diff --git a/classes/api.php b/classes/api.php
index a0ee773c14eb46a874ac5cd05cf550e16015d93b..31672575a7bf767a5f3f0881ffc0a21a806d8ff4 100755
--- a/classes/api.php
+++ b/classes/api.php
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ class API extends Handler {
 			}
 
 			$this->_wrap(self::STATUS_OK, $articles);
+		// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
 		} else {
 			$this->_wrap(self::STATUS_ERR, array("error" => self::E_INCORRECT_USAGE));
 		}
diff --git a/classes/pref/prefs.php b/classes/pref/prefs.php
index 7f986858f1bde89be80e5fc6f157356a1741a511..de03b34dc040247031f30c5ab90ee1c034f2f96b 100644
--- a/classes/pref/prefs.php
+++ b/classes/pref/prefs.php
@@ -1185,15 +1185,18 @@ class Pref_Prefs extends Handler_Protected {
 
 	function updateLocalPlugins() {
 		if ($_SESSION["access_level"] >= 10) {
-			$plugin_name = $_REQUEST["name"] ?? "";
+			$plugins = explode(",", $_REQUEST["plugins"] ?? "");
 
 			# we're in classes/pref/
 			$root_dir = dirname(dirname(__DIR__));
 
 			$rv = [];
 
-			if (!empty($plugin_name)) {
-				array_push($rv, ["plugin" => $plugin_name, "rv" => $this->_update_plugin($root_dir, $plugin_name)]);
+			if (count($plugins) > 0) {
+				foreach ($plugins as $plugin_name) {
+					array_push($rv, ["plugin" => $plugin_name, "rv" => $this->_update_plugin($root_dir, $plugin_name)]);
+				}
+			// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
 			} else {
 				$plugin_dirs = array_filter(glob("$root_dir/plugins.local/*"), "is_dir");
 
diff --git a/js/PrefHelpers.js b/js/PrefHelpers.js
index 5450bd98c9829153795f95dac9070782492f4046..d2f74d421252886bb7541af186837ebf276377d5 100644
--- a/js/PrefHelpers.js
+++ b/js/PrefHelpers.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 /* eslint-disable no-new */
-/* global __, dijit, dojo, Tables, xhrPost, Notify, xhr, App, fox */
+/* global __, dijit, dojo, Tables, Notify, xhr, App, fox */
 
 const	Helpers = {
 	AppPasswords: {
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ const	Helpers = {
 			const dialog = new fox.SingleUseDialog({
 				title: __("Plugin Updater"),
 				need_refresh: false,
+				plugins_to_update: [],
 				onHide: function() {
 					if (this.need_refresh) {
 						Helpers.Prefs.refresh();
@@ -335,10 +336,12 @@ const	Helpers = {
 				performUpdate: function() {
 					const container = dialog.domNode.querySelector(".update-results");
 
+					console.log('updating', dialog.plugins_to_update);
+
 					container.innerHTML = `<li class='text-center'>${__("Updating, please wait...")}</li>`;
 					let enable_update_btn = false;
 
-					xhr.json("backend.php", {op: "pref-prefs", method: "updateLocalPlugins", name: name}, (reply) => {
+					xhr.json("backend.php", {op: "pref-prefs", method: "updateLocalPlugins", plugins: dialog.plugins_to_update.join(",")}, (reply) => {
 
 						if (!reply) {
 							container.innerHTML = `<li class='text-center text-error'>${__("Operation failed: check event log.")}</li>`;
@@ -392,9 +395,13 @@ const	Helpers = {
 					} else {
 						container.innerHTML = "";
 
+						dialog.plugins_to_update = [];
+
 						reply.forEach((p) => {
-							if (p.rv.s == 0)
+							if (p.rv.s == 0) {
 								enable_update_btn = true;
+								dialog.plugins_to_update.push(p.plugin);
+							}
 
 							container.innerHTML +=
 							`
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index aab84bfdbdebf0e66888e4e43c2c361f5ecad44f..41b052f6ef7e0754594c532af5c0ef8a2604af34 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 
 		RSSUtils::update_daemon_common(isset($options["pidlock"]) ? 50 : Config::get(Config::DAEMON_FEED_LIMIT), $options);
 
-		if (!isset($options["pidlock"]) || $options["task"] == 0)
+		if (!isset($options["pidlock"]) || $options["task"] == "0")
 			RSSUtils::housekeeping_common();
 
 		PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, $options);