diff --git a/src/freedombone-controlpanel b/src/freedombone-controlpanel
index 860e770e..b6bfe5e4 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-controlpanel
+++ b/src/freedombone-controlpanel
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ MINIMUM_PASSWORD_LENGTH=8
 VOIP_PORT=64738
 VOIP_ONION_PORT=8095
 
+PROJECT_REPO="https://github.com/bashrc/${PROJECT_NAME}"
+
 USB_DRIVE=sdb
 # get default USB from config file
 CONFIG_FILE=$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg
@@ -57,6 +59,10 @@ if [ -f $CONFIG_FILE ]; then
             USB_DRIVE=$(echo ${USB_DRIVE} | awk -F '/' '{print $3}' | sed 's|1||g' | sed 's|2||g')
         fi
     fi
+    # read the location of the main project repo
+    if grep -q "PROJECT_REPO" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+        PROJECT_REPO=$(grep "PROJECT_REPO" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+    fi
 fi
 
 function any_key {
@@ -76,6 +82,11 @@ function check_for_updates {
     any_key
 }
 
+function set_project_repo {
+    data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
+    # TODO
+}
+
 function add_user {
     data=$(tempfile 2>/dev/null)
     trap "rm -f $data" 0 1 2 5 15