diff --git a/update-dots.sh b/update-dots.sh
index 8b4408a0a..35a948588 100644
--- a/update-dots.sh
+++ b/update-dots.sh
@@ -191,14 +191,35 @@ if ! git pull; then
         done
     done
     
-    # run diff command to determine which files do only exist in the old dotfiles
-    diff_files=$(diff -qr "$base" "$temp_folder" | grep -E "^Only in $base" | awk '{print $4}')
-    for file in $diff_files; do
+    deleted_files=()
+    renamed_files=()
+    
+    # Extract deleted files and save to variable
+    deleted_files=$(git diff --name-status HEAD origin/$current_branch | awk '$1 == "D" {print $2}')
+    
+    # Extract renamed files and save to variable
+    renamed_files=$(git diff --name-status HEAD origin/$current_branch | awk '$1 ~ /^R/ {print $2}')
+    
+    
+    files_to_remove=()
+    
+    for file in $deleted_files; do
+        
         if ! file_in_excludes "$file" && [[ ! " ${modified_files[*]} " =~ " $file " ]]; then
-            echo -e "${YELLOW}File $file does not exist in the new dotfiles. Deleting...${RESET}"
-            if [[ -e "$HOME/$file" ]]; then
-                rm -rf "$HOME/$file"
-            fi
+            files_to_remove+=("$file")
+        fi
+    done
+    for file in $renamed_files; do
+        if ! file_in_excludes "$file" && [[ ! " ${modified_files[*]} " =~ " $file " ]]; then
+            files_to_remove+=("$file")
+        fi
+    done
+    
+    # Remove files
+    for file in "${files_to_remove[@]}"; do
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}Removing $file ...${RESET}"
+        if [[ -f "$HOME/$file" ]]; then
+            rm -rf "$HOME/$file"
         fi
     done
     
@@ -217,7 +238,7 @@ renamed_files=()
 deleted_files=$(git diff --name-status @{1} | awk '$1 == "D" {print $2}')
 
 # Extract renamed files and save to variable
-renamed_files=$(git diff --name-status @{1} | awk '$1 ~ /^R/ {print $2, "->", $3}')
+renamed_files=$(git diff --name-status @{1} | awk '$1 ~ /^R/ {print $2}')
 
 
 files_to_remove=()
@@ -237,7 +258,9 @@ done
 # Remove files
 for file in "${files_to_remove[@]}"; do
     echo -e "${YELLOW}Removing $file ...${RESET}"
-    rm -rf "$HOME/$file"
+    if [[ -f "$HOME/$file" ]]; then
+        rm -rf "$HOME/$file"
+    fi
 done