diff --git a/src/main/firstLaunch.ts b/src/main/firstLaunch.ts
index 0ce585d..244393d 100644
--- a/src/main/firstLaunch.ts
+++ b/src/main/firstLaunch.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function createFirstLaunchTour() {
         Settings.store.discordBranch = data.discordBranch;
         Settings.store.firstLaunch = false;
         Settings.store.arRPC = data.richPresence;
+        Settings.store.checkUpdates = true;
 
         if (data.autoStart) autoStart.enable();
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/Settings.tsx b/src/renderer/components/Settings.tsx
index 236ff42..4c840de 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/Settings.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ export default function SettingsUi() {
             "openLinksWithElectron",
             "Open Links in app (experimental)",
             "Opens links in a new Vesktop window instead of your web browser"
-        ]
+        ],
+        ["checkUpdates", "Check for updates", "Automatically check for updates", true]
     ];
 
     const switches = allSwitches.filter(isTruthy);
diff --git a/src/shared/settings.d.ts b/src/shared/settings.d.ts
index 6ecfe6f..2820a44 100644
--- a/src/shared/settings.d.ts
+++ b/src/shared/settings.d.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface Settings {
     windowBounds?: Rectangle;
     disableMinSize?: boolean;
 
+    checkUpdates?: boolean;
     skippedUpdate?: string;
     firstLaunch?: boolean;
 
diff --git a/src/updater/main.ts b/src/updater/main.ts
index ec42217..b84081c 100644
--- a/src/updater/main.ts
+++ b/src/updater/main.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ function isOutdated(oldVersion: string, newVersion: string) {
 }
 
 export async function checkUpdates() {
-    // if (IS_DEV) return;
+    if (Settings.store.checkUpdates === false) return;
+
     try {
         const raw = await githubGet("/repos/Vencord/Vesktop/releases/latest");
         const data = JSON.parse(raw.toString("utf-8")) as ReleaseData;