diff --git a/updater/aws.go b/updater/aws.go
index 87c4909..f1c3081 100644
--- a/updater/aws.go
+++ b/updater/aws.go
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ func containsAttribute(attrs []*ecs.Attribute, searchString string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// Checks tasks to determine if task was started by a service and drains the instances if so. Instances running no tasks at all are also drained.
-// Instances running non-service tasks will not be drained and are not supported by ECS Updater.
-func checkTasksandDrain(ecsClient *ecs.ECS, instanceIDs []string, instanceIDmap map[*string]*string, cluster *string) ([]*string, error) {
+// Checks tasks to determine if task was started by a service and drains the instances if so. Instances running no tasks at all are also drained. 
+// Instances running non-service tasks will not be drained and are not supported by ECS Updater. 
+func checkTasksandDrain(ecsClient *ecs.ECS, instanceIDs []string, instanceIDmap map[*string]*string, cluster *string) ([]*string, map[string]string, error) {
 	// Ensures only instances ready for update have tasks listed
 	updateMap := make(map[string]string)
 	for key, value := range instanceIDmap {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func checkTasksandDrain(ecsClient *ecs.ECS, instanceIDs []string, instanceIDmap
 			})
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("failed to list tasks: %#v", err)
-				return nil, err
+				return nil, nil, err
 			}
 
 			log.Printf("Tasks running on %v: %s", containerARN, resp)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func checkTasksandDrain(ecsClient *ecs.ECS, instanceIDs []string, instanceIDmap
 	} else {
 		log.Printf("No instances to check for tasks")
 	}
-	return drainedInstances, nil
+	return drainedInstances, updateMap, nil
 }
 
 func checkForServiceStarter(ecsClient *ecs.ECS, taskArns *ecs.ListTasksOutput, cluster *string) bool {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func sendCommand(ssmClient *ssm.SSM, instanceIDs []*string, ssmCommand string) (
 	return commandID, nil
 }
 
-func checkCommandOutput(ssmClient *ssm.SSM, commandID string, instanceIDs []*string) ([]string, error) {
+func checkCommandOutput(ssmClient *ssm.SSM, commandID string, instanceIDs []*string) ([]string, string, error) {
 	updateCandidates := make([]string, 0)
 	for _, v := range instanceIDs {
 		resp, err := ssmClient.GetCommandInvocation(&ssm.GetCommandInvocationInput{
@@ -192,9 +192,10 @@ func checkCommandOutput(ssmClient *ssm.SSM, commandID string, instanceIDs []*str
 			InstanceId: v,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to retreive command invocation output: %#v", err)
+			return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("failed to retreive command invocation output: %#v", err)
 		}
 
+
 		type updateCheckResult struct {
 			UpdateState string `json:"update_state"`
 		}
@@ -209,11 +210,38 @@ func checkCommandOutput(ssmClient *ssm.SSM, commandID string, instanceIDs []*str
 		switch result.UpdateState {
 		case "Available":
 			updateCandidates = append(updateCandidates, *v)
+		case "Idle":
+			return nil, "Update applied", nil
 		}
 	}
 
 	if updateCandidates == nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("No instances to update")
+		return nil, "", errors.New("No instances to update")
+	}
+	return updateCandidates, "", nil
+}
+
+func checkUpdateResult(ssmClient *ssm.SSM, commandID string, instanceIDs []*string) ([]*string, error) {
+	updatedInstances := make([]*string, 0)
+	for _, v := range instanceIDs {
+		resp, err := ssmClient.GetCommandInvocation(&ssm.GetCommandInvocationInput{
+			CommandId:  aws.String(commandID),
+			InstanceId: v,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to failed to retrieve command invocation output: %#v", err)
+		}
+		log.Printf("Response: %s", *resp.Status)
+		if *resp.Status == "Success" {
+			updatedInstances = append(updatedInstances, v)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("Instance %#v failed to update", v)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(updatedInstances) != 0 {
+		return updatedInstances, nil
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("No instances were successfully updated")
 	}
-	return updateCandidates, nil
+	return updatedInstances, nil 
 }
diff --git a/updater/main.go b/updater/main.go
index 906f4f3..8609c2d 100644
--- a/updater/main.go
+++ b/updater/main.go
@@ -62,23 +62,54 @@ func _main() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	instancesToUpdate, err := checkCommandOutput(ssmClient, commandID, bottlerocketInstances)
+	instancesToUpdate, _, err := checkCommandOutput(ssmClient, commandID, bottlerocketInstances)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Instances ready for update: ", instancesToUpdate)
 
-	drainedInstances, err := checkTasksandDrain(ecsClient, instancesToUpdate, instanceMap, flagCluster)
+	drainedInstances, updateMap, err := checkTasksandDrain(ecsClient, instancesToUpdate, instanceMap, flagCluster)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, err.Error())
 		return err
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range drainedInstances {
-		log.Printf("Instance %s drained\n", *v)
+		log.Printf("Instance %s drained", *v)
 	}
 	log.Printf("Total instances drained: %#v", len(drainedInstances))
 
+	if len(drainedInstances) != 0 {
+		// Dedupes drainedInstances slice
+		deDupedInstances := sanitizeIDs(drainedInstances)
+		for _, v := range deDupedInstances {
+			log.Printf("ready to update: %#v", *v)
+		}
+
+		updateCommandID, err := sendCommand(ssmClient, deDupedInstances, "apiclient update apply -r")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		_, err = checkUpdateResult(ssmClient, updateCommandID, deDupedInstances)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		updateStatus, err := sendCommand(ssmClient, deDupedInstances, "apiclient update check")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		_, _, err = checkCommandOutput(ssmClient, updateStatus, deDupedInstances)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		
+		for _, updatedARN := range updateMap {
+			changeInstanceState(ecsClient, aws.String(updatedARN), flagCluster, "ACTIVE")
+		}
+
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/updater/utils.go b/updater/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb895ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package main
+
+
+func sanitizeIDs(instanceIDs []*string) []*string {
+    // If the instanceID occurs the flag changes to true.
+    // All instanceIDs that has already occurred will be true.
+    flag := make(map[*string]bool)
+    var uniqueIDs []*string
+    for _, ID := range instanceIDs {
+        if flag[ID] == false {
+            flag[ID] = true
+            uniqueIDs = append(uniqueIDs, ID)
+        }
+    }
+    // unique names collected
+    return uniqueIDs
+}
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