diff --git a/pandasql/sqldf.py b/pandasql/sqldf.py
index e25398a..4c6087f 100644
--- a/pandasql/sqldf.py
+++ b/pandasql/sqldf.py
@@ -59,15 +59,25 @@ def __call__(self, query, env=None):
                     continue
                 self.loaded_tables.add(table_name)
                 write_table(env[table_name], table_name, conn)
+            result = self.__actually_execute_query(query,conn)
+            # But if result is None, this might also mean that an UDPATE or DELETE clause has been executed!
+            if not result:
+                table_to_query = re.findall(r'(?:FROM|JOIN|UPDATE)\s+(\w+(?:\s*,\s*\w+)*)', query, re.IGNORECASE)[0]
+                result = self.__actually_execute_query(f"SELECT * FROM {table_to_query}", conn)
+        return result
 
-            try:
-                result = read_sql(query, conn)
-            except DatabaseError as ex:
-                raise PandaSQLException(ex)
-            except ResourceClosedError:
-                # query returns nothing
-                result = None
-
+    def __actually_execute_query(self, query, conn):
+        """
+        Actually executes the SQL query
+        :return the query result
+        """
+        try:
+            result = read_sql(query, conn)
+        except DatabaseError as ex:
+            raise PandaSQLException(ex)
+        except ResourceClosedError:
+            # query returns nothing.
+            result = None
         return result
 
     @property
@@ -110,7 +120,7 @@ def get_outer_frame_variables():
 def extract_table_names(query):
     """ Extract table names from an SQL query. """
     # a good old fashioned regex. turns out this worked better than actually parsing the code
-    tables_blocks = re.findall(r'(?:FROM|JOIN)\s+(\w+(?:\s*,\s*\w+)*)', query, re.IGNORECASE)
+    tables_blocks = re.findall(r'(?:FROM|JOIN|UPDATE)\s+(\w+(?:\s*,\s*\w+)*)', query, re.IGNORECASE)
     tables = [tbl
               for block in tables_blocks
               for tbl in re.findall(r'\w+', block)]