diff --git a/sync.sh b/sync.sh
index f14a5bc95..2c69b732e 100755
--- a/sync.sh
+++ b/sync.sh
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ Help()
 }
 
 # Set variable defaults
-ALSO_COMPOSER_UPDATE=""
+COMPOSER_UPDATE=""
 
 # Get the options
 while getopts ":uh" option; do
    case $option in
       u)
-         ALSO_COMPOSER_UPDATE="1";;
+         COMPOSER_UPDATE="1";;
       h) # display Help
          Help
          exit;;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ while getopts ":uh" option; do
 done
 
 # Export vars for other scripts
-export ALSO_COMPOSER_UPDATE=${ALSO_COMPOSER_UPDATE}
+export COMPOSER_UPDATE=${COMPOSER_UPDATE}
 
 # includes filenames beginning with a '.' in the results of filename expansion (/*)
 shopt -s dotglob
diff --git a/sync/04-docker-composer.sh b/sync/04-docker-composer.sh
index 956e7cb58..b5dcc0d27 100755
--- a/sync/04-docker-composer.sh
+++ b/sync/04-docker-composer.sh
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ cp -r "$COMPOSER_WORK_DIR"/vendor "$PWD"/dist
 # composer install
 COMPOSER_WORK_DIR="$PWD"/dist
 
-echo "Performing composer install with composer-merge plugin"
-composer_in_docker install --no-dev --no-progress --optimize-autoloader
 
-# composer update (When ALSO_COMPOSER_UPDATE = 1)
-if [ "${ALSO_COMPOSER_UPDATE}" = "1" ]; then
-    echo "Performing composer update"
+
+# composer update (When COMPOSER_UPDATE = 1)
+if [ "${COMPOSER_UPDATE}" = "1" ]; then
+    echo "Performing composer update with composer-merge plugin"
     composer_in_docker update --no-dev --no-progress --optimize-autoloader
     cp dist/composer.lock dist-persist/
 else
-    echo "SKIPPING: composer update (As you didn't request it)"
+    echo "Performing composer install with composer-merge plugin"
+    composer_in_docker install --no-dev --no-progress --optimize-autoloader
 fi;
 
 # Sometimes composer git clones things rather than using zips.