diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6a98597..2e6e214 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: build and release
+
 on:
   push:
     branch:
@@ -12,16 +14,19 @@ jobs:
           - windows
           - macos
         architecture: ['x64']
-        app: ['cli', 'api']
+        app: ['cli', 'api', updater]
         include:
           - os: windows
             data-file: "data/schema.sql;schema.sql"
+            name: windows
           - os: macos
             data-file: "data/schema.sql:schema.sql"
+            name: macos
           - os: ubuntu
             data-file: "data/schema.sql:schema.sql"
+            name: linux
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
-    name: ${{ matrix.app }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.app }}-${{ matrix.name }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
@@ -31,11 +36,11 @@ jobs:
       - run: pip install -r requirements.txt pyinstaller
       - run: mkdir build
       - run: mkdir bin
-      - run: pyinstaller --distpath bin --clean --add-data "${{ matrix.data-file }}" --onefile --name npbc_${{ matrix.app }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }} npbc_${{ matrix.app }}.py
+      - run: pyinstaller --distpath bin --clean --add-data "${{ matrix.data-file }}" --onefile --name npbc_${{ matrix.app }}-${{ matrix.name }}-${{ matrix.architecture }} npbc_${{ matrix.app }}.py
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           path: bin
-          name: npbc_${{ matrix.app }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}
+          name: npbc_${{ matrix.app }}-${{ matrix.name }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}
   
   release:
     needs:
diff --git a/install/install.bat b/install/install.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index e13523d..0000000
--- a/install/install.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-git clone https://github.com/eccentricOrange/npbc.git "%APPDATA%\npbc"
-
-if exist "%USERPROFILE%\.npbc\" (
-    echo "Not updating user directory."
-) else (
-    xcopy /s "%APPDATA%\npbc\data\." "%USERPROFILE%\.npbc\"
-)
-
-@REM setx path "%PATH%;%APPDATA%\npbc\bin"
-@REM
-@REM This is disabled right now because I am struggling
-@REM with the 1024 character limit of setx.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install/install.sh b/install/install.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 76b8b01..0000000
--- a/install/install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-git clone https://github.com/eccentricOrange/npbc.git ~/bin/npbc
-dir=~/.npbc
-if [[ ! -d "$dir" ]]; then
-    cp -r ~/bin/npbc/data ~/.npbc/
-fi
-chmod +x ~/bin/npbc/bin/linnpbc.sh
-echo 'alias npbc=~/bin/npbc/bin/linnpbc.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
-alias npbc=~/bin/npbc/bin/linnpbc.sh
diff --git a/install/piinstall.sh b/install/piinstall.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fdc729b..0000000
--- a/install/piinstall.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-git clone https://github.com/eccentricOrange/npbc.git ~/bin/npbc
-dir=~/.npbc
-if [[ ! -d "$dir" ]]; then
-    cp -r ~/bin/npbc/data ~/.npbc/
-fi
-chmod +x ~/bin/npbc/bin/pinpbc.sh
-echo 'alias npbc=~/bin/npbc/bin/pinpbc.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
-alias npbc=~/bin/npbc/bin/pinpbc.sh
diff --git a/npbc_updater.py b/npbc_updater.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..feb051d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npbc_updater.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+from subprocess import call
+from platform import system as get_platform_data
+from sys import argv
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+
+location_data = {
+    "Linux": {
+        "name": "ubuntu-x64",
+        "path": Path.home() / 'bin' / 'npbc'
+    },
+    "Windows": {
+        "name": "win-x64.exe",
+        "path": Path('C:') / 'Program Files' / 'npbc'
+    },
+    "Darwin": {
+        "name": "mac-x64",
+        "path": Path.home() / 'Applictaions' / 'npbc'
+    }
+}
+
+
+class NPBC_updater:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.current_platform_data = location_data[get_platform_data()]
+        self.current_platform_data['path'].mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        self.cli_path = self.current_platform_data['path'] / \
+            f"npbc_cli-{self.current_platform_data['name']}"
+        self.api_path = self.current_platform_data['path'] / \
+            f"npbc_api-{self.current_platform_data['name']}"
+        self.cli_url = f"https://github.com/eccentricOrange/npbc/releases/latest/download/npbc_cli-{self.current_platform_data['name']}"
+        self.api_url = f"https://github.com/eccentricOrange/npbc/releases/latest/download/npbc_api-{self.current_platform_data['name']}"
+
+    def read_args(self):
+        if argv[1].strip().lower() == "update":
+            self.update()
+
+        else:
+            self.execute()
+
+    def update(self):
+        cli_download = urlopen(self.cli_url).read()
+        api = urlopen(self.api_url).read()
+
+        with open(self.cli_path, 'wb') as cli_file:
+            cli_file.write(cli_download)
+
+        with open(self.api_path, 'wb') as api_file:
+            api_file.write(api)
+
+    def execute(self):
+        call([self.cli_path, *argv[1:]])
+
+
+def main():
+    updater = NPBC_updater()
+    updater.read_args()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()