diff --git a/update_element_im.sh b/update_element_im.sh
index 9e6a33d..bb7f64f 100755
--- a/update_element_im.sh
+++ b/update_element_im.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -e
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
-set -x
 
 function version_gt() {
     test "$(printf '%s\n' "$@" | sort -V | head -n 1)" != "$1";
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ function version_gt() {
 
 function cleanup() {
     local tmpdir=$1
-    rm -r "${tmpdir:?}"/*
+    # rm -r "${tmpdir:?}"/*
     rmdir "${tmpdir}"
 
 }
@@ -61,11 +60,11 @@ WEB_USER="nginx"
 github_data=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/vector-im/element-web/releases/latest)
 
 current_version=$(curl -s "${HOMESERVER_URL}/version")
-remote_version=$(echo "${github_data}" | jq '.name')
+remote_version=$(echo "${github_data}" | jq -r '.name')
 
 echo "Checking for version updates..."
 
-if version_gt "${remote_version}" "${current_version}"
+if version_gt "${remote_version}" "v${current_version}"
 then
     asset_name=$(echo "${github_data}" | jq -r '.assets[] |
             select(.browser_download_url|endswith("tar.gz")) |