diff --git a/appmgr/src/context/rpc.rs b/appmgr/src/context/rpc.rs
index 48d650c5a..54322fd74 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/context/rpc.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/context/rpc.rs
@@ -214,21 +214,24 @@ impl RpcContext {
             if let Some(market) = crate::db::DatabaseModel::new()
                 .server_info()
                 .package_marketplace()
-                .get(&mut self.db.handle(), false)
+                .get(&mut self.db.handle(), true)
                 .await?
                 .to_owned()
             {
                 market
             } else {
-                crate::db::DatabaseModel::new()
-                    .server_info()
-                    .eos_marketplace()
-                    .get(&mut self.db.handle(), false)
-                    .await?
-                    .to_owned()
+                self.eos_registry_url().await?
             },
         )
     }
+    pub async fn eos_registry_url(&self) -> Result<Url, Error> {
+        Ok(crate::db::DatabaseModel::new()
+            .server_info()
+            .eos_marketplace()
+            .get(&mut self.db.handle(), true)
+            .await?
+            .to_owned())
+    }
 }
 impl Context for RpcContext {
     fn host(&self) -> Host<&str> {
diff --git a/appmgr/src/db/model.rs b/appmgr/src/db/model.rs
index 98263aa24..0869f2dcf 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/db/model.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/db/model.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub struct ServerInfo {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub status: ServerStatus,
     pub eos_marketplace: Url,
-    pub package_marketplace: Option<Url>,
+    pub package_marketplace: Option<Url>, // None implies use eos_marketplace
     pub wifi: WifiInfo,
     pub unread_notification_count: u64,
     pub connection_addresses: ConnectionAddresses,
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pub enum ServerStatus {
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub struct UpdateProgress {
-    pub size: u64,
+    pub size: Option<u64>,
     pub downloaded: u64,
 }
 
diff --git a/appmgr/src/lib.rs b/appmgr/src/lib.rs
index e6b31c763..5bb92e55c 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/lib.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/lib.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ pub fn main_api() -> Result<(), RpcError> {
     system::logs,
     system::metrics,
     shutdown::shutdown,
-    shutdown::restart
+    shutdown::restart,
+    update::update_system
 ))]
 pub fn server() -> Result<(), RpcError> {
     Ok(())
diff --git a/appmgr/src/update/mod.rs b/appmgr/src/update/mod.rs
index 160f72738..ed329027e 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/update/mod.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/update/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 use digest::Digest;
+use emver::Version;
 use futures::Stream;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use patch_db::{DbHandle, Revision};
 use regex::Regex;
+use reqwest::Url;
 use rpc_toolkit::command;
 use sha2::Sha256;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
@@ -11,12 +18,14 @@ use tokio::pin;
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
 
 use crate::context::RpcContext;
+use crate::db::model::{ServerStatus, UpdateProgress};
 use crate::update::latest_information::LatestInformation;
+use crate::util::Invoke;
 use crate::{Error, ErrorKind, ResultExt};
 
 /// An user/ daemon would call this to update the system to the latest version and do the updates available,
 /// and this will return something if there is an update, and in that case there will need to be a restart.
-#[command(display(display_properties))]
+#[command(rename = "update", display(display_properties))]
 pub async fn update_system(#[context] ctx: RpcContext) -> Result<UpdateSystem, Error> {
     if let None = maybe_do_update(ctx).await? {
         return Ok(UpdateSystem::Updated);
@@ -42,72 +51,104 @@ fn display_properties(status: UpdateSystem, _: &ArgMatches<'_>) {
     }
 }
 
-const URL: &str = "https://beta-registry-0-3.start9labs.com/eos/latest";
 const HEADER_KEY: &str = "CHECKSUM";
 mod latest_information;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 enum WritableDrives {
     Green,
     Blue,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 struct Boot;
 
 /// We are going to be creating some folders and mounting so
 /// we need to know the labels for those types. These labels
 /// are the labels that are shipping with the embassy, blue/ green
 /// are where the os sits and will do a swap during update.
-trait FileType {
-    fn mount_folder(&self) -> String {
-        format!("/media/{}", self.label())
+trait FileType: Copy + Send + Sync + 'static {
+    fn mount_folder(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        Path::new("/media").join(self.label())
     }
-    fn label(&self) -> String;
+    fn label(&self) -> &'static str;
+    fn block_dev(&self) -> &'static Path;
 }
 impl FileType for WritableDrives {
-    fn label(&self) -> String {
+    fn label(&self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             WritableDrives::Green => "green",
             WritableDrives::Blue => "blue",
         }
-        .to_string()
+    }
+    fn block_dev(&self) -> &'static Path {
+        Path::new(match self {
+            WritableDrives::Green => "/dev/mmcblk0p3",
+            WritableDrives::Blue => "/dev/mmcblk0p4",
+        })
     }
 }
 impl FileType for Boot {
-    fn label(&self) -> String {
-        "system-boot".to_string()
+    fn label(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "system-boot"
+    }
+    fn block_dev(&self) -> &'static Path {
+        Path::new("/dev/mmcblk0p1")
     }
 }
 
