diff --git a/sos-git.sh b/sos-git.sh
index c9ede93..5ff12ef 100755
--- a/sos-git.sh
+++ b/sos-git.sh
@@ -580,8 +580,9 @@ elif [ "$1" == "remoteauth" ]; then
 		noRepoFound "$3"
 	fi
 elif [ "$1" == "selfupdate" ]; then
-	echo "Updating sos-git to \"$0\""
-	$SOSGIT_CURL "-sSLqq" "$SOSGIT_UPDATEURL" &> "$0"
+	echo -e "echo \"Updating sos-git to \\"$0\\"\"\n$SOSGIT_CURL \"-sSLqq\" \"$SOSGIT_UPDATEURL\" &> \"$0\"\nkill -9 $$" &> $SOSGIT_TMP/sos-git-updater.sh
+	chmod +x $SOSGIT_TMP/sos-git-updater.sh
+	$SOSGIT_TMP/sos-git-updater.sh
 elif [ "$1" == "list" ]; then
 	translateRepo ""
 	$SOSGIT_LS -A -h "$SOSGIT_EXITSTRING"