diff --git a/scripts/build-linux.js b/scripts/build-linux.js
index 4d81e0f4..763a76f4 100755
--- a/scripts/build-linux.js
+++ b/scripts/build-linux.js
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ builder({
   extraMetadata: {
     version: vars.version,
   },
+  publish: 'onTag',
+  draft: false
 })
diff --git a/scripts/build-macos.js b/scripts/build-macos.js
index ef45159a..1e4673bd 100755
--- a/scripts/build-macos.js
+++ b/scripts/build-macos.js
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ builder({
   extraMetadata: {
     version: vars.version,
   },
+  publish: 'onTag',
+  draft: false
 })
diff --git a/scripts/build-windows.js b/scripts/build-windows.js
index 669cfdad..eb468ca1 100755
--- a/scripts/build-windows.js
+++ b/scripts/build-windows.js
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ builder({
   extraMetadata: {
     version: vars.version,
   },
-  publish: 'onTagOrDraft',
+  publish: 'onTag',
+  draft: false
 })
diff --git a/terminus-core/package.json b/terminus-core/package.json
index bec38558..e0ce016b 100644
--- a/terminus-core/package.json
+++ b/terminus-core/package.json
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
     "@types/js-yaml": "^3.9.0",
     "@types/node": "^7.0.37",
     "@types/webpack-env": "^1.13.0",
+    "axios": "^0.16.2",
     "bootstrap": "4.0.0-alpha.6",
     "core-js": "^2.4.1",
+    "electron-updater": "^2.8.9",
     "ngx-perfect-scrollbar": "4.0.0",
     "typescript": "^2.4.1"
   },
diff --git a/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug b/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug
index 6a63790f..07b2907d 100644
--- a/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug
+++ b/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.pug
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ title-bar(
                 (click)='button.click()',
             )
                 i.fa([class]='"fa fa-" + button.icon')
+            button.btn.btn-secondary.btn-tab-bar(
+                *ngIf='appUpdate',
+                title='Update available',
+                (click)='updateApp()',
+            )
+                i.fa.fa-arrow-up.text-info
+                span.text-info Update
 
         window-controls(
             *ngIf='config.store.appearance.frame == "thin" && (hostApp.platform == Platform.Windows || hostApp.platform == Platform.Linux)',
diff --git a/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.ts b/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.ts
index 30940085..68b9778b 100644
--- a/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.ts
+++ b/terminus-core/src/components/appRoot.component.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { ConfigService } from '../services/config.service'
 import { DockingService } from '../services/docking.service'
 import { TabRecoveryService } from '../services/tabRecovery.service'
 import { ThemesService } from '../services/themes.service'
+import { UpdaterService, Update } from '../services/updater.service'
 
 import { SafeModeModalComponent } from './safeModeModal.component'
 import { AppService, IToolbarButton, ToolbarButtonProvider } from '../api'
@@ -53,12 +54,14 @@ export class AppRootComponent {
     @Input() leftToolbarButtons: IToolbarButton[]
     @Input() rightToolbarButtons: IToolbarButton[]
     private logger: Logger
+    private appUpdate: Update
 
     constructor (
         private docking: DockingService,
         private electron: ElectronService,
         private tabRecovery: TabRecoveryService,
         private hotkeys: HotkeysService,
+        private updater: UpdaterService,
         public hostApp: HostAppService,
         public config: ConfigService,
         public app: AppService,
@@ -111,6 +114,10 @@ export class AppRootComponent {
         if (window['safeModeReason']) {
             ngbModal.open(SafeModeModalComponent)
         }
+
+        this.updater.check().then(update => {
+            this.appUpdate = update
+        })
     }
 
     onGlobalHotkey () {
@@ -155,6 +162,10 @@ export class AppRootComponent {
         return false
     }
 
+    updateApp () {
+        this.electron.shell.openExternal(this.appUpdate.url)
+    }
+
     private getToolbarButtons (aboveZero: boolean): IToolbarButton[] {
         let buttons: IToolbarButton[] = []
         this.toolbarButtonProviders.forEach((provider) => {
diff --git a/terminus-core/src/index.ts b/terminus-core/src/index.ts
index 69fb76f1..d039f2fb 100644
--- a/terminus-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/terminus-core/src/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { HotkeysService, AppHotkeyProvider } from './services/hotkeys.service'
 import { DockingService } from './services/docking.service'
 import { TabRecoveryService } from './services/tabRecovery.service'
 import { ThemesService } from './services/themes.service'
+import { UpdaterService } from './services/updater.service'
 