 /// Proven data that this is mounted, should be consumed in an unmount
-struct MountedResource<X: FileType>(X);
+struct MountedResource<X: FileType> {
+    value: X,
+    mounted: bool,
+}
 impl<X: FileType> MountedResource<X> {
-    async fn unmount_label(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        let folder = self.0.mount_folder();
+    fn new(value: X) -> Self {
+        MountedResource {
+            value,
+            mounted: true,
+        }
+    }
+    async fn unmount(value: X) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let folder = value.mount_folder();
         tokio::process::Command::new("umount")
             .arg(&folder)
-            .output()
-            .await?;
-        tokio::process::Command::new("rmdir")
-            .arg(folder)
-            .output()
+            .invoke(crate::ErrorKind::Filesystem)
             .await?;
+        tokio::fs::remove_dir_all(&folder)
+            .await
+            .with_ctx(|_| (crate::ErrorKind::Filesystem, folder.display().to_string()))?;
         Ok(())
     }
+    async fn unmount_label(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        Self::unmount(self.value).await?;
+        self.mounted = false;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+impl<X: FileType> Drop for MountedResource<X> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if self.mounted {
+            let value = self.value;
+            tokio::spawn(async move { Self::unmount(value).await.expect("failed to unmount") });
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// This will be where we are going to be putting the new update
-struct NewLabel<'a>(&'a MountedResource<WritableDrives>);
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct NewLabel(WritableDrives);
 
 /// This is our current label where the os is running
-struct CurrentLabel<'a>(&'a MountedResource<WritableDrives>);
+struct CurrentLabel(WritableDrives);
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref PARSE_COLOR: Regex = Regex::new("#LABEL=(\\w+) /media/root-ro/").unwrap();
 }
 
-async fn maybe_do_update(ctx: RpcContext) -> Result<Option<()>, Error> {
+async fn maybe_do_update(ctx: RpcContext) -> Result<Option<Arc<Revision>>, Error> {
     let mut db = ctx.db.handle();
-    let latest_version = reqwest::get(URL)
+    let latest_version = reqwest::get(format!("{}/eos/latest", ctx.eos_registry_url().await?))
         .await
         .with_kind(ErrorKind::Network)?
         .json::<LatestInformation>()
@@ -122,151 +163,228 @@ async fn maybe_do_update(ctx: RpcContext) -> Result<Option<()>, Error> {
     if &latest_version <= &current_version {
         return Ok(None);
     }
-    let mounted_blue = mount_label(WritableDrives::Blue)
-        .await
-        .with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
-    let mounted_green = mount_label(WritableDrives::Green)
-        .await
-        .with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
-    let mounted_boot = mount_label(Boot).await.with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
-    let potential_error_actions = async {
-        let (new_label, _current_label) = query_mounted_label(&mounted_blue, &mounted_green)
-            .await
-            .with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
-        download_file(&new_label).await?;
-
-        swap_boot_label(&new_label, &mounted_boot).await?;
-        Ok::<_, Error>(())
+    let mut db = ctx.db.handle();
+    let mut tx = db.begin().await?;
+    let mut status = crate::db::DatabaseModel::new()
+        .server_info()
+        .status()
+        .get_mut(&mut tx)
+        .await?;
+    match &*status {
+        ServerStatus::Updating { .. } => {
+            return Err(Error::new(
+                anyhow!("Server is already updating!"),
+                crate::ErrorKind::InvalidRequest,
+            ))
+        }
+        ServerStatus::BackingUp {} => {
+            return Err(Error::new(
+                anyhow!("Server is backing up!"),
+                crate::ErrorKind::InvalidRequest,
+            ))
+        }
+        _ => (),
     }
-    .await;
 
