diff --git a/ElectronClient/app/checkForUpdates.js b/ElectronClient/app/checkForUpdates.js
index ef5eb3692..96f71f8cd 100644
--- a/ElectronClient/app/checkForUpdates.js
+++ b/ElectronClient/app/checkForUpdates.js
@@ -1,31 +1,15 @@
 const { dialog } = require('electron')
-const { autoUpdater } = require('electron-updater')
 const { Logger } = require('lib/logger.js');
 const { _ } = require('lib/locale.js');
+const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+const packageInfo = require('./packageInfo.js');
+const compareVersions = require('compare-versions');
 
 let autoUpdateLogger_ = new Logger();
 let checkInBackground_ = false;
 let isCheckingForUpdate_ = false;
 let parentWindow_ = null;
 
-// Note: Electron Builder's autoUpdater is incredibly buggy so currently it's only used
-// to detect if a new version is present. If it is, the download link is simply opened
-// in a new browser window.
-autoUpdater.autoDownload = false;
-
-function htmlToText_(html) {
-	let output = html.replace(/\n/g, '');
-	output = output.replace(/<li>/g, '- ');
-	output = output.replace(/<p>/g, '');
-	output = output.replace(/<\/p>/g, '\n');
-	output = output.replace(/<\/li>/g, '\n');
-	output = output.replace(/<ul>/g, '');
-	output = output.replace(/<\/ul>/g, '');
-	output = output.replace(/<.*?>/g, '');
-	output = output.replace(/<\/.*?>/g, '');
-	return output;
-}
-
 function showErrorMessageBox(message) {
 	return dialog.showMessageBox(parentWindow_, {
 		type: 'error',
@@ -43,81 +27,45 @@ function onCheckEnded() {
 	isCheckingForUpdate_ = false;
 }
 
-autoUpdater.on('error', (error) => {
-	autoUpdateLogger_.error(error);
-	if (checkInBackground_) return onCheckEnded();
+async function fetchLatestRelease() {
+	const response = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/laurent22/joplin/releases/latest');
 
-	let msg = error == null ? "unknown" : (error.stack || error).toString();
-	// Error messages can be very long even without stack trace so shorten 
-	// then so that the dialog box doesn't take the whole screen.
-	msg = msg.substr(0,512).replace(/\\n/g, '\n');
-	showErrorMessageBox(msg)
+	if (!response.ok) {
+		const responseText = await response.text();
+		throw new Error('Cannot get latest release info: ' + responseText.substr(0,500));
+	}
+
+	const json = await response.json();
 	
-	onCheckEnded();
-})
+	const version = json.tag_name.substr(1);
+	let downloadUrl = null;
+	const platform = process.platform;
+	for (let i = 0; i < json.assets.length; i++) {
+		const asset = json.assets[i];
+		let found = false;
+		if (platform === 'win32' && asset.name.indexOf('.exe') >= 0) {
+			found = true;
+		} else if (platform === 'darwin' && asset.name.indexOf('.dmg') >= 0) {
+			found = true;
+		} else if (platform === 'linux' && asset.name.indexOf('.AppImage') >= 0) {
+			found = true;
+		}
 
-function findDownloadFilename_(info) {
-	// { version: '1.0.64',
-	//   files: 
-	//    [ { url: 'Joplin-1.0.64-mac.zip',
-	//        sha512: 'OlemXqhq/fSifx7EutvMzfoCI/1kGNl10i8nkvACEDfVXwP8hankDBXEC0+GxSArsZuxOh3U1+C+4j72SfIUew==' },
-	//      { url: 'Joplin-1.0.64.dmg',
-	//        sha512: 'jAewQQoJ3nCaOj8hWDgf0sc3LBbAWQtiKqfTflK8Hc3Dh7fAy9jRHfFAZKFUZ9ll95Bun0DVsLq8wLSUrdsMXw==',
-	//        size: 77104485 } ],
-	//   path: 'Joplin-1.0.64-mac.zip',
-	//   sha512: 'OlemXqhq/fSifx7EutvMzfoCI/1kGNl10i8nkvACEDfVXwP8hankDBXEC0+GxSArsZuxOh3U1+C+4j72SfIUew==',
-	//   releaseDate: '2018-02-16T00:13:01.634Z',
-	//   releaseName: 'v1.0.64',
-	//   releaseNotes: '<p>Still more fixes and im...' }
-
-	if (!info) return null;
-
-	if (!info.files) {
-		// info.path seems to contain a default, though not a good one,
-		// so the loop below if preferable to find the right file.
-		return info.path;
+		if (found) {
+			downloadUrl = asset.browser_download_url;
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
-	for (let i = 0; i < info.files.length; i++) {
-		const f = info.files[i].url; // Annoyingly this is called "url" but it's obviously not a url, so hopefully it won't change later on and become one.
-		if (f.indexOf('.exe') >= 0) return f;
-		if (f.indexOf('.dmg') >= 0) return f;
-	}
+	if (!downloadUrl) throw new Error('Cannot find download Url: ' + JSON.stringify(json).substr(0,500));
 
