diff --git a/irlc/update_files.py b/irlc/update_files.py
index 783901432a68d39a1853059cf06e79caada6b778..4bdb997518adf3818ee11a1c3c513e0a139169f1 100644
--- a/irlc/update_files.py
+++ b/irlc/update_files.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ url_install = "https://02465material.pages.compute.dtu.dk/02465public/informatio
 sdir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 dry = False
 
+
 if "02465public" in sdir and "tuhe" in sdir:
     dry = True
     print("-"*100)
@@ -45,12 +46,52 @@ except ImportError as e:
     print(f"See also {url_install}")
     sys.exit(1)  # Exit with error code 1
 
+def musttypeok():
+    # print("Please type 'yes' followed by enter in the command line to continue.")
+    for k in range(10):
+        i = input("Please review the problem and type 'yes' followed by enter in the command line to continue regardless.")
+        if "y" in i or k > 4:
+            break
+
+
+try:
+    import packaging
+    import numpy
+    import gymnasium
+
+
+    versions = [("numpy", "2.0.1", numpy.__version__), ("gymnasium", "1.0.0", gymnasium.__version__)]
+    from packaging.version import Version
+
+    for package, required_version, installed_version in versions:
+
+        if Version(installed_version) < Version(required_version):
+            print("!! Warning !!")
+            print(f"Warning {package} should be at least version {required_version} but I detected that you have {package}={installed_version} installed. Try to run\n")
+            print(f"conda install {package}>={required_version}")
+            print("\nIn a terminal to update this package.")
+            musttypeok()
+
+except Exception as e:
+    print("Warning, I was unable to import packages that you should have installed on your system. To run the course software you need")
+    for package, required_version, installed_version in versions:
+        print(f"numpy>={required_version} (I detected that you have {installed_version} installed)")
+    print(e)
+    musttypeok()
+
+
+except Exception as e:
+    print("The script was unable to locate an 'irlc' folder. The most likely reason this occurs is that you have moved the location of the script, or that you have deleted the irlc folder. ")
+    print("The current location of the script is:", sdir)
+    print("Make sure this folder contains an irlc folder. If you have deleted it, simply start over with the installation instructions. ")
+
+
 def read_and_extract_zip(url):
     # Download the zip file from the URL
     base_dir = url.split("/main/")[-1].split(".zip")[0]
     response = requests.get(url)
     local_students_folder = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    always_overwrite = ['irlc/update_files.py', 'irlc/__init__.py', 'irlc/tests/*', '**/unitgrade_data/*.pkl', 'irlc/car/*', 'irlc/gridworld/*', 'irlc/pacman/*', 'irlc/utils/*', '*_grade.py', '*/project*_tests.py']
+    always_overwrite = ['irlc/update_files.py', 'irlc/__init__.py', 'irlc/tests/*', '**/unitgrade_data/*.pkl', 'irlc/car/*', 'irlc/gridworld/*', 'irlc/pacman/*', 'irlc/utils/*', '*_grade.py', '*/project*_tests.py', 'irlc/lectures/*']
     # Check if the request was successful (status code 200)
     if response.status_code == 200:
         zip_content = BytesIO(response.content)