diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index f3d11357..70c27fc9 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ enable_service() {
   echo " done."
 }
 
-update_pacakge_cache() {
+update_package_cache() {
   #Running apt-get update/upgrade with minimal output can cause some issues with
   #requiring user input (e.g password for phpmyadmin see #218)
 
@@ -707,8 +707,11 @@ update_pacakge_cache() {
 
   echo ":::"
   echo -n "::: Updating local cache of available packages..."
-  ${UPDATE_PKG_CACHE} &> /dev/null
-  echo " done!"
+  if eval ${UPDATE_PKG_CACHE} &> /dev/null; then
+    echo " done!"
+  else
+    echo -n "\n!!! ERROR - Unable to update package cache. Please try \"${UPDATE_PKG_CACHE}\""
+  fi
 }
 
 notify_package_updates_available() {
@@ -1133,7 +1136,7 @@ main() {
   fi
 
   # Update package cache
-  update_pacakge_cache
+  update_package_cache
 
   # Notify user of package availability
   notify_package_updates_available
diff --git a/test/test_automated_install.py b/test/test_automated_install.py
index f8e2ec3d..89d9a0e0 100644
--- a/test/test_automated_install.py
+++ b/test/test_automated_install.py
@@ -274,6 +274,29 @@ def test_installPiholeWeb_already_populated_no_errors(Pihole):
     assert 'index.js' in web_directory
     assert 'blockingpage.css' in web_directory
 
+def test_update_package_cache_success_no_errors(Pihole):
+    ''' confirms package cache was updated without any errors'''
+    updateCache = Pihole.run('''
+    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
+    distro_check
+    update_package_cache
+    ''')
+    assert 'Updating local cache of available packages...' in updateCache.stdout
+    assert 'ERROR' not in updateCache.stdout
+    assert 'done!' in updateCache.stdout
+
+def test_update_package_cache_failure_no_errors(Pihole):
+    ''' confirms package cache was not updated'''
+    mock_command('apt-get', {'update':('', '1')}, Pihole)
+    updateCache = Pihole.run('''
+    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
+    distro_check
+    update_package_cache
+    ''')
+    assert 'Updating local cache of available packages...' in updateCache.stdout
+    assert 'ERROR' in updateCache.stdout
+    assert 'done!' not in updateCache.stdout
+
 # Helper functions
 def mock_command(script, args, container):
     ''' Allows for setup of commands we don't really want to have to run for real in unit tests '''