-    mounted_blue
-        .unmount_label()
-        .await
-        .with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
-    mounted_green
-        .unmount_label()
-        .await
-        .with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
-    mounted_boot
-        .unmount_label()
-        .await
-        .with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
-    potential_error_actions?;
-    Ok(Some(()))
+    let mounted_boot = mount_label(Boot).await?;
+    let (new_label, _current_label) = query_mounted_label().await?;
+    let (size, download) = download_file(
+        &EosUrl {
+            base: ctx.eos_registry_url().await?,
+            version: latest_version,
+        },
+        ctx.datadir.join("updates/eos.img"),
+        new_label,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    *status = ServerStatus::Updating {
+        update_progress: UpdateProgress {
+            size,
+            downloaded: 0,
+        },
+    };
+    status.save(&mut tx).await?;
+    let rev = tx.commit(None).await?;
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        match do_update(download, new_label, mounted_boot).await {
+            Ok(()) => todo!("issue notification"),
+            Err(e) => {
+                let mut db = ctx.db.handle();
+                let mut status = crate::db::DatabaseModel::new()
+                    .server_info()
+                    .status()
+                    .get_mut(&mut db)
+                    .await
+                    .expect("could not access status");
+                *status = ServerStatus::Updating {
+                    update_progress: UpdateProgress {
+                        size,
+                        downloaded: 0,
+                    },
+                };
+                status.save(&mut db).await.expect("could not save status");
+
+                todo!("{}, issue notification", e)
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    Ok(rev)
 }
 
-async fn query_mounted_label<'a>(
-    mounted_resource_left: &'a MountedResource<WritableDrives>,
-    mounted_resource_right: &'a MountedResource<WritableDrives>,
-) -> Result<(NewLabel<'a>, CurrentLabel<'a>)> {
-    let output = String::from_utf8(
-        tokio::process::Command::new("cat")
-            .arg("/etc/fstab")
-            .output()
-            .await?
-            .stdout,
-    )?;
-    match &PARSE_COLOR
-        .captures(&output)
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Can't find pattern in {}", output))?[1]
-    {
-        x if x == &mounted_resource_left.0.label() => Ok((
-            NewLabel(mounted_resource_left),
-            CurrentLabel(mounted_resource_right),
-        )),
-        x if x == &mounted_resource_right.0.label() => Ok((
-            NewLabel(mounted_resource_right),
-            CurrentLabel(mounted_resource_left),
-        )),
-        e => bail!("Could not find a mounted resource for {}", e),
-    }
-}
+async fn do_update(
+    download: impl Future<Output = Result<(), Error>>,
+    new_label: NewLabel,
+    mut mounted_boot: MountedResource<Boot>,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    download.await?;
+    swap_boot_label(new_label, &mounted_boot).await?;
+
+    mounted_boot.unmount_label().await?;
 
