diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 811457b25..2e2e8e465 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:25ddf0e34456203a4fa38fc075deb1b695bbe3cd3e75c0cd62dcb3b102a41255"
+  digest = "1:d231adc5fb42ed766945f5ef237931534151c0b434f3df3da0304415214df706"
   name = "github.com/titpetric/factory"
   packages = [
     ".",
     "resputil",
   ]
   pruneopts = "UT"
-  revision = "3f10a81a8ec5ed5426c96e71a9029c1921d07aef"
+  revision = "4a0739ad2549603fbe5683932fc072895303b247"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/titpetric/factory/database.go b/vendor/github.com/titpetric/factory/database.go
index 0124384fa..238530635 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/titpetric/factory/database.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/titpetric/factory/database.go
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ func (r *DB) Get(dest interface{}, query string, args ...interface{}) error {
 }
 
 // set uses reflection to iterate over struct fields tags, producing bindings for struct values
-func (r *DB) set(data interface{}) string {
-	set := r.setMap(data)
+func (r *DB) set(data interface{}, allowed ...string) string {
+	set := r.setMap(data, allowed...)
 	return r.setImplode(", ", set)
 }
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (r *DB) tag(tag string) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (r *DB) setMap(data interface{}) map[string]string {
+func (r *DB) setMap(data interface{}, allowed ...string) map[string]string {
 	message_value := reflect.ValueOf(data)
 	if message_value.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
 		message_value = message_value.Elem()
@@ -325,6 +325,23 @@ func (r *DB) setMap(data interface{}) map[string]string {
 			set[tag] = ":" + tag
 		}
 	}
+
+	// limit only to allowed fields
+	if len(allowed) > 0 {
+		for tag, _ := range set {
+			canDelete := true
+			for _, key := range allowed {
+				if tag == key {
+					canDelete = false
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if canDelete {
+				delete(set, tag)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return set
 }
 
@@ -365,6 +382,30 @@ func (r *DB) Update(table string, args interface{}, keys ...string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// Update is a helper function which will issue an `update` statement to the db
+func (r *DB) UpdatePartial(table string, args interface{}, allowed []string, keys ...string) error {
+	var err error
+	if len(keys) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("Full-table update not supported")
+	}
+	set := r.setMap(args, allowed...)
+	setWhere := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, key := range keys {
+		value, ok := set[key]
+		if !ok {
+			return errors.New("Can't update table " + table + " by key " + key + " (no such field in struct)")
+		}
+		delete(set, key)
+		setWhere[key] = value
+	}
+	if len(set) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("Encountered update struct with no fields")
+	}
+	query := "update " + table + " set " + r.setImplode(", ", set) + " where " + r.setImplode(" AND ", setWhere)
+	_, err = r.NamedExec(query, args)
+	return err
+}
+
 // Update is a helper function which will issue an `update` statement to the db
 func (r *DB) Delete(table string, args interface{}, keys ...string) error {
 	var err error