diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index d41fcdfcf..09d1dc141 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ check_airgap() {
 
 check_local_mods() {
   local salt_local=/opt/so/saltstack/local
-
+  local_ignore_arr=("/opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/zeek/policy/intel/intel.dat")
   local_mod_arr=()
 
   while IFS= read -r -d '' local_file; do
@@ -211,8 +211,10 @@ check_local_mods() {
     default_file="${DEFAULT_SALT_DIR}${stripped_path}"
     if [[ -f $default_file ]]; then
       file_diff=$(diff "$default_file" "$local_file" )
-      if [[ $(echo "$file_diff" | grep -c "^<") -gt 0 ]]; then
-        local_mod_arr+=( "$local_file" )
+      if [[ ! " ${local_ignore_arr[*]} " =~ " ${local_file} " ]]; then
+        if [[ $(echo "$file_diff" | grep -c "^<") -gt 0 ]]; then
+          local_mod_arr+=( "$local_file" )
+        fi
       fi
     fi
   done< <(find $salt_local -type f -print0)
@@ -223,11 +225,24 @@ check_local_mods() {
       echo "  $file_str"
     done
     echo ""
-    echo "To reference this list later, check $SOUP_LOG"
-    sleep 10
+    echo "To reference this list later, check $SOUP_LOG".
+    echo
+    if [[ -z $UNATTENDED ]]; then
+      while true; do
+        read -p "Please review the local modifications shown above as they may cause problems during or after the update.
+
+Would you like to proceed with the update anyway?
+
+If so, type 'YES'. Otherwise, type anything else to exit SOUP." yn
+
+        case $yn in
+          [yY][eE][sS] ) echo "Local modifications accepted.  Continuing..."; break;;
+          * ) exit 0;;
+        esac
+      done
+    fi
   fi
 }
-
 # {% endraw %}
 
 check_pillar_items() {
@@ -448,7 +463,7 @@ enable_highstate() {
 es_version_check() {
     CHECK_ES=$(echo $INSTALLEDVERSION | awk -F. '{print $3}')
   
-    if [ "$CHECK_ES" -lt "110" ]; then
+    if [[ "$CHECK_ES" -lt "110" ]]; then
       echo "You are currently running Security Onion $INSTALLEDVERSION. You will need to update to version 2.3.130 before updating to 2.3.140 or higher."
       echo ""
       echo "If your deployment has Internet access, you can use the following command to update to 2.3.130:"
@@ -1218,6 +1233,7 @@ main() {
   set_palette
   check_elastic_license
   echo ""
+  check_local_mods
   check_os_updates
 
   echo "Generating new repo archive"