diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index 514a7bf5..ec781cf7 100755
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -80,12 +80,15 @@ def write_excluded_appstxt(apps, bench_path='.'):
 	with open(os.path.join(bench_path, 'sites', 'excluded_apps.txt'), 'w') as f:
 		return f.write('\n'.join(apps))
 
+<<<<<<< e856c4a77a8418b492aaa395b9dffb6f96b78c94
 def remove_from_exclided_appsstxt(app, bench_path='.'):
 	apps = get_apps(bench_path=bench_path)
 	if app in apps:
 		apps.remove(app)
 		return write_excluded_appstxt(apps, bench_path=bench_path)
 
+=======
+>>>>>>> New command to exclude apps when bench update
 def get_app(git_url, branch=None, bench_path='.', build_asset_files=True, verbose=False):
 	# from bench.utils import check_url
 	try:
diff --git a/bench/commands/__init__.py b/bench/commands/__init__.py
index 99b87223..a8d192af 100755
--- a/bench/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/bench/commands/__init__.py
@@ -188,3 +188,6 @@ bench_command.add_command(exclude_update)
 
 from bench.commands.exclude_update import include_update
 bench_command.add_command(include_update)
+
+from bench.commands.exclude_update import exclude_update
+bench_command.add_command(exclude_update)
diff --git a/bench/commands/exclude_update.py b/bench/commands/exclude_update.py
index 51fa864d..4cc7858c 100644
--- a/bench/commands/exclude_update.py
+++ b/bench/commands/exclude_update.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import click
 from bench.app import add_to_excluded_appstxt
 from bench.app import remove_from_exclided_appsstxt
 
-
 @click.command('exclude-app')
 @click.argument('app_name')
 def exclude_update(app_name):
@@ -23,6 +22,6 @@ def exclude_update(app_name):
 @click.command('include-app')
 @click.argument('app_name')
 def include_update(app_name):
-	"""Update bench"""
-	remove_from_exclided_appsstxt(app_name)
-	return
+    """Update bench"""
+    add_to_excluded_appstxt(app_name)
+    return
diff --git a/bench/commands/update.py b/bench/commands/update.py
index c261700e..1f7dd13b 100755
--- a/bench/commands/update.py
+++ b/bench/commands/update.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import click
 import sys, os
-import ast
 from bench.config.common_site_config import get_config
 from bench.app import pull_all_apps, is_version_upgrade
 from bench.utils import (update_bench, validate_upgrade, pre_upgrade, post_upgrade, before_update,