diff --git a/.include b/.include
index 9255b7a..ec0c892 100644
--- a/.include
+++ b/.include
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ package.json
 package-lock.json
 lstV2
 lang
+scripts/services.ps1
 drizzle.config.ts
-tsconfig.json
\ No newline at end of file
+tsconfig.json
+.includeCleanup
diff --git a/.includeCleanup b/.includeCleanup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d992416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.includeCleanup
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+dist
+tmp/
+frontend/dist
+lstDocs/build
+oldbuild.log
+lstV2/dist
+lstV2/frontend/dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/controller/main.go b/controller/main.go
index 5252615..a4616e8 100644
--- a/controller/main.go
+++ b/controller/main.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	socketio "github.com/googollee/go-socket.io"
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
-	router "lst.net/internal/route_handler"
 )
 
 func main() {
+
 	err := godotenv.Load("../.env")
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Warning: .env file not found")
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ func main() {
 	if os.Getenv("NODE_ENV") != "production" {
 		basePath = "/lst/api/controller"
 	}
-	r := router.Setup(basePath) // returns *gin.Engine
 
 	server := socketio.NewServer(nil)
 
+	r := Setup(basePath, server) // returns *gin.Engine
+
 	server.OnConnect("/", func(s socketio.Conn) error {
 		fmt.Println("✅ Client connected:", s.ID())
 		return nil
diff --git a/controller/internal/route_handler/router.go b/controller/router.go
similarity index 74%
rename from controller/internal/route_handler/router.go
rename to controller/router.go
index 062176d..2a62b73 100644
--- a/controller/internal/route_handler/router.go
+++ b/controller/router.go
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
-package router
+package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	socketio "github.com/googollee/go-socket.io"
 )
 
-type UpdatePayload struct {
-	Action string `json:"action"`
-	Target string `json:"target"`
-}
-
-func Setup(basePath string) *gin.Engine {
+func Setup(basePath string, server *socketio.Server) *gin.Engine {
 
 	r := gin.Default()
 
@@ -44,12 +39,18 @@ func Setup(basePath string) *gin.Engine {
 			return
 		}
 
-		steps := []string{"🚀 Starting...", "📂 Copying...", "🔧 Migrating...", "✅ Done!"}
-		for _, step := range steps {
-			fmt.Fprintf(c.Writer, "event: log\ndata: %s\n\n", step)
-			flusher.Flush()             // 🔑 actually push chunk
-			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // simulate work
+		// Start the update and get the channel
+		updates := UpdateApp(server)
+
+		for msg := range updates {
+			//fmt.Fprintf(c.Writer, "event: log\ndata: %s\n\n", msg)
+			fmt.Fprintf(c.Writer, "%s\n\n", msg)
+			flusher.Flush()
 		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(c.Writer, "Update process finished\n\n")
+		flusher.Flush()
+
 	})
 
