diff --git a/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/dry.go b/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/dry.go
index cdd43d8..a5f5a6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/dry.go
+++ b/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/dry.go
@@ -12,15 +12,8 @@ var dryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
-var verbose bool
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(dryCmd)
-	dryCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(
-		&verbose,
-		"verbose",
-		"v",
-		false,
-		"show verbose output",
-	)
+	
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/root.go b/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/root.go
index 800a183..30952f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/root.go
+++ b/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/root.go
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ func Execute() {
 	cc.Init(&cc.Config{
 		RootCmd:         rootCmd,
 		Headings:        cc.HiMagenta + cc.Bold,
-		Commands:        cc.HiYellow + cc.Bold,
+		Commands:        cc.Bold,
 		Example:         cc.Italic,
-		ExecName:        cc.HiYellow + cc.Bold,
+		ExecName:        cc.Bold,
 		Flags:           cc.Bold,
 		NoExtraNewlines: true,
 		NoBottomNewline: true,
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var (
 	flake     string
 	host      string
 	cacheName string
+	verbose   bool
 )
 
 var oizys = o.NewOizys()
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "oizys",
 	Short: "nix begat oizys",
 	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		oizys.Update(flake, host, cacheName)
+		oizys.Update(flake, host, cacheName, verbose)
 		oizys.CheckFlake()
 	},
 }
@@ -46,4 +47,5 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.CompletionOptions.HiddenDefaultCmd = true
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&flake, "flake", "", "path to flake ($OIZYS_DIR or $HOME/oizys)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&host, "host", "", "host to build (current host)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "show verbose output")
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/update.go b/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/update.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..431fdec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/cmd/update.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var updateCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "update",
+	Short: "update and run nixos rebuild",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		oizys.GitPull()
+	},
+}
+
+var boot bool
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(updateCmd)
+	updateCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&boot, "boot", "b", false, "run nixos-rebuild boot")
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/pkg/oizys.go b/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/pkg/oizys.go
index 9f4aff6..f247bf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/pkg/oizys.go
+++ b/pkgs/oizys/oizys-go/pkg/oizys.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Oizys struct {
-	flake string
-	host  string
-	cache string
+	flake   string
+	host    string
+	cache   string
+	verbose bool
 }
 
 var output = termenv.NewOutput(os.Stdout)
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func (o *Oizys) Output() string {
 	)
 }
 
-func (o *Oizys) Update(flake string, host string, cache string) {
+func (o *Oizys) Update(flake string, host string, cache string, verbose bool) {
 	if host != "" {
 		o.host = host
 	}
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ func (o *Oizys) Update(flake string, host string, cache string) {
 	if cache != "" {
 		o.cache = cache
 	}
+	o.verbose = verbose
 }
 
 func terminalSize() (int, int) {
@@ -137,13 +139,48 @@ func (p *packages) summary() {
 	)
 }
 
+func (o *Oizys) git(rest ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	args := []string{"-C", o.flake}
+	args = append(args, rest...)
+	if o.verbose {
+		fmt.Println("CMD:", "git", strings.Join(args, " "))
+	}
+	return exec.Command("git", args...)
+}
+
+func showFailedOutput(buf []byte) {
+	arrow := output.String("->").Bold().Foreground(output.Color("9"))
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(buf)), "\n") {
+		fmt.Println(arrow, line)
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *Oizys) GitPull() {
+
+	cmdOutput, err := o.git("status", "--porcelain").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(cmdOutput) > 0 {
+		fmt.Println("unstaged commits, cowardly exiting...")
+		showFailedOutput(cmdOutput)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if cmdOutput, err := o.git("pull").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		showFailedOutput(cmdOutput)
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func ParseDryRunOutput(nixOutput string, verbose bool) {
-	parts := strings.Split("\n" + nixOutput, "\nthese")
+	parts := strings.Split("\n"+nixOutput, "\nthese")
 
 	if len(parts) != 3 {
 		log.Println("no changes...")
 		log.Println("or I failed to parse it into the expected number of parts")
-    fmt.Println(parts)
+		fmt.Println(parts)
 		return
 	}
 	toBuild := parsePackages(parts[1], "packages to build")
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index 415309d..ed676d0 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # oizys todo's
 
-- [ ] add `oizys update` to pull changes and run `oizys switch`
 - [ ] go back to latest kernel when VirtualBox Upgrade is merged
 
 <!-- generated with <3 by daylinmorgan/todo -->