diff --git a/app/main.js b/app/main.js
index 15661476912331e54707069adba7a5dbf85149d3..e981a352991a12b445313ae831ccc3d16428cdd7 100644
--- a/app/main.js
+++ b/app/main.js
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ const {app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain} = require('electron');
 const ElectronStore = require('electron-store');
 const request = require('request');
 
+const {autoUpdater} = require("electron-updater")
+
+autoUpdater.logger = require("electron-log")
+autoUpdater.logger.transports.file.level = "info"
+
 // Set configs dir
 app.setPath("userData", app.getPath("appData") + "/OCS-Store")
 
@@ -93,15 +98,7 @@ function createWindow() {
     mainWindow.loadURL(indexFileUrl);
     mainWindow.maximize();
 
-    console.log('should check for updates')
 
-    require('update-electron-app')({
-        repo: 'dfn2/pling-store',
-        host: 'http://www.opencode.net',
-        updateInterval: '1 hour',
-        logger: require('electron-log')
-    })
-    
     mainWindow.on('close', () => {
         const appConfigStore = new ElectronStore({name: appConfigStoreStorage});
         appConfigStore.set('windowBounds', mainWindow.getBounds());
@@ -170,6 +167,7 @@ function removePreviewpic(itemKey) {
 app.on('ready', async () => {
     if (await startOcsManager()) {
         createWindow();
+        autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify()
     } else {
         app.quit();
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c21f5f31bcca1c4ea1c1457cf0f8575b4b8c8c4d..b0571f559c08072bc4157b6839566ea9143f5a3c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "electron-store": "2.*.*",
     "electron-updater": "^4.1.2",
+    "electron-log": "^3.0.7",
     "esm": "3.*.*",
     "lit-html": "1.*.*",
     "request": "2.*.*",