-	return info.path;
+	return {
+		version: version,
+		downloadUrl: downloadUrl,
+		notes: json.body,
+	};
 }
 
-autoUpdater.on('update-available', (info) => {
-	const filename = findDownloadFilename_(info);
-
-	if (!info.version || !filename) {
-		if (checkInBackground_) return onCheckEnded();
-		showErrorMessageBox(('Could not get version info: ' + JSON.stringify(info)));
-		return onCheckEnded();
-	}
-
-	const downloadUrl = 'https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v' + info.version + '/' + filename;
-
-	let releaseNotes = info.releaseNotes + '';
-	if (releaseNotes) releaseNotes = '\n\n' + _('Release notes:\n\n%s', htmlToText_(releaseNotes));
-
-	const buttonIndex = dialog.showMessageBox(parentWindow_, {
-		type: 'info',
-		message: _('An update is available, do you want to download it now?' + releaseNotes),
-		buttons: [_('Yes'), _('No')]
-	});
-
-	onCheckEnded();
-
-	if (buttonIndex === 0) require('electron').shell.openExternal(downloadUrl);
-})
-
-autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', () => {
-	if (checkInBackground_) return onCheckEnded();
-	dialog.showMessageBox({ message: _('Current version is up-to-date.') })
-	onCheckEnded();
-})
-
 function checkForUpdates(inBackground, window, logFilePath) {
 	if (isCheckingForUpdate_) {
 		autoUpdateLogger_.info('checkForUpdates: Skipping check because it is already running');
@@ -133,18 +81,30 @@ function checkForUpdates(inBackground, window, logFilePath) {
 		autoUpdateLogger_.addTarget('file', { path: logFilePath });
 		autoUpdateLogger_.setLevel(Logger.LEVEL_DEBUG);
 		autoUpdateLogger_.info('checkForUpdates: Initializing...');
-		autoUpdater.logger = autoUpdateLogger_;
 	}
 
 	checkInBackground_ = inBackground;
 
-	try {
-		autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
-	} catch (error) {
+	fetchLatestRelease().then(release => {
+		if (compareVersions(release.version, packageInfo.version) <= 0) {
+			if (!checkInBackground_) dialog.showMessageBox({ message: _('Current version is up-to-date.') })
+		} else {
+			const releaseNotes = release.notes.trim() ? "\n\n" + release.notes.trim() : '';
+
+			const buttonIndex = dialog.showMessageBox(parentWindow_, {
+				type: 'info',
+				message: _('An update is available, do you want to download it now?' + releaseNotes),
+				buttons: [_('Yes'), _('No')]
+			});
+
+			if (buttonIndex === 0) require('electron').shell.openExternal(release.downloadUrl);
+		}
+	}).catch(error => {
 		autoUpdateLogger_.error(error);
 		if (!checkInBackground_) showErrorMessageBox(error.message);
+	}).then(() => {
 		onCheckEnded();
-	}
+	});
 }
 
