diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa14ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/apps/
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index c29db78..e140d7a 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #set -eu -o pipefail
 
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+APPS_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR""/apps"
 URLS="$(\
 curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/neovim/neovim/releases/latest | 
 	grep -o 'https://.*linux64\.tar\.gz')\n"
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ printf ">> Found the following files:\n"
 printf "$URLS"
 printf "\n"
 
+cd "$APPS_DIR"
 printf ">> Downloading files:\n"
 printf "$URLS" | xargs curl -LJO --progress-bar
 printf "\n"
@@ -22,3 +25,4 @@ printf "done\n\n"
 
 printf ">> Removing files:\n"
 printf "$FILENAMES" | xargs rm -v 
+cd - > /dev/null