diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 81d249a..f21ad11 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "aes"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac1f845298e95f983ff1944b728ae08b8cebab80d684f0a832ed0fc74dfa27e2"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cipher",
+ "cpufeatures",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "alterware-launcher"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -12,6 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sha1_smol",
  "winres",
+ "zip",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -20,17 +38,62 @@ version = "0.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64ct"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c3c1a368f70d6cf7302d78f8f7093da241fb8e8807c05cc9e51a125895a6d5b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a3e2c3daef883ecc1b5d58c15adae93470a91d425f3532ba1695849656af3fc1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bzip2"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bdb116a6ef3f6c3698828873ad02c3014b3c85cadb88496095628e3ef1e347f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bzip2-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bzip2-sys"
+version = "0.1.11+1.0.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "736a955f3fa7875102d57c82b8cac37ec45224a07fd32d58f9f7a186b6cd4cdc"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
+dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -38,6 +101,90 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cipher"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "773f3b9af64447d2ce9850330c473515014aa235e6a783b02db81ff39e4a3dad"
+dependencies = [
+ "crypto-common",
+ "inout",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "constant_time_eq"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "245097e9a4535ee1e3e3931fcfcd55a796a44c643e8596ff6566d68f09b87bbc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03e69e28e9f7f77debdedbaafa2866e1de9ba56df55a8bd7cfc724c25a09987c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a22b2d63d4d1dc0b7f1b6b2747dd0088008a9be28b6ddf0b1e7d335e3037294"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer",
+ "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.0.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b9429470923de8e8cbd4d2dc513535400b4b3fef0319fb5c4e1f520a7bef743"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.10"
@@ -49,6 +196,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hmac"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http_req"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -61,12 +217,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "inout"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0c10553d664a4d0bcff9f4215d0aac67a639cc68ef660840afe309b807bc9f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "453ad9f582a441959e5f0d088b02ce04cfe8d51a8eaf077f12ac6d3e94164ca6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "936cfd212a0155903bcbc060e316fb6cc7cbf2e1907329391ebadc1fe0ce77c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.63"
@@ -88,12 +262,50 @@ version = "0.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "518ef76f2f87365916b142844c16d8fefd85039bc5699050210a7778ee1cd1de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7810e0be55b428ada41041c41f32c9f1a42817901b4ccf45fa3d4b6561e74c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.17.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9670a07f94779e00908f3e686eab508878ebb390ba6e604d3a284c00e8d0487b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "password-hash"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7676374caaee8a325c9e7a2ae557f216c5563a171d6997b0ef8a65af35147700"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64ct",
+ "rand_core",
+ "subtle",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pbkdf2"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "83a0692ec44e4cf1ef28ca317f14f8f07da2d95ec3fa01f86e4467b725e60917"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+ "hmac",
+ "password-hash",
+ "sha2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26072860ba924cbfa98ea39c8c19b4dd6a4a25423dbdf219c1eca91aa0cf6964"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -223,18 +435,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha1"
+version = "0.10.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f04293dc80c3993519f2d7f6f511707ee7094fe0c6d3406feb330cdb3540eba3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1_smol"
 version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ae1a47186c03a32177042e55dbc5fd5aee900b8e0069a8d70fba96a9375cd012"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "479fb9d862239e610720565ca91403019f2f00410f1864c5aa7479b950a76ed8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81cdd64d312baedb58e21336b31bc043b77e01cc99033ce76ef539f78e965ebc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.18"
@@ -246,6 +486,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ea9e1b3cf1243ae005d9e74085d4d542f3125458f3a81af210d901dcd7411efd"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "time-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-core"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7300fbefb4dadc1af235a9cef3737cea692a9d97e1b9cbcd4ebdae6f8868e6fb"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.5.11"
@@ -255,6 +511,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicase"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -401,3 +663,53 @@ checksum = "b68db261ef59e9e52806f688020631e987592bd83619edccda9c47d42cde4f6c"
 dependencies = [
  "toml",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zip"
+version = "0.6.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "760394e246e4c28189f19d488c058bf16f564016aefac5d32bb1f3b51d5e9261"
+dependencies = [
+ "aes",
+ "byteorder",
+ "bzip2",
+ "constant_time_eq",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "flate2",
+ "hmac",
+ "pbkdf2",
+ "sha1",
+ "time",
+ "zstd",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd"
+version = "0.11.2+zstd.1.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "20cc960326ece64f010d2d2107537f26dc589a6573a316bd5b1dba685fa5fde4"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-safe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-safe"
+version = "5.0.2+zstd.1.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d2a5585e04f9eea4b2a3d1eca508c4dee9592a89ef6f450c11719da0726f4db"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "zstd-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-sys"
+version = "2.0.8+zstd.1.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5556e6ee25d32df2586c098bbfa278803692a20d0ab9565e049480d52707ec8c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index db2ab3e..e258e53 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.164", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.97"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+zip = "0.6.6"
+
 [build-dependencies]
 winres = "0.1.12"
 