 import { AppRootComponent } from './components/appRoot.component'
 import { TabBodyComponent } from './components/tabBody.component'
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
     LogService,
     TabRecoveryService,
     ThemesService,
+    UpdaterService,
     { provide: HotkeyProvider, useClass: AppHotkeyProvider, multi: true },
     { provide: Theme, useClass: StandardTheme, multi: true },
     { provide: ConfigProvider, useClass: CoreConfigProvider, multi: true },
diff --git a/terminus-core/src/services/updater.service.ts b/terminus-core/src/services/updater.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..027d0057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminus-core/src/services/updater.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import axios from 'axios'
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
+import { Logger, LogService } from './log.service'
+import { ElectronService } from './electron.service'
+
+const UPDATES_URL = 'https://api.github.com/repos/eugeny/terminus/releases/latest'
+
+export interface Update {
+    version: string
+    url: string
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class UpdaterService {
+    private logger: Logger
+
+    constructor (
+        log: LogService,
+        private electron: ElectronService,
+    ) {
+        this.logger = log.create('updater')
+    }
+
+    async check (): Promise<Update> {
+        this.logger.debug('Checking for updates')
+        let response = await axios.get(UPDATES_URL)
+        let data = response.data
+        let version = data.tag_name.substring(1)
+        if (this.electron.app.getVersion() !== version) {
+            this.logger.info('Update available:', version)
+            return { version, url: data.html_url }
+        }
+        this.logger.info('No updates')
+        return null
+    }
+}
diff --git a/terminus-core/yarn.lock b/terminus-core/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09ac10c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminus-core/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+
+"@types/js-yaml@^3.9.0":
+  version "3.9.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.9.1.tgz#2f3c142771bb345829ce690c5838760b6b9ba553"
+
+"@types/node@^7.0.37":
+  version "7.0.43"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-7.0.43.tgz#a187e08495a075f200ca946079c914e1a5fe962c"
+
+"@types/webpack-env@^1.13.0":
+  version "1.13.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/webpack-env/-/webpack-env-1.13.1.tgz#b45c222e24301bd006e3edfc762cc6b51bda236a"
+
+argparse@^1.0.7:
+  version "1.0.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.9.tgz#73d83bc263f86e97f8cc4f6bae1b0e90a7d22c86"
+  dependencies:
+    sprintf-js "~1.0.2"
+
+axios@^0.16.2:
+  version "0.16.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.16.2.tgz#ba4f92f17167dfbab40983785454b9ac149c3c6d"
+  dependencies:
+    follow-redirects "^1.2.3"
+    is-buffer "^1.1.5"
+
+bluebird-lst@^1.0.2, bluebird-lst@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bluebird-lst/-/bluebird-lst-1.0.3.tgz#cc56c18660eff0a0b86e2c33d1659618f7005158"
+  dependencies:
+    bluebird "^3.5.0"
+
+bluebird@^3.5.0:
+  version "3.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bluebird/-/bluebird-3.5.0.tgz#791420d7f551eea2897453a8a77653f96606d67c"
+
+bootstrap@4.0.0-alpha.6:
+  version "4.0.0-alpha.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bootstrap/-/bootstrap-4.0.0-alpha.6.tgz#4f54dd33ac0deac3b28407bc2df7ec608869c9c8"
+  dependencies:
+    jquery ">=1.9.1"
+    tether "^1.4.0"
+
+core-js@^2.4.1:
+  version "2.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-2.5.1.tgz#ae6874dc66937789b80754ff5428df66819ca50b"
+
+debug@^2.4.5:
+  version "2.6.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.6.8.tgz#e731531ca2ede27d188222427da17821d68ff4fc"
+  dependencies:
+    ms "2.0.0"
+
+debug@^3.0.1:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-3.0.1.tgz#0564c612b521dc92d9f2988f0549e34f9c98db64"
+  dependencies:
+    ms "2.0.0"
+
+deepmerge@^1.5.0:
+  version "1.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deepmerge/-/deepmerge-1.5.1.tgz#c053bf06fd7276f1994f70c09a0760cb61a56237"
+
+electron-builder-http@~19.27.5:
+  version "19.27.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-builder-http/-/electron-builder-http-19.27.5.tgz#800865df2e618ffab9e5b3b895c15b4ce7fd7f17"
+  dependencies:
+    bluebird-lst "^1.0.3"
+    debug "^3.0.1"
+    fs-extra-p "^4.4.0"
+
+electron-is-dev@^0.3.0:
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-is-dev/-/electron-is-dev-0.3.0.tgz#14e6fda5c68e9e4ecbeff9ccf037cbd7c05c5afe"
+
+electron-updater@^2.8.9:
