diff --git a/backend/index.js b/backend/index.js
index 59c02b1..2218a5c 100644
--- a/backend/index.js
+++ b/backend/index.js
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ passport.deserializeUser(function (id, done) {
 });
 
 app.post("/API/user/login", passport.authenticate('local-login'), function (req, res) {
-    res.status(status.OK).send("login success");
+    return res.status(status.OK).send("login success");
 });
 
 app.put("/API/user/create", function (req, res) {
@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ app.put("/API/user/create", function (req, res) {
         if (DEBUG) return res.status(status.OK).send();
         connection.query(`INSERT INTO user (deactivated, email, password) values (1, ${email}, ${password})`, function (err, rows) {
             if (err)
-                return res.send(status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).send("the user seems to exist already - if you think this is an error contact the sys admin");
+                return res.status(status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).send("the user seems to exist already - if you think this is an error contact the sys admin");
             return res.status(status.OK).send("account successfully created");
         });
     } else {
-        res.status(status.BAD_REQUEST).send("invalid data supplied");
+        return res.status(status.BAD_REQUEST).send("invalid data supplied");
     }
 });
 
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ app.all("*", function (req, res, next) {
         return next();
     }
     else {
-        res.status(status.UNAUTHORIZED).send("please log in before using this site");
+        return res.status(status.UNAUTHORIZED).send("please log in before using this site");
     }
 });
 
 app.get("/API/testlogin", function (req, res) {
-    res.status(status.OK).send(req.user["email"]);
+    return res.status(status.OK).send(req.user["email"]);
 });
 
 app.get('/API/day', function (req, res) {
@@ -190,21 +190,21 @@ app.get('/API/day', function (req, res) {
             const querystring = `SELECT time, price, quality FROM marketv2 WHERE kind = ${kind} AND time > "${daybegin}" AND time < "${dayend}" ORDER BY time, quality`;
             connection.query(querystring, function (error, results, fields) {
                 if (error) {
-                    res.status(status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).send("database connection failed");
+                    return res.status(status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).send("database connection failed");
                 }
-                res.send(results);
+                return res.send(results);
             });
         }
         else
-            res.status(status.BAD_REQUEST).send("invalid data range provided");
+            return res.status(status.BAD_REQUEST).send("invalid data range provided");
 
     }
     else
-        res.status(status.BAD_REQUEST).send("invalid data provided");
+        return res.status(status.BAD_REQUEST).send("invalid data provided");
 });
 
 app.get('/API/resourcelist', function (req, res) {
-    res.send(resourceList);
+    return res.send(resourceList);
 });
 
 app.listen(3001);
diff --git a/start_latest.sh b/start_latest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ec020ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start_latest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+git reset HEAD --hard &&
+git pull &&
+cd backend &&
+rm -r ./frontend &&
+mkdir frontend &&
+yarn install &&
+cd ../frontend &&
+yarn install &&
+yarn run build &&
+mv ./build/* ../backend/frontend &&
+cd ../backend &&
+yarn start
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f7cd18f..0000000
--- a/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-BACKENDID = netstat -tulpn 2>/dev/null | grep ":3001 " | awk '{print $7;}' | cut -d "/" -f1
-kill -9 $BACKENDID
-git reset HEAD --hard
-git pull
-cd backend
-rm -r ./frontend
-mkdir frontend
-yarn install
-cd ../frontend
-yarn install
-yarn run build
-mv ./build/* ../backend/frontend
-cd ../backend
-yarn start