diff --git a/update_portainer_agent.sh b/update_portainer_agent.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function error {
+  echo -e "\\e[91m$1\\e[39m"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+function check_internet() {
+  printf "Checking if you are online..."
+  wget -q --spider http://github.com
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Online. Continuing."
+  else
+    error "Offline. Go connect to the internet then run the script again."
+  fi
+}
+
+check_internet
+
+portainer_pid=`docker ps | grep portainer/agent | awk '{print $1}'`
+portainer_name=`docker ps | grep portainer/agent | awk '{print $2}'`
+
+sudo docker stop $portainer_pid || error "Failed to stop portainer!"
+sudo docker rm $portainer_pid || error "Failed to remove portainer container!"
+sudo docker rmi $portainer_name || error "Failed to remove/untag images from the container!"
+sudo docker run -d -p 9001:9001 --name portainer_agent --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /var/lib/docker/volumes:/var/lib/docker/volumes portainer/agent:latest || error "Failed to execute newer version of Portainer Agent!"