin/config.scripts/lndlibs/rpc_pb2_grpc.py; then
@@ -129,6 +128,15 @@ EOF
 
 fi
 
+###################
+# UPDATE CODE
+###################
+
+if [ "$1" = "update" ]; then
+  echo "updating BlitzTUI (including python dependencies) ..."
+  /home/admin/python3-env-lnd/bin/pip install /home/admin/raspiblitz/home.admin/BlitzTUI/ 
+fi
+
 ###################
 # SWITCH OFF
 ###################