diff --git a/strassenkind.php b/strassenkind.php
index 3e1f0f0..e106173 100644
--- a/strassenkind.php
+++ b/strassenkind.php
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <!--
 <?php
-echo "Getting status commands...";
-$status_file_name = "commands_status.conf";
-$status_file = fopen($status_file_name, "r") or die("Could not read file $status_file_name. Aborting.");
-$status_commands = explode(PHP_EOL, fread($status_file, filesize($status_file_name)));
-fclose($status_file);
-echo "Done.";
-echo "Getting ondemand commands...";
-$ondemand_file_name = "commands_ondemand.conf";
-$ondemand_file = fopen($ondemand_file_name, "r") or die("Could not read file $ondemand_file_name. Aborting.");
-$ondemand_commands = explode(PHP_EOL, fread($ondemand_file, filesize($ondemand_file_name)));
-fclose($ondemand_file);
-echo "Done.";
+function get_command_list($command_file_name){
+  echo "Getting commands from file $command_file_name...";
+  $command_file = fopen($command_file_name, "r") or die("Could not read file $command_file_name. Aborting.");
+  $commands = explode(PHP_EOL, fread($command_file, filesize($command_file_name)));
+  fclose($command_file);
+  echo "Done.";
+  return $commands;
+}
+
+$status_commands = get_command_list("commands_status.conf");
+$ondemand_commands = get_command_list("commands_ondemand.conf");
+$git_commands = get_command_list("commands_git.conf");
 ?>
 -->
 <html>
@@ -29,11 +29,19 @@ echo "Done.";
     <h1> Strassenkind Server Status </h1>
     <hr />
     <?php
-    if (!isset($_POST['ondemand'])) {
-      echo "<form action=\"\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Run ondemand commands\" name=\"ondemand\" /></form><hr />";
-    } else {
-      echo "<a href=\"\"><button> Return to regular status commands </button></a><hr />";
+    function add_button($button_text, $button_action){
+      if (!isset($_POST[$button_action])) {
+        echo "<form action=\"\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"$button_text\" name=\"$button_action\" /></form>";
+      } else {
+        echo "<a href=\"\"><button> Return to regular status commands </button></a>";
+      }
     }
+
+    add_button("Run ondemand commands", "ondemand");
+    add_button("Force ThreadR update", "git");
+    ?>
+    <hr />
+    <?php
     function execute_command_list($commands){
       foreach ($commands as $command) {
         if ($command != ""){
@@ -51,6 +59,8 @@ echo "Done.";
     // run ondemand command list if demanded
     if (isset($_POST['ondemand'])) {
       execute_command_list($ondemand_commands);
+    } elseif (isset($_POST['git'])) {
+      execute_command_list($git_commands);
     } else {
       //run status command list otherwise
       execute_command_list($status_commands);
