diff --git a/bin/update b/bin/update
index 87a4361..a3a0969 100755
--- a/bin/update
+++ b/bin/update
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ _check_date() {
     local old_date=`cat ~/.config/dotfiles/.data/update_date`
     local new_date=`date $1`
 
-    if [ "$new_date" != "$old_date" ]; then
+    if [ "$new_date" != "$old_date" ] && [ ! -f ~/.config/dotfiles/.data/update_lock ]; then
         _sentence not_updated
     elif [ "$UPDATE_CHECK_ALWAYS" = "true" ] || [ "$2" = "force" ]; then
         _sentence updated