 [package.metadata.winres]
 OriginalFilename = "alterware-launcher.exe"
 FileDescription = "AlterWare mod updater & launcher"
-ProductName = "AlterWare Launcher"
\ No newline at end of file
+ProductName = "AlterWare Launcher"
diff --git a/src/http.rs b/src/http.rs
index 46e16e5..bec9408 100644
--- a/src/http.rs
+++ b/src/http.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,20 @@ use std::{fs, io::Write, path::Path, str};
 
 pub fn get_body(url: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
     let mut res: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-    http_req::request::get(url, &mut res).unwrap_or_else(|error| {
-        panic!("\n\n{}:\n{:?}", "Error", error);
-    });
+    let req = http_req::request::Request::new(&url.try_into().unwrap())
+        .header(
+            "User-Agent",
+            "AlterWare Launcher | github.com/mxve/alterware-launcher",
+        )
+        .send(&mut res)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+            panic!("\n\n{}:\n{:?}", "Error", error);
+        });
+
+    if req.status_code() == http_req::response::StatusCode::new(302) {
+        let location = req.headers().get("Location").unwrap().as_str();
+        return get_body(location);
+    }
 
     res
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f7a36cd..d195909 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,82 @@ struct Game<'a> {
 }
 
 const MASTER: &str = "https://master.alterware.dev";
+const REPO: &str = "mxve/alterware-launcher";
+
+fn version_str_to_int(version: &str) -> u16 {
+    version.replace(['v', '.'], "").parse::<u16>().unwrap()
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn extract_archive() {
+    let mut archive = zip::ZipArchive::new(fs::File::open("alterware_update").unwrap()).unwrap();
+    archive.extract("alterware-update").unwrap();
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn update_binary() {
+    let update_script = "
+        @echo off
+        del alterware-launcher.exe
+        move alterware-update\\alterware-launcher.exe alterware-launcher.exe
+        rmdir /s /q alterware-update
+        start alterware-launcher.exe
+        exit"
+        .replace("        ", "");
+
+    fs::write("update.bat", update_script).unwrap();
+    std::process::Command::new("update.bat")
+        .spawn()
+        .unwrap()
+        .wait()
+        .unwrap();
+    std::process::exit(0);
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn extract_archive() {}
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn update_binary() {}
+
+// allow dead code, function is only called if not debug env
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn update_self() {
+    let platform = if cfg!(windows) {
+        "alterware-launcher-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
+    } else {
+        "unknown"
+    };
+
+    if platform == "unknown" {
+        println!("Unsupported platform, can't perform self-update!");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let current_version = version_str_to_int(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+
+    let github_body = http::get_body_string(
+        format!("https://api.github.com/repos/{}/releases/latest", REPO).as_str(),
+    );
+    let github_json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&github_body).unwrap();
+    let latest_version = version_str_to_int(github_json["tag_name"].as_str().unwrap());
+
+    if latest_version > current_version {
+        println!("Updating launcher..");
+        let download_url = format!(
+            "https://github.com/{}/releases/download/{}/{}",
+            REPO,
+            github_json["tag_name"].as_str().unwrap(),
+            platform
+        );
+        println!("Downloading {}...", download_url);
+        http::download_file(&download_url, &PathBuf::from("alterware_update"));
+        println!("Extracting update...");
+        extract_archive();
+        fs::remove_file("alterware_update").unwrap();
+        update_binary();
+    }
+}
 
 fn file_get_sha1(path: &PathBuf) -> String {
     let mut sha1 = sha1_smol::Sha1::new();
@@ -93,6 +169,10 @@ fn launch(file_path: &PathBuf) {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    update_self();
+
     let mut args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
 
     let games_json = http::get_body_string(format!("{}/games.json", MASTER).as_str());