diff --git a/frontend/apps/desktop/src/auto-update.ts b/frontend/apps/desktop/src/auto-update.ts
index 41ffee14bd..a798aec0b0 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/desktop/src/auto-update.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/desktop/src/auto-update.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import {IS_PROD_DESKTOP} from '@mintter/shared'
-import {app, autoUpdater, ipcMain, ipcRenderer} from 'electron'
+import {
+  MessageBoxOptions,
+  app,
+  autoUpdater,
+  dialog,
+  ipcMain,
+  ipcRenderer,
+} from 'electron'
 import log from 'electron-log/main'
 import {ipcMainEvents} from './ipc-events'
 
@@ -88,21 +95,21 @@ function setup() {
 
   autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', (event, releaseNotes, releaseName) => {
     log.debug('[MAIN][AUTO-UPDATE]: New version downloaded')
-    // const dialogOpts: MessageBoxOptions = {
-    //   type: 'info',
-    //   buttons: ['Restart', 'Later'],
-    //   title: 'Application Update',
-    //   message: process.platform == 'win32' ? releaseNotes : releaseName,
-    //   detail:
-    //     'A new version has been downloaded. Restart the application to apply the updates.',
-    // }
-
-    // dialog.showMessageBox(dialogOpts).then((returnValue: any) => {
-    //   log.debug('[MAIN][AUTO-UPDATE]: Quit and Install')
-    //   if (returnValue.response === 0) autoUpdater.quitAndInstall()
-    // })
-
-    // ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.UPDATE_DOWNLOADED)
+    const dialogOpts: MessageBoxOptions = {
+      type: 'info',
+      buttons: ['Restart', 'Later'],
+      title: 'Application Update',
+      message: process.platform == 'win32' ? releaseNotes : releaseName,
+      detail:
+        'A new version has been downloaded. Restart the application to apply the updates.',
+    }
+
+    dialog.showMessageBox(dialogOpts).then((returnValue: any) => {
+      log.debug('[MAIN][AUTO-UPDATE]: Quit and Install')
+      if (returnValue.response === 0) autoUpdater.quitAndInstall()
+    })
+
+    ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.UPDATE_DOWNLOADED)
     ipcRenderer.emit(ipcMainEvents.UPDATE_DOWNLOADED)
   })
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/desktop/src/main.ts b/frontend/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
index 7255701f69..ed1d901702 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import {
 } from './app-api'
 import {createAppMenu} from './app-menu'
 import {initPaths} from './app-paths'
-// import autoUpdate from './auto-update'
-import {setupUpdates} from './update'
+import autoUpdate from './auto-update'
+// import {setupUpdates} from './update'
 import {startMainDaemon} from './daemon'
 import {saveCidAsFile} from './save-cid-as-file'
 
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ startMainDaemon()
 
 Menu.setApplicationMenu(createAppMenu())
 
-// autoUpdate()
-setupUpdates()
+autoUpdate()
+// setupUpdates()
 
 //Simple logging module Electron/Node.js/NW.js application. No dependencies. No complicated configuration.
 log.initialize({
diff --git a/frontend/packages/app/components/titlebar-windows-linux.tsx b/frontend/packages/app/components/titlebar-windows-linux.tsx
index 50e7f865e9..6a2637125f 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/app/components/titlebar-windows-linux.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/app/components/titlebar-windows-linux.tsx
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ export function SystemMenu() {
         id: 'mintter',
         title: 'Mintter',
         children: [
+          {
+            id: 'updates',
+            title: 'Check for updates',
+            onSelect: () => triggerFocusedWindow('checkForUpdates'),
+          },
           {
             id: 'preferences',
             title: 'Preferences...',
@@ -413,7 +418,7 @@ type SubMenuItemElement = {
   id: string
   title: string
   onSelect: () => void
-  icon: ListItemProps['icon']
+  icon?: ListItemProps['icon']
   accelerator?: string
   disabled?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/app/utils/window-events.ts b/frontend/packages/app/utils/window-events.ts
index b8252cb3b3..54dbbe1c13 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/app/utils/window-events.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/app/utils/window-events.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export type AppWindowSimpleEvent =
   | 'forward'
   | 'triggerPeerSync'
   | 'openQuickSwitcher'
+  | 'checkForUpdates'
 
 export type AppWindowEvent =
   | AppWindowSimpleEvent