diff --git a/arch_install.sh b/arch_install.sh
index f82f1d7..d31a78f 100755
--- a/arch_install.sh
+++ b/arch_install.sh
@@ -100,13 +100,14 @@ exit
 
 #part2
 printf '\033c'
-pacman -S --noconfirm sed
+pacman -Syu
+pacman -S --noconfirm --needed sed
 echo "Setting up pacman settings."
 sed -i "s/^#Color/Color/" /etc/pacman.conf
 sed -i "s/^#CheckSpace/CheckSpace/" /etc/pacman.conf
 sed -i "s/^#VerbosePkgLists/VerbosePkgLists/" /etc/pacman.conf
 sed -i "s/^#ParallelDownloads = 5/ParallelDownloads = 10/" /etc/pacman.conf
-sed -i "s/^ParallelDownloads = 10/&\nILoveCandy" /etc/pacman.conf
+sed -i "s/^ParallelDownloads = 10/&\nILoveCandy/" /etc/pacman.conf
 sed -i "/\[multilib\]/,/Include/"'s/^#//' /etc/pacman.conf
 pacman -Syu