diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 5ae6db0..ba3eb64 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ startRice() {
     msg="${msg}. Would you like to continue?"
     displayDialogBox --title "sadedot" --yesno "$msg" || return
     displayDialogBox --infobox "\nUpdating sadedot submodule. Please wait." VALUES
-    ( cd ..; sh sadedot/scripts/update.sh 2>&1 | debug )
+    ( cd ..; sh sadedot/scripts/update.sh -n 2>&1 | debug )
     getGitconfigData
     source scripts/linkFiles.sh
     runUserScripts
diff --git a/scripts/update.sh b/scripts/update.sh
index 105de53..c60c508 100755
--- a/scripts/update.sh
+++ b/scripts/update.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,40 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+usage() {
+  cat << EOF
+usage: ${0##*/} [command]
+    -h | --help         Print this help message.
+    -n | --no-push	Do not push submodule changes to upstream.
+EOF
+}
+
+checkParameters() {
+    while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+        case $1 in
+            -h | --help)
+                usage
+                exit 0
+                ;;
+            -n | --no-push)
+		        noPush=true
+                ;;
+            *)
+                printf '%s: invalid option %s\n' "${0##*/}" "$1"
+                exit 1
+                ;;
+        esac
+        shift
+    done
+}
+
 updateSubmodules() {
     git submodule update --remote --merge
     gitStatus=$(git status --porcelain)
     grep -q "sadedot" <(echo "$gitStatus") || return
-    git commit -m "Update sadedot submodule" sadedot
-    git push
+    if [[ -n $noPush && $noPush = true ]]; then
+        git commit -m "Update sadedot submodule" sadedot
+        git push
+    fi
 }
 
 runScript() {
@@ -13,9 +42,11 @@ runScript() {
     sadedotParentFolder=$(pwd -P | awk '{ sub(/\/sadedot.*/, ""); print }')
     cd "$sadedotParentFolder" || { echo "Couldn't cd into '$sadedotParentFolder'." 1>&2 && exit 1; }
 
+    checkParameters "$@"
+
     updateSubmodules
 
     cd "$lastFolder" || { echo "Couldn't cd into '$lastFolder'." 1>&2 && exit 1; }
 }
 
-runScript
\ No newline at end of file
+runScript