 	r.Any(basePath+"/", func(c *gin.Context) { errorApiLoc(c) })
diff --git a/controller/update.go b/controller/update.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40d9bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/update.go
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"archive/zip"
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	socketio "github.com/googollee/go-socket.io"
+)
+
+func UpdateApp(server *socketio.Server) <-chan string {
+	updates := make(chan string)
+	rootDir := filepath.Join("..")
+
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(rootDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		//log.Fatal("failed to read root dir: %v", err)
+
+		server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", fmt.Sprintf("failed to read root dir: %v", err))
+	}
+
+	var zips []string
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if !e.IsDir() && filepath.Ext(e.Name()) == ".zip" {
+			zips = append(zips, filepath.Join(rootDir, e.Name()))
+		}
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		defer close(updates)
+
+		switch len(zips) {
+		case 0:
+			msg := "No zip files found in root directory"
+			updates <- msg
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+		case 1:
+			version, err := extractVersion(filepath.Base(zips[0]))
+			if err != nil {
+				msg := fmt.Sprintf("could not parse version: %v", err)
+				updates <- msg
+				server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			}
+			msg := "Stopping the services"
+			updates <- msg
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			// 1. Stop services + pool
+			stopService("LSTV2")
+			stopService("lst_app")
+			stopAppPool("LogisticsSupportTool")
+			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+
+			msg = "Checking cleanup of files"
+			updates <- msg
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+
+			if version%10 == 0 {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("Release %d is a cleanup milestone — cleaning root", version)
+				updates <- msg
+
+				server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+				if err := cleanupRoot(rootDir); err != nil {
+					msg = fmt.Sprintf("cleanup failed: %v", err)
+					updates <- msg
+					server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+				}
+			}
+
+			msg = "Unzipping New Build"
+			updates <- msg
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			if err := Unzip(zips[0], rootDir); err != nil {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("unzip failed: %v", err)
+				updates <- msg
+				server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			}
+
+			msg = "Running App Update"
+			updates <- msg
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			if err := runNPMInstall(rootDir); err != nil {
+				server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", fmt.Sprintf("npm install failed: %v", err))
+			}
+
+			msg = "Running DB Migrations"
+			updates <- msg
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			if err := runNPMMigrate(rootDir); err != nil {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("npm migrate failed: %v", err)
+				updates <- msg
+				server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			}
+
+			msg = "Starting Services back up"
+			updates <- msg
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			startService("lst_app")
+			startService("LSTV2")
+			startAppPool("LogisticsSupportTool")
+
+			if err := os.Remove(zips[0]); err != nil {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("warning: failed to delete zip %s: %v", zips[0], err)
+				updates <- msg
+				server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			} else {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("Deleted zip %s", zips[0])
+				updates <- msg
+				server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+			}
+
+			msg = "Deployment finished successfully"
+			updates <- msg
+
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+		default:
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Error: too many zip files in root: %v\n", zips)
+			updates <- msg
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return updates
+}
+
+func Unzip(srcZip, destDir string) error {
+
+	r, err := zip.OpenReader(srcZip)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("opening zip: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer r.Close()
+
+	for _, f := range r.File {
+		// Build the destination path for each file
+		fpath := filepath.Join(destDir, f.Name)
+
+		// Check for ZipSlip (directory traversal)
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(fpath, filepath.Clean(destDir)+string(os.PathSeparator)) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("illegal file path: %s", fpath)
+		}
+
+		if f.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+			// Create folder
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(fpath, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Make sure target folder exists
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(fpath), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Open file in archive
+		rc, err := f.Open()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Create destination file
+		outFile, err := os.OpenFile(fpath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, f.Mode())
+		if err != nil {
+			rc.Close()
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Copy file contents
+		_, err = io.Copy(outFile, rc)
+
+		// Close files
+		outFile.Close()
+		rc.Close()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// stopService runs "sc stop <service>"
+func stopService(name string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command("sc", "stop", name)
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Printf("Stopped service %s: %s", name, output)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// stopAppPool runs appcmd to stop an IIS app pool
+func stopAppPool(name string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command(`C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe`, "stop", "apppool", "/apppool.name:"+name)
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to stop app pool %s: %v, output: %s", name, err, string(output))
+	}
+	log.Printf("Stopped app pool %s: %s", name, string(output))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func cleanupRoot(rootDir string) error {
+	// Default cleanup targets
+	targets := []string{
+		"dist",
+		filepath.Join("frontend", "dist"),
+		filepath.Join("lstDocs", "build"),
+	}
+
+	// Check if .includeCleanup file exists
+	cleanupFile := filepath.Join(rootDir, ".includeCleanup")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(cleanupFile); err == nil {
+		f, err := os.Open(cleanupFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		sc := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+		for sc.Scan() {
+			line := strings.TrimSpace(sc.Text())
+			if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+				continue
+			}
+			targets = append(targets, line)
+		}
+		if sc.Err() != nil {
+			return sc.Err()
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Delete them (remove dirs/files under rootDir)
+	for _, t := range targets {
+		p := filepath.Join(rootDir, t)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(p); err == nil {
+			log.Printf("Removing %s", p)
+			if err := os.RemoveAll(p); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func extractVersion(filename string) (int, error) {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`release-(\d+)\.zip`)
+	m := re.FindStringSubmatch(filename)
+	if m == nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("filename does not match release pattern: %s", filename)
+	}
+	return strconv.Atoi(m[1])
+}
+
+func runNPMInstall(rootDir string) error {
+	frontendDir := filepath.Join(rootDir, "frontend") // adapt if needed
+	cmd := exec.Command("npm", "install")
+	cmd.Dir = frontendDir
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	log.Println("Running npm install in", frontendDir)
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
+
+func runNPMMigrate(rootDir string) error {
+	frontendDir := filepath.Join(rootDir, "frontend") // same dir
+	cmd := exec.Command("npm", "run", "db:migrate")
+	cmd.Dir = frontendDir
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	log.Println("Running npm run db:migrate in", frontendDir)
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
+
+func startService(name string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command("sc", "start", name)
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Printf("Started service %s: %s", name, output)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func startAppPool(name string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command(`C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe`, "start", "apppool", "/apppool.name:"+name)
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to stop app pool %s: %v, output: %s", name, err, string(output))
+	}
+	log.Printf("Stopped app pool %s: %s", name, string(output))
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/controller/update_channel.go b/controller/update_channel.go
index 39e48e5..d3cc824 100644
--- a/controller/update_channel.go
+++ b/controller/update_channel.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	socketio "github.com/googollee/go-socket.io"
 )
 
