diff --git a/bin/pandora_client b/bin/pandora_client
index 86d290c..4a134ac 100755
--- a/bin/pandora_client
+++ b/bin/pandora_client
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         parser.print_help()
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    actions = ('scan', 'sync', 'upload', 'upload_frames', 'extract', 'clean', 'cmd', 'import_srt', 'upload_document')
+    actions = ('scan', 'sync', 'upload', 'upload_frames', 'extract', 'clean', 'cmd', 'import_srt', 'upload_document', 'install_programs')
     config = ('config', 'add_volume')
     server = ('server', 'client')
     if not args or args[0] not in actions + config + server:
diff --git a/pandora_client/__init__.py b/pandora_client/__init__.py
index 3837005..121a7f2 100644
--- a/pandora_client/__init__.py
+++ b/pandora_client/__init__.py
@@ -421,23 +421,26 @@ class Client(object):
             self._config['url'] = url
         self.save_config()
         print "\nconfiguration updated."
+        self.install_programs()
 
+    def install_programs(self, args=[]):
+        update = 'update' in args
         #install required programs
         if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            osname = 'macosx'
+            osext = 'macosx'
         elif sys.platform == 'win32':
-            osname = 'exe'
+            osext = 'exe'
         else:
-            osname = 'linux'
+            osext = 'linux'
         bindir = os.path.expanduser('~/.ox/bin')
         ox.makedirs(bindir)
         for p in ('ffmpeg', 'ffmpeg2theora'):
             path = os.path.join(bindir, p)
             if sys.platform == 'win32':
                 p += '.exe'
-            if not os.path.exists(path):
+            if not os.path.exists(path) or update:
                 print "installing %s in %s" % (p, bindir)
-                ox.net.save_url('http://firefogg.org/bin/%s.%s' % (p, osname), path)
+                ox.net.save_url('http://firefogg.org/bin/%s.%s' % (p, osext), path, True)
                 os.chmod(path, 0755)
 
     def add_volume(self, args):
@@ -470,7 +473,7 @@ class Client(object):
         return volumes
 
     def scan(self, args):
-        rescan = '--rescan' in args
+        rescan = 'rescan' in args
         print "checking for new files ..."
         volumes = self.active_volumes()
         for name in sorted(volumes):