diff --git a/scripts/hooks.sh b/scripts/hooks.sh
index 6753d2e..7c11a5d 100644
--- a/scripts/hooks.sh
+++ b/scripts/hooks.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 #!/hint/sh
 
+__resh_maybe_reload() {
+    if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" != "$(resh-collect -version)" ]; then
+        # shellcheck source=shellrc.sh
+        source ~/.resh/shellrc
+        local version="$(resh-collect -version)"
+        if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" != "$version" ]; then
+            # this should not happen
+            echo "RESH WARNING: You probably just updated RESH - PLEASE RESTART OR RELOAD THIS TERMINAL SESSION (resh version: $version); resh version of this terminal session: ${__RESH_VERSION})"
+            return 1
+        else
+            echo "RESH INFO: New RESH shellrc script was loaded - if you encounter any issues please restart this terminal session."
+        fi
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
 __resh_reset_variables() {
     __RESH_RECORD_ID=$(resh-generate-uuid)
 }
@@ -22,22 +38,7 @@ __resh_collect() {
 
     __RESH_RT_BEFORE=$(resh-get-epochtime)
 
-    if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" != "$(resh-collect -version)" ]; then
-        # shellcheck source=shellrc.sh
-        source ~/.resh/shellrc 
-        if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" != "$(resh-collect -version)" ]; then
-            echo "RESH WARNING: You probably just updated RESH - PLEASE RESTART OR RELOAD THIS TERMINAL SESSION (resh version: $(resh-collect -version); resh version of this terminal session: ${__RESH_VERSION})"
-        else
-            echo "RESH INFO: New RESH shellrc script was loaded - if you encounter any issues please restart this terminal session."
-        fi
-    elif [ "$__RESH_REVISION" != "$(resh-collect -revision)" ]; then
-        # shellcheck source=shellrc.sh
-        source ~/.resh/shellrc
-        if [ "$__RESH_REVISION" != "$(resh-collect -revision)" ]; then
-            echo "RESH WARNING: You probably just updated RESH - PLEASE RESTART OR RELOAD THIS TERMINAL SESSION (resh revision: $(resh-collect -revision); resh revision of this terminal session: ${__RESH_REVISION})"
-        fi
-    fi
-    if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" = "$(resh-collect -version)" ] && [ "$__RESH_REVISION" = "$(resh-collect -revision)" ]; then
+    if __resh_maybe_reload; then
         resh-collect -requireVersion "$__RESH_VERSION" \
                     -requireRevision "$__RESH_REVISION" \
                     -shell "$__RESH_SHELL" \
@@ -61,22 +62,7 @@ __resh_precmd() {
     local __RESH_SHLVL="$SHLVL"
     __RESH_RT_AFTER=$(resh-get-epochtime)
     if [ -n "${__RESH_COLLECT}" ]; then
-        if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" != "$(resh-postcollect -version)" ]; then
-            # shellcheck source=shellrc.sh
-            source ~/.resh/shellrc
-            if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" != "$(resh-postcollect -version)" ]; then
-                echo "RESH WARNING: You probably just updated RESH - PLEASE RESTART OR RELOAD THIS TERMINAL SESSION (resh version: $(resh-collect -version); resh version of this terminal session: ${__RESH_VERSION})"
-            else
-                echo "RESH INFO: New RESH shellrc script was loaded - if you encounter any issues please restart this terminal session."
-            fi
-        elif [ "$__RESH_REVISION" != "$(resh-postcollect -revision)" ]; then
-            # shellcheck source=shellrc.sh
-            source ~/.resh/shellrc
-            if [ "$__RESH_REVISION" != "$(resh-postcollect -revision)" ]; then
-                echo "RESH WARNING: You probably just updated RESH - PLEASE RESTART OR RELOAD THIS TERMINAL SESSION (resh revision: $(resh-collect -revision); resh revision of this terminal session: ${__RESH_REVISION})"
-            fi
-        fi
-        if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" = "$(resh-postcollect -version)" ] && [ "$__RESH_REVISION" = "$(resh-postcollect -revision)" ]; then
+        if __resh_maybe_reload; then
             resh-postcollect -requireVersion "$__RESH_VERSION" \
                         -requireRevision "$__RESH_REVISION" \
                         -timeBefore "$__RESH_RT_BEFORE" \
@@ -92,22 +78,7 @@ __resh_precmd() {
 }
 
 __resh_session_init() {
-    if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" != "$(resh-session-init -version)" ]; then
-        # shellcheck source=shellrc.sh
-        source ~/.resh/shellrc
-        if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" != "$(resh-session-init -version)" ]; then
-            echo "RESH WARNING: You probably just updated RESH - PLEASE RESTART OR RELOAD THIS TERMINAL SESSION (resh version: $(resh-session-init -version); resh version of this terminal session: ${__RESH_VERSION})"
-        else
-            echo "RESH INFO: New RESH shellrc script was loaded - if you encounter any issues please restart this terminal session."
-        fi
-    elif [ "$__RESH_REVISION" != "$(resh-session-init -revision)" ]; then
-        # shellcheck source=shellrc.sh
-        source ~/.resh/shellrc
-        if [ "$__RESH_REVISION" != "$(resh-session-init -revision)" ]; then
-            echo "RESH WARNING: You probably just updated RESH - PLEASE RESTART OR RELOAD THIS TERMINAL SESSION (resh revision: $(resh-session-init -revision); resh revision of this terminal session: ${__RESH_REVISION})"
-        fi
-    fi
-    if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" = "$(resh-session-init -version)" ] && [ "$__RESH_REVISION" = "$(resh-session-init -revision)" ]; then
+    if __resh_maybe_reload; then
         resh-session-init -requireVersion "$__RESH_VERSION" \
                     -requireRevision "$__RESH_REVISION" \
                     -sessionId "$__RESH_SESSION_ID" \
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 2ee8b3a..1a42e7b 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ cp -f submodules/bash-zsh-compat-widgets/bindfunc.sh ~/.resh/bindfunc.sh
 
 cp -f scripts/shellrc.sh ~/.resh/shellrc
 cp -f scripts/resh-daemon-start.sh ~/.resh/bin/resh-daemon-start
-cp -f scripts/reshctl.sh scripts/widgets.sh scripts/hooks.sh scripts/util.sh ~/.resh/
+cp -f scripts/reshctl.sh scripts/widgets.sh scripts/hooks.sh ~/.resh/
 cp -f scripts/rawinstall.sh ~/.resh/
 
 # Copy all executables. We don't really need to omit install-utils from the bin directory
diff --git a/scripts/shellrc.sh b/scripts/shellrc.sh
index c99474f..58ab2f5 100644
--- a/scripts/shellrc.sh
+++ b/scripts/shellrc.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ PATH=$PATH:~/.resh/bin
 
 # shellcheck source=hooks.sh
 . ~/.resh/hooks.sh
-# shellcheck source=util.sh
-. ~/.resh/util.sh
 # shellcheck source=reshctl.sh
 . ~/.resh/reshctl.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/widgets.sh b/scripts/widgets.sh
index 9b92f71..06d2290 100644
--- a/scripts/widgets.sh
+++ b/scripts/widgets.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ __resh_widget_control_R() {
 
     local status_code
     local git_remote; git_remote="$(git remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null)"
+    if ! __resh_maybe_reload; then
+        return 1
+    fi
     BUFFER=$(resh-cli --sessionID "$__RESH_SESSION_ID" --pwd "$PWD" --gitOriginRemote "$git_remote" --query "$BUFFER")
     status_code=$?
     if [ $status_code = 111 ]; then