diff --git a/cmd/control/cmd/root.go b/cmd/control/cmd/root.go
index 2116131..35c770d 100644
--- a/cmd/control/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/control/cmd/root.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func Execute(ver, com string) status.Code {
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(statusCmd)
 
+	updateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&betaFlag, "beta", false, "Update to latest version even if it's beta.")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(updateCmd)
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(sanitizeCmd)
diff --git a/cmd/control/cmd/update.go b/cmd/control/cmd/update.go
index 4f7cc3f..dcdb21d 100644
--- a/cmd/control/cmd/update.go
+++ b/cmd/control/cmd/update.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+var betaFlag bool
 var updateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "update",
 	Short: "check for updates and update RESH",
@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ var updateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		usr, _ := user.Current()
 		dir := usr.HomeDir
 		rawinstallPath := filepath.Join(dir, ".resh/rawinstall.sh")
-		execCmd := exec.Command("bash", rawinstallPath)
+		execArgs := []string{rawinstallPath}
+		if betaFlag {
+			execArgs = append(execArgs, "--beta")
+		}
+		execCmd := exec.Command("bash", execArgs...)
 		execCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		execCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 		err := execCmd.Run()
diff --git a/scripts/rawinstall.sh b/scripts/rawinstall.sh
index c53dddf..ebc7c2a 100755
--- a/scripts/rawinstall.sh
+++ b/scripts/rawinstall.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ echo
 echo "Please report any issues you encounter to: https://github.com/curusarn/resh/issues"
 echo
 
-if [ "${1-}" = "--test" ] || [ "${1-}" = "-t" ]; then
-    echo "Looking for the latest release or PRERELEASE (because you used --test flag) ..."
+if [ "${1-}" = "--beta" ] || [ "${1-}" = "-b" ]; then
+    echo "Looking for the latest release or PRERELEASE (because you used --beta flag) ..."
     # debug
     # latest release OR pre-release
     json=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/curusarn/resh/releases")