diff --git a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
index e3f8be2..42efc75 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
+++ b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Used in package emergencies if a bad package has been pushed and we can't revoke.
+# Requires manually installing the good package using sudo pacman -U <url>
+ignored_packages=$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)
+
 echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate system packages\e[0m"
-echo "sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore \"$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)\""
-sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore "$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)"
+[[ -n $ignored_packages ]] && echo "sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore \"$ignored_packages\""
+sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore "$ignored_packages"
 
 if omarchy-pkg-aur-accessible; then
   echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate AUR packages\e[0m"
-  echo "yay -Sua --noconfirm  --ignore \"$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)\""
-  yay -Sua --noconfirm --ignore "$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)"
+  [[ -n $ignored_packages ]] && echo "yay -Sua --noconfirm  --ignore \"$ignored_packages\""
+  yay -Sua --noconfirm --ignore "$ignored_packages"
   echo
 else
   echo -e "\e[31m\nAUR is unavailable (so skipping updates)\e[0m"