@@ -31,8 +32,6 @@ func registerUpdateChannel(server *socketio.Server) {
 	server.OnEvent("/", "update", func(s socketio.Conn, payload UpdatePayload) {
 		switch strings.ToLower(payload.Action) {
 		case "copy":
-			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs",
-				fmt.Sprintf("🚀 Copying latest build to %v", payload.Target))
 			copyLatestBuild(server, payload.Target)
 
 		case "update":
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ func updateServer(server *socketio.Server, target string) {
 
 	if strings.Contains(host, "VMS") || strings.Contains(host, "vms") {
 		server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", "Your are about to check for a new build and then update the server.")
+		go UpdateApp(server)
 
 		return
 	}
@@ -80,16 +80,16 @@ func copyLatestBuild(server *socketio.Server, target string) {
 
 func triggerRemoteUpdate(server *socketio.Server, remoteURL string, payload UpdatePayload) {
 
-	basePath := "/api/controller"
-	if os.Getenv("NODE_ENV") != "production" {
-		basePath = "/lst/api/controller"
-	}
+	// basePath := "/api/controller"
+	// if os.Getenv("NODE_ENV") != "production" {
+	// 	basePath = "/lst/api/controller"
+	// }
 
 	// send POST request with JSON, expect SSE / streaming text back
 	body, _ := json.Marshal(payload)
 
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://%v.alpla.net%v/update", remoteURL, basePath)
-	//url := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:8080%v/update", basePath)
+	//url := fmt.Sprintf("https://%v.alpla.net%v/update", remoteURL, basePath)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%v:8080/api/controller/update", remoteURL)
 	fmt.Println(url)
 	resp, err := http.Post(url, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(body))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -116,3 +116,16 @@ func triggerRemoteUpdate(server *socketio.Server, remoteURL string, payload Upda
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func sendUpdate(c *gin.Context, flusher http.Flusher, server *socketio.Server, msg string) {
+	// SSE stream
+	if c != nil && flusher != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(c.Writer, "event: log\ndata: %s\n\n", msg)
+		flusher.Flush()
+	}
+
+	// Socket.IO
+	if server != nil {
+		server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", msg)
+	}
+}