diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/home/settings/CSubmenuDownloaders.java b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/home/settings/CSubmenuDownloaders.java
index 53a0814f8c3..b3fd57d9a7f 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/home/settings/CSubmenuDownloaders.java
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/home/settings/CSubmenuDownloaders.java
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ public enum CSubmenuDownloaders implements ICDoc {
             VSubmenuDownloaders.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.showLicensing();
         }
     };
+    private final UiCommand cmdCheckForUpdates = new UiCommand() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            new AutoUpdater(false).attemptToUpdate();
+        }
+    };
+
     private final UiCommand cmdPicDownload = new UiCommand() {
         @Override public void run() {
             new GuiDownloader(new GuiDownloadPicturesLQ()).show();
@@ -84,6 +91,7 @@ public enum CSubmenuDownloaders implements ICDoc {
     @Override
     public void initialize() {
         final VSubmenuDownloaders view = VSubmenuDownloaders.SINGLETON_INSTANCE;
+        view.setCheckForUpdatesCommand(cmdCheckForUpdates);
         view.setDownloadPicsCommand(cmdPicDownload);
         view.setDownloadPicsHQCommand(cmdPicDownloadHQ);
         view.setDownloadSetPicsCommand(cmdSetDownload);
diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/home/settings/VSubmenuDownloaders.java b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/home/settings/VSubmenuDownloaders.java
index 6e1354a6727..2f48c1841ef 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/home/settings/VSubmenuDownloaders.java
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/screens/home/settings/VSubmenuDownloaders.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public enum VSubmenuDownloaders implements IVSubmenu<CSubmenuDownloaders> {
     private final JPanel pnlContent = new JPanel(new MigLayout("insets 0, gap 0, wrap, ay center"));
     private final FScrollPane scrContent = new FScrollPane(pnlContent, false);
 
+    private final FLabel btnCheckForUpdates           = _makeButton(localizer.getMessage("btnCheckForUpdates"));
     private final FLabel btnDownloadSetPics           = _makeButton(localizer.getMessage("btnDownloadSetPics"));
     private final FLabel btnDownloadPics              = _makeButton(localizer.getMessage("btnDownloadPics"));
     private final FLabel btnDownloadPicsHQ            = _makeButton(localizer.getMessage("btnDownloadPicsHQ"));
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ public enum VSubmenuDownloaders implements IVSubmenu<CSubmenuDownloaders> {
 
         if (javaRecentEnough()) {
 
+            pnlContent.add(btnCheckForUpdates, constraintsBTN);
+            pnlContent.add(_makeLabel(localizer.getMessage("lblCheckForUpdates")), constraintsLBL);
+
             pnlContent.add(btnDownloadPics, constraintsBTN);
             pnlContent.add(_makeLabel(localizer.getMessage("lblDownloadPics")), constraintsLBL);
 
@@ -162,6 +166,7 @@ public enum VSubmenuDownloaders implements IVSubmenu<CSubmenuDownloaders> {
         return EMenuGroup.SETTINGS;
     }
 
+    public void setCheckForUpdatesCommand(UiCommand command)           { btnCheckForUpdates.setCommand(command);     }
     public void setDownloadPicsCommand(UiCommand command)              { btnDownloadPics.setCommand(command);        }
     public void setDownloadPicsHQCommand(UiCommand command)            { btnDownloadPicsHQ.setCommand(command);      }
     public void setDownloadSetPicsCommand(UiCommand command)           { btnDownloadSetPics.setCommand(command);     }
diff --git a/forge-gui/res/languages/en-US.properties b/forge-gui/res/languages/en-US.properties
index ed0008ee476..01d1b9fcd5a 100644
--- a/forge-gui/res/languages/en-US.properties
+++ b/forge-gui/res/languages/en-US.properties
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ KeyboardShortcuts=Keyboard Shortcuts
 #VSubmenuAchievements.java
 lblAchievements=Achievements
 #VSubmenuDownloaders.java
+btnCheckForUpdates=Check for Updates
 btnDownloadSetPics=Download LQ Set Pictures
 btnDownloadPicsHQ=Download HQ Card Pictures (Very Slow!)
 btnDownloadPics=Download LQ Card Pictures
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ btnImportPictures=Import Data
 btnHowToPlay=How To Play
 btnDownloadPrices=Download Card Prices
 btnLicensing=License Details
+lblCheckForUpdates=Check Forge server to see if there's a more recent release
 lblDownloadPics=Download default card picture for each card.
 lblDownloadPicsHQ=Download default card HQ picture for each card.
 lblDownloadSetPics=Download all pictures of each card (one for each set the card appeared in)
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/download/AutoUpdater.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/download/AutoUpdater.java
index 9a0c34fc207..16d3e7bb9b8 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/download/AutoUpdater.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/download/AutoUpdater.java
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ import forge.util.WaitCallback;
 import forge.util.gui.SOptionPane;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
+import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.net.*;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -129,10 +131,10 @@ public class AutoUpdater {
 
         final List<String> options = ImmutableList.of("Update Now", "Update Later");
         if (SOptionPane.showOptionDialog(message, "New Version Available", null, options, 0) == 0) {
-            downloadFromForge();
+            return downloadFromForge();
         }
 
-        return true;
+        return false;
     }
 
     private boolean downloadFromBrowser() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
@@ -157,15 +159,15 @@ public class AutoUpdater {
                         super.copyInputStream(in, outPath);
                         packagePath = outPath;
 
+                        extractUpdate();
                     }
                 }, this);
             }
         };
-        if (!callback.invokeAndWait()) {
-            return false;
-        } else {
-            return true;
-        }
+
+        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(callback);
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     private void extractUpdate() {