diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 84f4548..dcc4566 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-sapphrc (1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+sapphrc (1.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Initial release.
+  * 
 
  -- Penelope Gwen <support@pogmom.me>  Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:49:45 -0700
diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
index 653948f..41aa780 100644
--- a/debian/install
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-etc/bash_completion.d/spm etc/bash_completion.d/
 lib/sapphrc/* lib/sapphrc/
 usr/bin/* usr/bin/
 usr/share/doc/sapphrc/* usr/share/doc/sapphrc/
diff --git a/usr/bin/.sapphrc_restore.swp b/usr/bin/.sapphrc_restore.swp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9caec2f..0000000
Binary files a/usr/bin/.sapphrc_restore.swp and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/usr/bin/sapphrc_push b/usr/bin/sapphrc_push
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..397a247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/bin/sapphrc_push
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd "$HOME/.config/sapphrc/backups"
+git add .;
+git add -u;
+git commit -m "New backup `date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`";
+git push origin main
diff --git a/usr/bin/sapphrc_restore b/usr/bin/sapphrc_restore
index 3d8800e..ec6fdd1 100755
--- a/usr/bin/sapphrc_restore
+++ b/usr/bin/sapphrc_restore
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+cd "$HOME/.config/sapphrc/backups"
+git pull --no-edit
+
 sapphrc_config="$HOME/.config/sapphrc"
 
 cat "${sapphrc_config}/active_profiles" | while read profile_name
diff --git a/usr/bin/sapphrc_updown b/usr/bin/sapphrc_updown
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 300f5c0..fb2b687
--- a/usr/bin/sapphrc_updown
+++ b/usr/bin/sapphrc_updown
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sapphrc_restore
+cd "$HOME/.config/sapphrc/backups"
 sapphrc_backup
+gs="$(git status | grep -i 'modified')"
+git fetch origin
+reslog=$(git log HEAD..origin/main --oneline)
+
+if [[ "${gs}" == *"modified"* && "${reslog}" == "" ]];then
+#local AND remote changes exist
+  echo "local backup reposity conflict with remote - please manually fix this!"
+  exit 1
+elif [[ $gs == *"modified"* ]];then
+#local changes exist
+  sapphrc_backup
+elif [[ "${reslog}" == "" ]];then
+#remote changes exist
+  sapphrc_restore
+fi
+exit