diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/update.sh b/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
index d80edca2..0f9f9783 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ main() {
     echo -e "  ${INFO} Pi-hole Core:\\t${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}up to date${COL_NC}"
   fi
 
-  get_binary_name > /dev/null # Needed so that we have the correct binary name for the FTL Update check function
-
   if FTLcheckUpdate > /dev/null; then
     FTL_update=true
     echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL:\\t\\t${COL_YELLOW}update available${COL_NC}"
diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index d9c4b8f9..8ade6796 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -1893,7 +1893,14 @@ get_binary_name() {
 
 FTLcheckUpdate()
 {
-  local ftlLoc=$(which pihole-FTL 2>/dev/null)
+  get_binary_name
+
+  #In the next section we check to see if FTL is already installed (in case of pihole -r).
+  #If the installed version matches the latest version, then check the installed sha1sum of the binary vs the remote sha1sum. If they do not match, then download
+  echo -e "  ${INFO} Checking for existing FTL binary..."
+
+  local ftlLoc
+  ftlLoc=$(which pihole-FTL 2>/dev/null)
 
   local ftlBranch
 
@@ -1957,11 +1964,6 @@ FTLdetect() {
   echo ""
   echo -e "  ${INFO} FTL Checks..."
 
-  get_binary_name
-
-  #In the next section we check to see if FTL is already installed (in case of pihole -r).
-  #If the installed version matches the latest version, then check the installed sha1sum of the binary vs the remote sha1sum. If they do not match, then download
-  echo -e "  ${INFO} Checking for existing FTL binary..."
   if FTLcheckUpdate ; then
     FTLinstall "${binary}" || return 1
   fi