diff --git a/tools.funcs.zsh b/tools.funcs.zsh
index 92a825d..a0999e9 100644
--- a/tools.funcs.zsh
+++ b/tools.funcs.zsh
@@ -1,24 +1,4 @@
 
-function zshlibs_update()
-{
-  zshlibs_log zlibs_update "preparing self update …"
-  if [[ -n "$zshlibs_install" ]] 
-  then
-    zshlibs_log zlibs_update "cd into '$zshlibs_install' …"
-    pushd $zshlibs_install 2>&1 > /dev/null
-    zshlibs_log zlibs_update "git pull …"
-    (
-    git pull 2>&1 |zshlibs_log zlibs_update &
-    )
-    zshlibs_log zlibs_update "update done"
-    popd 2>&1 > /dev/null
-  else
-    echo "\$zshlibs_install not set!"
-    return 1
-    zlibs_install
-  fi
-}
-
 function zshlibs_boot()
 {
   typeset -g zshlibs_bootlevel
diff --git a/tools/zshlibs_update b/tools/zshlibs_update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a66c3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/zshlibs_update
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+function zshlibs_update()
+{
+  zshlibs_log zlibs_update "preparing self update …"
+  if [[ -n "$zshlibs_install" ]] 
+  then
+    zshlibs_log zlibs_update "cd into '$zshlibs_install' …"
+    pushd $zshlibs_install 2>&1 > /dev/null
+    zshlibs_log zlibs_update "git pull …"
+    (
+    git pull 2>&1 |zshlibs_log zlibs_update &
+    )
+    zshlibs_log zlibs_update "update done"
+    popd 2>&1 > /dev/null
+  else
+    echo "\$zshlibs_install not set!"
+    return 1
+    zlibs_install
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/zbootstrap.zsh b/zbootstrap.zsh
index a2f56be..fa4253d 100644
--- a/zbootstrap.zsh
+++ b/zbootstrap.zsh
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ if [[ -z ${zshlibs_install} ]]
 then
   typeset -g zshlibs_install="${HOME}/.local/zshlibs"
 fi
+fpath+=(${zshlibs_install}/tools)
+autoload zshlibs_update
 if ! [[ -d ${zshlibs_install} ]]
 then
   zlibs_install
+else
+  zshlibs_update
 fi
-source ${zshlibs_install}/tools.funcs.zsh
 
+
+source ${zshlibs_install}/tools.funcs.zsh
 source ${zshlibs_install}/zconfig.funcs.zsh
 source ${zshlibs_install}/global.funcs.zsh
 source ${zshlibs_install}/zssh.zsh