diff --git a/openmamba-update/openmamba-netsrpms b/openmamba-update/openmamba-netsrpms
index c0d3f0c..81db589 100755
--- a/openmamba-update/openmamba-netsrpms
+++ b/openmamba-update/openmamba-netsrpms
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ declare -A SRPMVERSION SRPMRELEASE
 
 for pckname in $PACKAGES; do
 
-   icon=`grep Icon= /usr/share/applications/openmamba-$pckname.desktop | sed "s|Icon=||"`
-
    SRPM_PATH=$DISTRO_SRPMS_DIR/${pckname}
    SPEC_PATHNAME=$SRPM_PATH/${pckname}.spec
 
-   [ "$SPEC_PATHNAME" ] || {
+   [ -r "$SPEC_PATHNAME" ] || {
       echo $"$me: $pckname is missing in $DISTRO_SRPMS_DIR; aborting."
       exit 255
    }
 
+   icon=`grep Icon= /usr/share/applications/openmamba-$pckname.desktop | sed "s|Icon=||"`
+
    SPEC_VERSION=${SRPMVERSION[${pckname}]}-${SRPMRELEASE[${pckname}]}
 
    RPM_INSTALLED=`rpm -q $pckname`
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ for pckname in $PACKAGES; do
       elif [ "$UPGRADE_MODE" ]; then
          continue
       fi
-   elif [ "$UPGRADE_MODE" ]; then
+   elif [ ! "$FORCE_MODE" ]; then
       continue
    fi