diff --git a/installJRMC b/installJRMC
index 563a2da..181746d 100755
--- a/installJRMC
+++ b/installJRMC
@@ -236,13 +236,10 @@ init() {
   declare -g USER
   declare -g SCRIPT_PATH; SCRIPT_PATH=$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
   declare -g SCRIPT_DIR; SCRIPT_DIR=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
-  
+  declare -gi SCRIPT_IS_PIPED=0
+
   # Detect if script is being piped (SCRIPT_PATH won't be a regular file)
-  if [[ ! -f $SCRIPT_PATH ]]; then
-    declare -g SCRIPT_IS_PIPED=1
-  else
-    declare -g SCRIPT_IS_PIPED=0
-  fi
+  [[ ! -f $SCRIPT_PATH ]] && SCRIPT_IS_PIPED=1
   
   declare -g OUTPUT_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/output"
   declare -g CREATEREPO_WEBROOT="/var/www/jriver"
@@ -265,7 +262,7 @@ init() {
   fi
 
   # Run the self-updater if enabled
-  ((SELF_UPDATE_SWITCH)) && update "$@"
+  ((SELF_UPDATE_SWITCH)) && ((! SCRIPT_IS_PIPED)) && update "$@"
 
   # Check that the .jriver directory is owned by the user
   ((YES_SWITCH)) || fix_permissions "$HOME/.jriver" "$USER"
@@ -1054,7 +1051,7 @@ install_mc_deb() {
     execute sudo rm -f "$temp_deb"
     if ask_ok "Remove source DEB and retry?"; then
       execute sudo rm -f "$MC_DEB"
-      exec bash "$SCRIPT_PATH" "$@" "--no-update"
+      rerun "$@"
     fi
     return 1
   fi
@@ -1716,7 +1713,7 @@ update() {
     # If the commit hash has changed, an update occurred
     if [[ "$before_pull_hash" != $(git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR" rev-parse HEAD) ]]; then
       echo "Detected installJRMC update, restarting"
-      exec bash "$SCRIPT_PATH" "$@" "--no-update"
+      rerun "$@"
     fi
   else
     debug "Not in the installJRMC repository, checking for installJRMC update via webscrape."
@@ -1747,7 +1744,7 @@ update() {
       execute rm -f "$tmp"
 
       echo "Detected installJRMC update, restarting"
-      exec bash "$SCRIPT_PATH" "$@" "--no-update"
+      rerun "$@"
     else
       debug "Current installJRMC $SCRIPT_VERSION is the latest version"
       execute rm -f "$tmp"
@@ -1846,13 +1843,7 @@ main() {
       [[ -n $LEGACY_REPO_FILE ]] && sudo rm -f "$LEGACY_REPO_FILE"
       if [[ $MC_REPO != "$MC_REPO_HARDCODE" ]]; then
         echo "Rerunning installJRMC with --mcrepo=$MC_REPO_HARDCODE"
-        if ((SCRIPT_IS_PIPED)); then
-          # Re-download and execute if script was piped
-          curl -fsSL "$SCRIPT_URL" | bash -s -- "$@" "--no-update" "--mcrepo=$MC_REPO_HARDCODE"
-          exit $?
-        else
-          exec bash "$SCRIPT_PATH" "$@" "--no-update" "--mcrepo=$MC_REPO_HARDCODE"
-        fi
+        rerun "$@" "--mcrepo=$MC_REPO_HARDCODE"
       fi
       return 1
     fi
@@ -2030,6 +2021,16 @@ create_mc_apt_container() {
     buildah run "$CNT" -- sh -c "$cmd" || { err "$cmd failed"; return 1; }
   done
 }
+rerun() {
+  debug "${FUNCNAME[0]}()" "$@"
+  if ((SCRIPT_IS_PIPED)); then
+    # Re-download and execute if script was piped
+    curl -fsSL "$SCRIPT_URL" | bash -s -- "$@" "--no-update"
+    exit $?
+  else
+    exec bash "$SCRIPT_PATH" "$@" "--no-update"
+  fi
+}
 
 # Roughly turn debugging on for pre-init
 # Reset and reparse in parse_input() with getopt