hehe yep that was it! I didn’t notice another launchpad had opened up behind it after and that one was functioning as intended. Was going to come back and suggest the process be a bit more obvious as it is confusing to the end user who feels its either crashed or not working as intended. It’s pretty awesome that the launcher updates itself if needed on startup!
I guess its not really necessary to have the launcher section of the ftp unless you are planning to roll a modified version of the launchpad that you want it to update against instead of provided one?