diff --git a/include/util.hpp b/include/util.hpp
index d71051b..dd17950 100644
--- a/include/util.hpp
+++ b/include/util.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ bool taur_exec(std::vector<const char*> cmd, bool exitOnFailure = true);
 void sanitizeStr(string& str);
 bool is_package_from_syncdb(alpm_pkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *syncdbs);
 bool commitTransactionAndRelease(bool soft = false);
-void printPkgInfo(TaurPkg_t &pkg, string db_name, int index = -1);
+void printPkgInfo(TaurPkg_t &pkg, string db_name, int index = -1);// faster than makepkg --packagelist
+string makepkg_list(string pkg_name, string path);
 void free_list_and_internals(alpm_list_t *list);
 fmt::text_style getColorFromDBName(string db_name);
 std::optional<std::vector<TaurPkg_t>> askUserForPkg(vector<TaurPkg_t> pkgs, TaurBackend& backend, bool useGit);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f3af25d..a2f9c3d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -129,10 +129,7 @@ bool execPacman(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     return false;
 }
 
-int installPkg(alpm_list_t *pkgNames) { 
-    if (!pkgNames)
-        return false;
-
+int installPkg(alpm_list_t *pkgNames) {
     bool            useGit   = config->useGit;
     string          cacheDir = config->cacheDir;
 
diff --git a/src/taur.cpp b/src/taur.cpp
index 0416f39..4d156ba 100644
--- a/src/taur.cpp
+++ b/src/taur.cpp
@@ -215,32 +215,6 @@ bool TaurBackend::remove_pkg(alpm_list_t *pkgQueries, bool aurOnly) {
     return true;
 }
 
-// faster than makepkg --packagelist
-string makepkg_list(string pkg_name, string path) {
-    string ret;
-
-    string versionInfo = shell_exec("grep 'pkgver=' " + path + "/PKGBUILD | cut -d= -f2");
-    string pkgrel = shell_exec("grep 'pkgrel=' " + path + "/PKGBUILD | cut -d= -f2");
-    string epoch = shell_exec("grep 'epoch=' " + path + "/PKGBUILD | cut -d= -f2");
-    
-    if (!pkgrel.empty() && pkgrel[0] != '\0')
-        versionInfo += '-' + pkgrel;
-
-    if (!epoch.empty() && epoch[0] != '\0')
-        versionInfo = epoch + ':' + versionInfo;
-    
-    string arch = shell_exec("grep 'CARCH=' " + config->makepkgConf + " | cut -d= -f2 | sed -e \"s/'//g\" -e 's/\"//g'");
-    string arch_field = shell_exec("awk -F '[()]' '/^arch=/ {gsub(/\"/,\"\",$2); print $2}' " + path + "/PKGBUILD | sed -e \"s/'//g\" -e 's/\"//g'");
-    
-    if (arch_field == "any")
-        arch = "any";
-    
-    string pkgext = shell_exec("grep 'PKGEXT=' " + config->makepkgConf + " | cut -d= -f2 | sed -e \"s/'//g\" -e 's/\"//g'");
-    
-    ret = path + "/" + pkg_name + '-' + versionInfo + '-' + arch + pkgext;
-    return ret;
-}
-
 bool TaurBackend::install_pkg(string pkg_name, string extracted_path, bool onlydownload) {
     // never forget to sanitize
     sanitizeStr(extracted_path);
@@ -481,8 +455,13 @@ bool TaurBackend::update_all_pkgs(string cacheDir, bool useGit) {
         updatedPkgs++;
     }
     
+    if (pkgs_to_install.size() <= 0) {
+        log_printf(LOG_ERROR, "No packages to be upgraded.\n");
+        return true;
+    }
+
     // remove the last ' ' so we can pass it to pacman
-    pkgs_to_install.erase(pkgs_to_install.end()-1, pkgs_to_install.end());
+    pkgs_to_install.erase(pkgs_to_install.end()-1);
     vector<string> _pkgs = split(pkgs_to_install, ' ');
     log_printf(LOG_DEBUG, "running {} pacman -U --needed -- {}\n", config.sudo, pkgs_to_install);
     cmd = {config.sudo.c_str(), "pacman", "-U", "--needed", "--"};
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index bed39b2..7c111db 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ bool is_number(const string& s, bool allowSpace) {
     if (allowSpace)
         return !s.empty() && std::find_if(s.begin(), s.end(), [](unsigned char c) { return (!std::isdigit(c) && (c != ' ')); }) == s.end();
     else
-        return !s.empty() && std::find_if(s.begin(), s.end(), [](unsigned char c) { return (!std::isdigit(c) && (c != ' ')); }) == s.end();
+        return !s.empty() && std::find_if(s.begin(), s.end(), [](unsigned char c) { return (!std::isdigit(c)); }) == s.end();
 }
 
 bool taur_read_exec(vector<const char*> cmd, string *output, bool exitOnFailure) {
@@ -327,6 +327,32 @@ void printPkgInfo(TaurPkg_t &pkg, string db_name, int index) {
     fmt::println("    {}", pkg.desc);
 }
 
+// faster than makepkg --packagelist
+string makepkg_list(string pkg_name, string path) {
+    string ret;
+
+    string versionInfo = shell_exec("grep 'pkgver=' " + path + "/PKGBUILD | cut -d= -f2");
+    string pkgrel = shell_exec("grep 'pkgrel=' " + path + "/PKGBUILD | cut -d= -f2");
+    string epoch = shell_exec("grep 'epoch=' " + path + "/PKGBUILD | cut -d= -f2");
+    
+    if (!pkgrel.empty() && pkgrel[0] != '\0')
+        versionInfo += '-' + pkgrel;
+
+    if (!epoch.empty() && epoch[0] != '\0')
+        versionInfo = epoch + ':' + versionInfo;
+    
+    string arch = shell_exec("grep 'CARCH=' " + config->makepkgConf + " | cut -d= -f2 | sed -e \"s/'//g\" -e 's/\"//g'");
+    string arch_field = shell_exec("awk -F '[()]' '/^arch=/ {gsub(/\"/,\"\",$2); print $2}' " + path + "/PKGBUILD | sed -e \"s/'//g\" -e 's/\"//g'");
+    
+    if (arch_field == "any")
+        arch = "any";
+    
+    string pkgext = shell_exec("grep 'PKGEXT=' " + config->makepkgConf + " | cut -d= -f2 | sed -e \"s/'//g\" -e 's/\"//g'");
+    
+    ret = path + "/" + pkg_name + '-' + versionInfo + '-' + arch + pkgext;
+    return ret;
+}
+
 /** Ask the user to select a package out of a list.
  * @param pkgs The list of packages, in a vector
  * @param backend A reference to the TaurBackend responsible for fetching any AUR packages.