diff --git a/clauncher b/clauncher
index 6725add..fbc64c7 100755
--- a/clauncher
+++ b/clauncher
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cache="$cacheDir/launcher_opts"
 historyFile="$cacheDir/launcher_opts_history"
 
 if ! [ -f "$cache" ]; then
-	"$configDir"/capture.zsh 'open -a' | sed -e 's/.*-a//' -e  "s/\\\//g" -e "s/\r//g" | grep -v -f "$configDir"/.open_ignore | (cat "$configDir"/.open_add; cat -) | sort -u > "$cache"
+	source $configDir/clauncher-update
 fi
 
 gawk -v histfile=$historyFile '
diff --git a/clauncher-update b/clauncher-update
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..01ae3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clauncher-update
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cacheDir=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-"$HOME/.cache"}
+configDir=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config"}/clauncher
+
+cache="$cacheDir/launcher_opts"
+
+"$configDir"/capture.zsh 'open -a' | sed -e 's/.*-a//' -e  "s/\\\//g" -e "s/\r//g" | grep -v -f "$configDir"/.open_ignore | (cat "$configDir"/.open_add; cat -) | sort -u > "$cache"
+