if ( $nextUpdate <  current_time('timestamp') ){

// check if first time update
if ( ($options['lastUpdate'] == 0 ) ){
        $today = getdate(current_time('timestamp'));
        $first_day = getdate(mktime(0,0,0,$today['mon'],1,$today['year']));
        $nextUpdate = $first_day[0];
    }

$new_settings = array(
    'updatestatus' => $updatestatus,
    'lastUpdate' =>  $nextUpdate,