+  version "2.8.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-updater/-/electron-updater-2.8.9.tgz#e2525dcbd7c27ff173bdfd2e87056d67310e2555"
+  dependencies:
+    bluebird-lst "^1.0.3"
+    debug "^3.0.1"
+    electron-builder-http "~19.27.5"
+    electron-is-dev "^0.3.0"
+    fs-extra-p "^4.4.0"
+    js-yaml "^3.9.1"
+    lazy-val "^1.0.2"
+    lodash.isequal "^4.5.0"
+    semver "^5.4.1"
+    source-map-support "^0.4.16"
+    uuid-1345 "^0.99.6"
+    xelement "^1.0.16"
+
+esprima@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esprima/-/esprima-4.0.0.tgz#4499eddcd1110e0b218bacf2fa7f7f59f55ca804"
+
+follow-redirects@^1.2.3:
+  version "1.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.2.4.tgz#355e8f4d16876b43f577b0d5ce2668b9723214ea"
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^2.4.5"
+
+fs-extra-p@^4.4.0:
+  version "4.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra-p/-/fs-extra-p-4.4.0.tgz#729c601c4f4c701328921adc7cfe9b236f100660"
+  dependencies:
+    bluebird-lst "^1.0.2"
+    fs-extra "^4.0.0"
+
+fs-extra@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-4.0.1.tgz#7fc0c6c8957f983f57f306a24e5b9ddd8d0dd880"
+  dependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
+    jsonfile "^3.0.0"
+    universalify "^0.1.0"
+
+graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.6:
+  version "4.1.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.1.11.tgz#0e8bdfe4d1ddb8854d64e04ea7c00e2a026e5658"
+
+is-buffer@^1.1.5:
+  version "1.1.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-buffer/-/is-buffer-1.1.5.tgz#1f3b26ef613b214b88cbca23cc6c01d87961eecc"
+
+jquery@>=1.9.1:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jquery/-/jquery-3.2.1.tgz#5c4d9de652af6cd0a770154a631bba12b015c787"
+
+js-yaml@^3.9.0, js-yaml@^3.9.1:
+  version "3.9.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.9.1.tgz#08775cebdfdd359209f0d2acd383c8f86a6904a0"
+  dependencies:
+    argparse "^1.0.7"
+    esprima "^4.0.0"
+
+jsonfile@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-3.0.1.tgz#a5ecc6f65f53f662c4415c7675a0331d0992ec66"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
+
+lazy-val@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lazy-val/-/lazy-val-1.0.2.tgz#d9b07fb1fce54cbc99b3c611de431b83249369b6"
+
+lodash.isequal@^4.5.0:
+  version "4.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.isequal/-/lodash.isequal-4.5.0.tgz#415c4478f2bcc30120c22ce10ed3226f7d3e18e0"
+
+macaddress@^0.2.7:
+  version "0.2.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/macaddress/-/macaddress-0.2.8.tgz#5904dc537c39ec6dbefeae902327135fa8511f12"
+
+ms@2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz#5608aeadfc00be6c2901df5f9861788de0d597c8"
+
+ngx-perfect-scrollbar@4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ngx-perfect-scrollbar/-/ngx-perfect-scrollbar-4.0.0.tgz#f1e19449fa97d7f16e1ceb1fe1739e4bb646bebe"
+  dependencies:
+    perfect-scrollbar "~0.6.0"
+
+perfect-scrollbar@~0.6.0:
+  version "0.6.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/perfect-scrollbar/-/perfect-scrollbar-0.6.16.tgz#b1d61a5245cf3962bb9a8407a3fc669d923212fc"
+
+sax@^1.2.1:
+  version "1.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sax/-/sax-1.2.4.tgz#2816234e2378bddc4e5354fab5caa895df7100d9"
+
+semver@^5.4.1:
+  version "5.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.4.1.tgz#e059c09d8571f0540823733433505d3a2f00b18e"
+
+source-map-support@^0.4.16:
+  version "0.4.17"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-support/-/source-map-support-0.4.17.tgz#6f2150553e6375375d0ccb3180502b78c18ba430"
+  dependencies:
+    source-map "^0.5.6"
+
+source-map@^0.5.6:
+  version "0.5.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map/-/source-map-0.5.7.tgz#8a039d2d1021d22d1ea14c80d8ea468ba2ef3fcc"
+
+sprintf-js@~1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz#04e6926f662895354f3dd015203633b857297e2c"
+
+tether@^1.4.0:
+  version "1.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tether/-/tether-1.4.0.tgz#0f9fa171f75bf58485d8149e94799d7ae74d1c1a"
+
+typescript@^2.4.1:
+  version "2.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-2.5.2.tgz#038a95f7d9bbb420b1bf35ba31d4c5c1dd3ffe34"
+
+universalify@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.1.tgz#fa71badd4437af4c148841e3b3b165f9e9e590b7"
+
+uuid-1345@^0.99.6:
+  version "0.99.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid-1345/-/uuid-1345-0.99.6.tgz#b1270ae015a7721c7adec6c46ec169c6098aed40"
+  dependencies:
+    macaddress "^0.2.7"
+
+xelement@^1.0.16:
+  version "1.0.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xelement/-/xelement-1.0.16.tgz#900bb46c20fc2dffadff778a9d2dc36699d0ff7e"
+  dependencies:
+    sax "^1.2.1"