diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cae44f4..c92cb00 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ FINAL.TXT
 LST.TXT
 LST2.TXT
 gamename.csv
+busybox.exe
+PS2_pnach_converter.exe
diff --git a/update.bat b/update.bat
index 7680c81..eb4e845 100644
--- a/update.bat
+++ b/update.bat
@@ -1,13 +1,36 @@
 @echo off
 title automated archive updater
 
+where busybox.exe >nul 2>nul
+if errorlevel 1 (
+  echo ERROR: busybox.exe not found
+  goto QUIT
+)
+
+where PS2_pnach_converter.exe >nul 2>nul
+if errorlevel 1 (
+  echo ERROR: PS2_pnach_converter.exe not found
+  goto QUIT
+)
+
+if not exist ..\Bare-Mastercodes-bin\.git (
+  echo Bare mastercodes bin archive is missing on parent dir! clone it there before running
+  goto QUIT
+)
+
+if not exist ..\pcsx2_patches\.git (
+  echo PCSX2 Cheats archive is missing on parent dir! clone it there before running
+  goto QUIT
+)
+
+
 for %%a in (%*) do (
   if "%%a"=="--clean" (
     echo cleaning cache
-    del LST.TXT
-    del LST2.TXT
-    del FINAL.TXT
-    del MISSING_MASTERCODE.TSV
+    del LST.TXT 2>nul
+    del LST2.TXT 2>nul
+    del FINAL.TXT 2>nul
+    del MISSING_MASTERCODE.TSV 2>nul
   )
 )
 
@@ -15,6 +38,7 @@ if not exist LST.TXT (
   echo # listing widescreen hacks from pcsx2_patches...
   findstr /I /M "Widescreen" ..\pcsx2_patches\patches\*.*>LST.TXT
 )
+
 REM busybox.exe grep -Eo "[a-zA-Z]{4}-[0-9]{5}.*.pnach" LST.TXT | busybox.exe grep -Eo "[a-zA-Z]{4}-[0-9]{5}" > LST2.TXT
 if not exist LST2.TXT (
   echo ## Temporal list of game ID not found, constructing. this will take a while...
@@ -36,7 +60,6 @@ for /f "delims=; tokens=1,*" %%a in (LST2.TXT) do (
       echo %%a;%%b >>FINAL.TXT
       set /a CNT += 1
     ) else (
-	echo %%a
 	  if not exist CHT\%%a.cht (
         set /a CNT2 += 1
         echo %%a	https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2_patches/blob/main/patches/%%b>>MISSING_MASTERCODE.TSV
@@ -47,7 +70,6 @@ for /f "delims=; tokens=1,*" %%a in (LST2.TXT) do (
 
 for /f "delims=; tokens=1,*" %%a in (FINAL.TXT) do (
   if exist ..\pcsx2_patches\patches\%%b (
-    echo %%a
     copy ..\Bare-Mastercodes-bin\MASTERCODES\%%a.cht CHT\%%a.cht>nul
     PS2_pnach_converter.exe ..\pcsx2_patches\patches\%%b -g -l >>CHT\%%a.cht
   ) else echo HUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM %%a @ %%b
@@ -62,4 +84,5 @@ if errorlevel 0 (
 )
 
 REM del LST.TXT
-REM del LST2.TXT
\ No newline at end of file
+REM del LST2.TXT
+:QUIT
\ No newline at end of file