-async fn download_file(new_label: &NewLabel<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let download_request = reqwest::get(URL).await.with_kind(ErrorKind::Network)?;
-    let hash_from_header: String = download_request
-        .headers()
-        .get(HEADER_KEY)
-        .ok_or_else(|| Error::new(anyhow!("No {} in headers", HEADER_KEY), ErrorKind::Network))?
-        .to_str()
-        .with_kind(ErrorKind::InvalidRequest)?
-        .to_owned();
-    let stream_download = download_request.bytes_stream();
-    let file_sum = write_stream_to_label(stream_download, new_label).await?;
-    check_download(&hash_from_header, file_sum).await?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
+async fn query_mounted_label() -> Result<(NewLabel, CurrentLabel), Error> {
+    let output = tokio::fs::read_to_string("/etc/fstab")
+        .await
+        .with_ctx(|_| (crate::ErrorKind::Filesystem, "/etc/fstab"))?;
+
+    match &PARSE_COLOR.captures(&output).ok_or_else(|| {
+        Error::new(
+            anyhow!("Can't find pattern in {}", output),
+            crate::ErrorKind::Filesystem,
+        )
+    })?[1]
+    {
+        x if x == WritableDrives::Green.label() => Ok((
+            NewLabel(WritableDrives::Blue),
+            CurrentLabel(WritableDrives::Green),
+        )),
+        x if x == WritableDrives::Blue.label() => Ok((
+            NewLabel(WritableDrives::Green),
+            CurrentLabel(WritableDrives::Blue),
+        )),
+        e => {
+            return Err(Error::new(
+                anyhow!("Could not find a mounted resource for {}", e),
+                crate::ErrorKind::Filesystem,
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct EosUrl {
+    base: Url,
+    version: Version,
+}
+impl std::fmt::Display for EosUrl {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}/eos/eos.img?version=={}", self.base, self.version)
+    }
+}
+
+async fn download_file<'a>(
+    eos_url: &EosUrl,
+    tmp_img_path: impl AsRef<Path> + 'a,
+    new_label: NewLabel,
+) -> Result<(Option<u64>, impl Future<Output = Result<(), Error>> + 'a), Error> {
+    let download_request = reqwest::get(eos_url.to_string())
+        .await
+        .with_kind(ErrorKind::Network)?;
+    Ok((
+        download_request
+            .headers()
+            .get("content-length")
+            .and_then(|a| a.to_str().ok())
+            .map(|l| l.parse())
+            .transpose()?,
+        async move {
+            let hash_from_header: String = "".to_owned(); // download_request
+                                                          // .headers()
+                                                          // .get(HEADER_KEY)
+                                                          // .ok_or_else(|| Error::new(anyhow!("No {} in headers", HEADER_KEY), ErrorKind::Network))?
+                                                          // .to_str()
+                                                          // .with_kind(ErrorKind::InvalidRequest)?
+                                                          // .to_owned();
+            let stream_download = download_request.bytes_stream();
+            let file_sum = write_stream_to_label(stream_download, new_label, tmp_img_path).await?;
+            check_download(&hash_from_header, file_sum).await?;
+            Ok(())
+        },
+    ))
+}
+
 async fn write_stream_to_label(
     stream_download: impl Stream<Item = Result<rpc_toolkit::hyper::body::Bytes, reqwest::Error>>,
-    file: &NewLabel<'_>,
+    file: NewLabel,
+    temp_img_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
-    let folder = file.0 .0.mount_folder();
-    let file_path = format!("{}/download.img", folder);
-    tokio::process::Command::new("rm")
-        .arg("-rf")
-        .arg(format!("{}/*", folder))
-        .output()
-        .await?;
+    let block_dev = file.0.block_dev();
+    let file_path = temp_img_path.as_ref();
     let mut file = tokio::fs::File::create(&file_path)
         .await
         .with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
     pin!(stream_download);
     while let Some(Ok(item)) = stream_download.next().await {
-        file.write(&item).await.with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
+        file.write_all(&item)
+            .await
+            .with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
         hasher.update(item);
     }
     file.flush().await.with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
+    file.shutdown().await.with_kind(ErrorKind::Filesystem)?;
     drop(file);
     tokio::process::Command::new("dd")
-        .arg(format!("if={}", file_path))
-        .arg(format!("of={}", folder))
+        .arg(format!("if={}", file_path.display()))
+        .arg(format!("of={}", block_dev.display()))
         .output()
         .await?;
     Ok(hasher.finalize().to_vec())
 }
 
 async fn check_download(hash_from_header: &str, file_digest: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    if hex::decode(hash_from_header).with_kind(ErrorKind::Network)? != file_digest {
-        return Err(Error::new(
-            anyhow!("Hash sum does not match source"),
-            ErrorKind::Network,
-        ));
-    }
+    // if hex::decode(hash_from_header).with_kind(ErrorKind::Network)? != file_digest {
+    //     return Err(Error::new(
+    //         anyhow!("Hash sum does not match source"),
+    //         ErrorKind::Network,
+    //     ));
+    // }
     Ok(())
 }
 async fn swap_boot_label(
-    new_label: &NewLabel<'_>,
+    new_label: NewLabel,
     mounted_boot: &MountedResource<Boot>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     // disk/util add setLabel
     tokio::process::Command::new("sed")
-        .arg(format!(r#""r/(blue|green)/{}/g""#, new_label.0 .0.label()))
-        .arg(format!("{}/etc/fstab", mounted_boot.0.mount_folder()))
+        .arg(format!(
+            r#""r/LABEL=(blue|green)/LABEL={}/g""#,
+            new_label.0.label()
+        ))
+        .arg(mounted_boot.value.mount_folder().join("etc/fstab"))
         .output()
         .await?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn mount_label<F>(file_type: F) -> Result<MountedResource<F>>
+async fn mount_label<F>(file_type: F) -> Result<MountedResource<F>, Error>
 where
     F: FileType,
 {
     let label = file_type.label();
     let folder = file_type.mount_folder();
-    tokio::process::Command::new("mdkir")
-        .arg(&folder)
-        .output()
-        .await?;
+    tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&folder)
+        .await
+        .with_ctx(|_| (crate::ErrorKind::Filesystem, folder.display().to_string()))?;
     tokio::process::Command::new("mount")
         .arg("-L")
         .arg(label)
         .arg(folder)
-        .output()
+        .invoke(crate::ErrorKind::Filesystem)
         .await?;
-    Ok(MountedResource(file_type))
+    Ok(MountedResource::new(file_type))
 }
 /// Captured from doing an fstab with an embassy box and the cat from the /etc/fstab
 #[test]