diff --git a/akshara b/akshara
index 911a507..6361d58 100755
--- a/akshara
+++ b/akshara
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import argparse
 import requests
 import fasteners
 import subprocess
-
+from datetime import datetime
 __version = '1.0.0'
 
 
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ def interpret_track(blend_release):
 
 
 def update_system():
+    benchmark = True
+
     if os.path.isdir('/.update_rootfs'):
         error('update already downloaded, you must reboot first')
         sys.exit(75)
@@ -182,7 +184,11 @@ def update_system():
 
         info('generating new system...')
 
+        before = datetime.now()
         exec('tar', '--acls', '--xattrs', '-xf', '.update.tar.zst')
+        after = datetime.now()
+        if benchmark:
+            print(f'[BENCH]: {(before - after).seconds} seconds to extract tarball')
         exec('mv', 'root.x86_64', '.new_rootfs')
         exec('rm', '-f', '/.new_rootfs/pkglist.x86_64.txt')
         exec('rm', '-f', '/.new_rootfs/version')
@@ -250,7 +256,9 @@ def update_system():
         exec_chroot('pacman-key', '--init')
         exec_chroot('pacman-key', '--populate')
 
-        # FIXME: If the GitHub API is down or something, this completely breaks
+        # If the GitHub API is down or something, this completely breaks
+        # also it's broken currently and reflector is working now anyways soooooo
+        # commented out
         #exec_chroot('sh', '-c', 'mkdir /tmp/rate-mirrors/; cd /tmp/rate-mirrors/; curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/westandskif/rate-mirrors/releases/latest | grep "browser_download_url.*rate-mirrors-v.*-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz" | cut -d : -f 2,3 | tr -d \\" | tr -d " ")')
         #exec_chroot('bash', '-c', 'cd /tmp/rate-mirrors/; tar -xzf rate-mirrors*; cd $(find /tmp/rate-mirrors/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d); ./rate_mirrors --disable-comments-in-file --entry-country=US --protocol=https arch --max-delay 7200 > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist')
 
@@ -278,6 +286,7 @@ SigLevel = Never
 Server = {package_repo["repo-url"]}
 ''')
 
+        before = datetime.now()
         counter = 0
         while True:
             return_val = exec_chroot('pacman', '-Syu', '--noconfirm')
@@ -287,9 +296,13 @@ Server = {package_repo["repo-url"]}
                 exit(50)
             if return_val == 0:
                 break
+        after = datetime.now()
+        if benchmark:
+            print(f'[BENCH]: {(before - after).seconds} seconds to update packages')
 
         exec('cp', '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf', '/.new_rootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.conf')
 
+        before = datetime.now()
         counter = 0
         while True:
             print('running packages again')
@@ -300,6 +313,9 @@ Server = {package_repo["repo-url"]}
                 exit(50)
             if return_val == 0:
                 break
+        after = datetime.now()
+        if benchmark:
+            print(f'[BENCH]: {(before - after).seconds} seconds to install packages')
         
         counter = 0
         if aur_packages != []:
@@ -307,10 +323,14 @@ Server = {package_repo["repo-url"]}
                 print('running aur_packages again')
                 exec_chroot('useradd', '-m', '-G', 'wheel', '-s', '/bin/bash', 'aur')
                 exec_chroot('bash', '-c', 'echo "aur ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/aur')
+                before = datetime.now()
                 return_val = exec_chroot(
                     'runuser', '-u', 'aur', '--', 'paru', '-Sy', '--noconfirm', '--needed',
                     '--noprogressbar', '--skipreview', '--removemake', '--cleanafter', '--ask=4',
                     *aur_packages)
+                after = datetime.now()
+                if benchmark:
+                    print(f'[BENCH]: {(before - after).seconds} seconds to install AUR packages')
                 exec_chroot('userdel', '-r', 'aur')
                 exec_chroot('rm', '-f', '/etc/sudoers.d/aur')
                 counter += 1
@@ -319,6 +339,7 @@ Server = {package_repo["repo-url"]}
                     exit(50)
                 if return_val == 0:
                     break
+        
 
         for service in services:
             if type(service) is str: