diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index d9e448a9..a8676721 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -293,24 +293,37 @@ stopServices(){
 }
 
 checkForDependencies(){
- 		echo ":::" 		
- 		#Check to see if apt-get update has already been run today
- 		timestamp=$(stat -c %Y /var/cache/apt/)
- 		timestampAsDate=$(date -d @$timestamp "+%b %e")
- 		today=$(date "+%b %e")
  		
- 		if [ ! "$today" == "$timestampAsDate" ]; then 		
-	    #update package lists
-	    echo -n "::: Updating package list before install...."
-	    $SUDO apt-get -qq update > /dev/null & spinner $!
-	    echo " done!"
-	    echo -n "::: Upgrading installed apt-get packages...."
-	    $SUDO apt-get -y -qq upgrade > /dev/null & spinner $!
-	    echo " done!"
-    else
-    	echo "::: Apt-get update already run today, any more would be overkill..."    
-    fi
-    
+ 		#Running apt-get update/upgrade with minimal output can cause some issues with
+ 		#requiring user input (e.g password for phpmyadmin see #218)
+ 		#We'll change the logic up here, to check to see if there are any updates availible and
+ 		# if so, advise the user to run apt-get update/upgrade at their own discretion
+ 		
+ 		today=$(date "+%b %e")
+ 		echo ":::"
+ 		echo -n "::: Checking apt-get for upgraded packages...."
+ 		updatesToInstall=$(sudo apt-get -s -o Debug::NoLocking=true upgrade | grep -c ^Inst) & spinner $!
+ 		echo " done!"
+		
+		echo ":::"
+		if [ $updatesToInstall > 0 ]; then
+			echo "::: There are $updatesToInstall updates availible for your pi!"
+			echo "::: Please consider running 'sudo apt-get update', followed by 'sudo apt-get upgrade'"
+			echo "::: after pi-hole has finished installing."
+			echo ":::"
+			#add in a prompt to give users the option to quit installation or continue
+			echo -n "::: Would you like to continue with the pi-hole installation? (Y/n):"
+			read answer
+			
+			case "$answer" in
+    		[yY][eE][sS]|[yY]  )  echo "::: Continuing!";;
+   		  *                  )  echo "::: Quitting install, please run 'curl -L install.pi-hole.net | bash' after updating packages!"
+              								exit 0;;
+			esac 			
+			
+		else
+		  echo "::: Your pi is up to date! Continuing with pi-hole installation..."
+		fi    
     
     echo ":::" 
     echo "::: Checking dependencies:"
diff --git a/automated install/install b/automated install/install
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index 255bb264..5097e050 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ sources=('https://adaway.org/hosts.txt'
 'http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt'
 'http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?'
 'http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts'
-'http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt')
+'http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt'
+'http://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains')
 
 # Variables for various stages of downloading and formatting the list
 basename=pihole
@@ -256,10 +257,15 @@ function gravity_hostFormat() {
 	echo "::: Formatting domains into a HOSTS file..."
   # If there is a value in the $piholeIPv6, then IPv6 will be used, so the awk command modified to create a line for both protocols
   if [[ -n $piholeIPv6 ]];then
-    cat $piholeDir/$eventHorizon | awk -v ipv4addr="$piholeIP" -v ipv6addr="$piholeIPv6" '{sub(/\r$/,""); print ipv4addr" "$0"\n"ipv6addr" "$0}' > $piholeDir/$accretionDisc
+  	#Add dummy domain Pi-Hole.IsWorking.OK to the top of gravity.list to make ping result return a friendlier looking domain!
+    echo -e "$piholeIP Pi-Hole.IsWorking.OK \n$piholeIPv6 Pi-Hole.IsWorking.OK" > $piholeDir/$accretionDisc
+    cat $piholeDir/$eventHorizon | awk -v ipv4addr="$piholeIP" -v ipv6addr="$piholeIPv6" '{sub(/\r$/,""); print ipv4addr" "$0"\n"ipv6addr" "$0}' >> $piholeDir/$accretionDisc
+    
   else
-    # Otherwise, just create gravity.list as normal using IPv4
-    cat $piholeDir/$eventHorizon | awk -v ipv4addr="$piholeIP" '{sub(/\r$/,""); print ipv4addr" "$0}' > $piholeDir/$accretionDisc
+      # Otherwise, just create gravity.list as normal using IPv4
+      #Add dummy domain Pi-Hole.IsWorking.OK to the top of gravity.list to make ping result return a friendlier looking domain!
+    echo -e "$piholeIP Pi-Hole.IsWorking.OK" > $piholeDir/$accretionDisc
+    cat $piholeDir/$eventHorizon | awk -v ipv4addr="$piholeIP" '{sub(/\r$/,""); print ipv4addr" "$0}' >> $piholeDir/$accretionDisc
   fi
 	# Copy the file over as /etc/pihole/gravity.list so dnsmasq can use it
 	cp $piholeDir/$accretionDisc $adList