diff --git a/src/internal/detect.rs b/src/internal/detect.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28166c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/detect.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use crate::internal::strings::info;
+
+pub fn detect(a: String) {
+    if a.contains(".pacnew") || a.contains(".new") {
+        info("It appears that a program you have installed / upgraded has installed a .new/.pacnew config file. Please read over the pacman output and act on it accordingly".to_string());
+    } else if a.contains(".old") {
+        info("It appears that a program you have installed / upgraded has installed a .old config file. Please read over the pacman output and act on it accordingly".to_string());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d3f9d7e..0953eef 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::process::{exit, Command};
-use std::{env, io};
+use std::{env, io, process};
 
 use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg, ArgMatches, ArgSettings, Shell, SubCommand};
 
@@ -174,6 +174,17 @@ fn main() {
                 sorted.nf.join(", ")
             ));
         }
+
+        let out = process::Command::new("bash")
+            .args(&["-c", "sudo find /etc -name *.pacnew"])
+            .output()
+            .expect("Something has gone wrong")
+            .stdout;
+
+        if !String::from_utf8((*out).to_owned()).unwrap().is_empty() {
+            info(format!("You have .pacnew files in /etc ({}) that you haven't removed or acted upon, it is recommended you do that now", String::from_utf8((*out).to_owned()).unwrap().split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<&str>>().join(", ")));
+        }
+
         exit(0);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/operations/aur_install.rs b/src/operations/aur_install.rs
index 2f9f304..13f0312 100644
--- a/src/operations/aur_install.rs
+++ b/src/operations/aur_install.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ pub fn aur_install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
             crate::operations::aur_install(md_sorted.aur, newopts);
         }
 
-        let mut makepkg_args = vec!["-rsic", "--needed", "--skippgp"];
+        let mut makepkg_args = vec!["-rsic", "--skippgp"];
         if options.asdeps {
             makepkg_args.push("--asdeps")
         }
diff --git a/src/operations/install.rs b/src/operations/install.rs
index 95f1ddf..cb0aa38 100644
--- a/src/operations/install.rs
+++ b/src/operations/install.rs
@@ -10,29 +10,31 @@ pub fn install(a: Vec<String>, options: Options) {
         opers.push("--asdeps".to_string());
     }
     let verbosity = options.verbosity;
-    if verbosity >= 1 {
-        log(format!("Installing from repos: {:?}", &a));
-    }
+    if !a.is_empty() {
+        if verbosity >= 1 {
+            log(format!("Installing from repos: {:?}", &a));
+        }
 
-    let r = runas::Command::new("pacman")
-        .arg("-S")
-        .arg("--needed")
-        .args(&a)
-        .args(&opers)
-        .status()
-        .expect("Something has gone wrong");
+        let r = runas::Command::new("pacman")
+            .arg("-S")
+            .arg("--needed")
+            .args(&a)
+            .args(&opers)
+            .status()
+            .expect("Something has gone wrong");
 
-    if r.code() != Some(0) {
-        crash(
-            format!(
-                "An error occured while installing packages: {}, aborting",
-                a.join(", ")
-            ),
-            7,
-        );
-    }
+        if r.code() != Some(0) {
+            crash(
+                format!(
+                    "An error occured while installing packages: {}, aborting",
+                    a.join(", ")
+                ),
+                7,
+            );
+        }
 
-    if verbosity >= 1 {
-        log(format!("Installing packages: {:?} was successful", &a));
+        if verbosity >= 1 {
+            log(format!("Installing packages: {:?} was successful", &a));
+        }
     }
 }