diff --git a/update_ombi.sh b/update_ombi.sh
index d73f4df..de102bf 100644
--- a/update_ombi.sh
+++ b/update_ombi.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ SECONDS=0
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   case "$1" in
     --verbosity|-v=*)
+      shift
       if [[ ${1#*=} =~ ^-?[0-8]$ ]]; then
           verbosity="${1#*=}"
       else
@@ -67,6 +68,17 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
           exit 1
       fi
       ;;
+    --force|-f=*)
+      shift
+      if [[ ${1#*=} =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+          force="${1#*=}"
+      else
+          printf "****************************\n"
+          printf "* Error: Invalid version.  *\n"
+          printf "****************************\n"
+          exit 1
+      fi
+      ;;
     *)
       printf "****************************\n"
       printf "* Error: Invalid argument. *\n"
@@ -181,6 +193,10 @@ do
     .log 8 "json: $json"
     latestversion=$(grep -Po '(?<="updateVersionString":")([^"]+)' <<<  "$json")
     .log 7 "latestversion: $latestversion"
+    if [ -n "$force" ]; then
+        latestversion=$force
+        .log 7 "forcing version: $latestversion"
+    fi
     json=$(curl -sL https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/tidusjar/requestplex/build/$latestversion)
     .log 8 "json: $json"
     jobId=$(grep -Po '(?<="jobId":")([^"]+)' <<<  "$json")
@@ -334,4 +350,4 @@ elif [ $seconds -eq 1 ]; then
 fi
 durationmsg="Update complete...elapsed time $duration..."
 durationmsg="${durationmsg//  / }"
-.log 6 "$durationmsg"
\ No newline at end of file
+.log 6 "$durationmsg"