diff --git a/lua/mngr/menu.lua b/lua/mngr/menu.lua
index 958c466..9300de2 100644
--- a/lua/mngr/menu.lua
+++ b/lua/mngr/menu.lua
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ local function configmenu()
       if package.loaded['mason'] then
         require('mason.api.command').MasonUpdate()
       end
+      if choice == 'update config' then
+        require('mngr.updates')
+      end
       if choice == 'show keybinds' then
         require('telescope.builtin').keymaps()
       end
diff --git a/lua/mngr/updates.lua b/lua/mngr/updates.lua
index e69de29..653af67 100644
--- a/lua/mngr/updates.lua
+++ b/lua/mngr/updates.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- janky popen madness to use curl without luarocks
+local remoteCommit = io.popen([[curl -s https://git.squi.bid/nvim/commit/ | grep -o "<a href='/nvim/commit/?id=.*>" | cut -d "'" -f 2 | cut -d "=" -f 2 | head -1]])
+local remoteResult = remoteCommit:read("*a")
+remoteCommit:close()
+
+local localCommit = io.popen([[cd $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim; git log | head -1 | cut -d " " -f 2]])
+local localResult = localCommit:read("*a")
+localCommit:close()
+
+if remoteResult ~= localResult then
+  vim.notify("Out of date with remote repo :(", vim.log.levels.WARN, {title = "Nvim Config"})
+else
+  vim.notify("Up to date with remote repo :)", vim.log.levels.INFO, {title = "Nvim Config"})
+end