diff --git a/templates/backupsTemplate.sh b/templates/backupsTemplate.sh
index f36e90b..34b4b6a 100644
--- a/templates/backupsTemplate.sh
+++ b/templates/backupsTemplate.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 # SCRIPT PREP #
 ###############
 
+# Update restic
+if [ $UPDATE = 'yes' ]; then
+  restic self-update
+fi
+
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 . "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/variables.sh
 
diff --git a/templates/variablesTemplate.sh b/templates/variablesTemplate.sh
index 6ac9727..e236d75 100644
--- a/templates/variablesTemplate.sh
+++ b/templates/variablesTemplate.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 ## For any function that you want to run, change from "no" to "yes"
 
+## Update restic (restic must be installed and script must be ran as root/sudo for this to work)
+readonly UPDATE='no'
+
 ## For debugging the script
 readonly DEBUG='no'