diff --git a/sc.php b/sc.php
index a1a5d2a..b92a799 100644
--- a/sc.php
+++ b/sc.php
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ function vulntheme(){
 
 }
 
+function clear_cache(){
+system("if [ $(find-name "cache" -maxdepth 0 -type d -empty 2>/dev/null) ]; then rm -rfv $i/*; echo "no cache dirs, or empty ones found"; fi");
+}
 /* cleaning the backdoor files of the Gravity Forms Exploit */
 function cleangravity(){
 system('find '.$this->web_dir.'./ -type f -name "*_input__test*" -print -exec rm -rf {} \;');
@@ -179,18 +182,40 @@ echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
 }
 
 /* secure the temporary directories against execution of malicious files */
+// need to change this to PHP: https://gist.github.com/PalmaSolutions/3b5d2b69ac020c87ce53942785e39127
 function securetemps(){
+
     $htdata = '
 <FilesMatch "\.(php([0-9]|s)?|s?p?html|cgi|pl|exe)$">
 Order Deny,Allow
 Deny from all
 </FilesMatch>
 ';
-        system("for i in `find ../ -type d -path '*/wp-content/uploads';`; do echo $i && echo -e '".$htdata."' >> \$i/.htaccess; done");
-        system("for i in `find ../ -type d -path '*/tmp'`; do echo $i && echo -e '".$htdata."' >> \$i/.htaccess; done");
+    if (file_exists("wp-content"))
+
+    {
+        if (file_exists("wp-content/uploads"))
+        {
+            if (is_dir("wp-content/uploads"))
+            {
+                if (file_exists("wp-content/uploads/.htaccess"))
+                {
+                    echo "file exists - skipping\n"
+                    else
+                    $hta = fopen("wp-content/uploads/.htaccess", "w");
+                    fwrite($hta, $htdata);
+                    fclose($hta);
+
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+ //       system("for i in `find ../ -type d -path '*/wp-content/uploads';`; do echo $i && echo -e '".$htdata."' >> \$i/.htaccess; done");
+//        system("for i in `find ../ -type d -path '*/tmp'`; do echo $i && echo -e '".$htdata."' >> \$i/.htaccess; done");
 /* Joomla /images may cause a ton of false positive patches so we'll research this further */
 // system("for i in `find ./ -type d -path '*/images' -print;`; do echo -e '".$htdata."' >> \$i/.htaccess; done"); 
-echo "all patched\n";
+//echo "all patched\n";
 
 }
 /* Vulnerability check