 module.exports.checkForUpdates = checkForUpdates
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ElectronClient/app/package-lock.json b/ElectronClient/app/package-lock.json
index 57fdabba5..4b262c5a8 100644
--- a/ElectronClient/app/package-lock.json
+++ b/ElectronClient/app/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "Joplin",
-  "version": "1.0.72",
+  "version": "1.0.70",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -614,12 +614,14 @@
     "bluebird": {
       "version": "3.5.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bluebird/-/bluebird-3.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-MKiLiV+I1AA596t9w1sQJ8jkiSr5+ZKi0WKrYGUn6d1Fx+Ij4tIj+m2WMQSGczs5jZVxV339chE8iwk6F64wjA=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-MKiLiV+I1AA596t9w1sQJ8jkiSr5+ZKi0WKrYGUn6d1Fx+Ij4tIj+m2WMQSGczs5jZVxV339chE8iwk6F64wjA==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "bluebird-lst": {
       "version": "1.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bluebird-lst/-/bluebird-lst-1.0.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Ey0bDNys5qpYPhZ/oQ9vOEvD0TYQDTILMXWP2iGfvMg7rSDde+oV4aQQgqRH+CvBFNz2BSDQnPGMUl6LKBUUQA==",
+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "bluebird": "3.5.1"
       }
@@ -848,6 +850,7 @@
       "version": "4.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/builder-util-runtime/-/builder-util-runtime-4.0.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-NT8AxWH6miZQHnZzaTVjVp1uc6C/mWlxi6GQXKpd4CwyTQd3rT7+poOGrcOhtIiHYCL9VEbRsVfxUAPPsgqJdg==",
+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "bluebird-lst": "1.0.5",
         "debug": "3.1.0",
@@ -859,6 +862,7 @@
           "version": "3.1.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-3.1.0.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha512-OX8XqP7/1a9cqkxYw2yXss15f26NKWBpDXQd0/uK/KPqdQhxbPa994hnzjcE2VqQpDslf55723cKPUOGSmMY3g==",
+          "dev": true,
           "requires": {
             "ms": "2.0.0"
           }
@@ -867,6 +871,7 @@
           "version": "4.5.2",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra-p/-/fs-extra-p-4.5.2.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha512-ZYqFpBdy9w7PsK+vB30j+TnHOyWHm/CJbUq1qqoE8tb71m6qgk5Wa7gp3MYQdlGFxb9vfznF+yD4jcl8l+y91A==",
+          "dev": true,
           "requires": {
             "bluebird-lst": "1.0.5",
             "fs-extra": "5.0.0"
@@ -1084,6 +1089,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-AWLsLZNR9d3VmpICy6k1NmpyUIA=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "compare-versions": {
+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/compare-versions/-/compare-versions-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4hAxDSBypT/yp2ySFD346So6Ragw5xmBn/e/agIGl3bZr6DLUqnoRZPusxKrXdYRZpgexO9daejmIenlq/wrIQ=="
+    },
     "concat-map": {
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
@@ -1642,11 +1652,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-is-dev/-/electron-is-dev-0.1.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-ihBD4ys6HaHD9VPc4oznZCRhZ+M="
     },
-    "electron-log": {
-      "version": "2.2.11",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-log/-/electron-log-2.2.11.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-e+DHJkLJoaawDxyy9i2SMIViG/GV12DUE3T9a6yMdFp695c2u/kWYUZbUy31RzgX9uC/JuewXrO54tXdANgRRQ=="
-    },
     "electron-osx-sign": {
       "version": "0.4.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-osx-sign/-/electron-osx-sign-0.4.8.tgz",
@@ -1737,47 +1742,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "electron-updater": {
-      "version": "2.20.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-updater/-/electron-updater-2.20.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7LJBcHY0T8So5Q/NZqYlU43DPXfyVssGq9ObamXbSL01mRt/gdpcJlXPU1w3vA/L6tC1IMVI9cAulAjI2oSYAw==",
-      "requires": {
-        "bluebird-lst": "1.0.5",
-        "builder-util-runtime": "4.0.5",
-        "electron-is-dev": "0.3.0",
-        "fs-extra-p": "4.5.2",
-        "js-yaml": "3.10.0",
-        "lazy-val": "1.0.3",
-        "lodash.isequal": "4.5.0",
-        "semver": "5.5.0",
-        "source-map-support": "0.5.3"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "electron-is-dev": {
-          "version": "0.3.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-is-dev/-/electron-is-dev-0.3.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-FOb9pcaOnk7L7/nM8DfL18BcWv4="
-        },
-        "semver": {
-          "version": "5.5.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.5.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-4SJ3dm0WAwWy/NVeioZh5AntkdJoWKxHxcmyP622fOkgHa4z3R0TdBJICINyaSDE6uNwVc8gZr+ZinwZAH4xIA=="
-        },
-        "source-map": {
-          "version": "0.6.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.6.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g=="
-        },
-        "source-map-support": {
-          "version": "0.5.3",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map-support/-/source-map-support-0.5.3.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-eKkTgWYeBOQqFGXRfKabMFdnWepo51vWqEdoeikaEPFiJC7MCU5j2h4+6Q8npkZTeLGbSyecZvRxiSoWl3rh+w==",
-          "requires": {
-            "source-map": "0.6.1"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "electron-window-state": {
       "version": "4.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-window-state/-/electron-window-state-4.1.1.tgz",
@@ -1848,7 +1812,8 @@
     "esprima": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/esprima/-/esprima-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-oftTcaMu/EGrEIu904mWteKIv8vMuOgGYo7EhVJJN00R/EED9DCua/xxHRdYnKtcECzVg7xOWhflvJMnqcFZjw=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-oftTcaMu/EGrEIu904mWteKIv8vMuOgGYo7EhVJJN00R/EED9DCua/xxHRdYnKtcECzVg7xOWhflvJMnqcFZjw==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "esutils": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
@@ -2091,15 +2056,6 @@
         "universalify": "0.1.1"
       }
     },
-    "fs-extra-p": {
-      "version": "4.5.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra-p/-/fs-extra-p-4.5.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ZYqFpBdy9w7PsK+vB30j+TnHOyWHm/CJbUq1qqoE8tb71m6qgk5Wa7gp3MYQdlGFxb9vfznF+yD4jcl8l+y91A==",
-      "requires": {
-        "bluebird-lst": "1.0.5",
-        "fs-extra": "5.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "fs-minipass": {
       "version": "1.2.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-minipass/-/fs-minipass-1.2.5.tgz",
@@ -2559,8 +2515,7 @@
         "jsbn": {
           "version": "0.1.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "json-schema": {
           "version": "0.2.3",
@@ -3593,6 +3548,7 @@
       "version": "3.10.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.10.0.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "argparse": "1.0.9",
         "esprima": "4.0.0"
@@ -3695,11 +3651,6 @@
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       }
     },
-    "lazy-val": {
-      "version": "1.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lazy-val/-/lazy-val-1.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-pjCf3BYk+uv3ZcPzEVM0BFvO9Uw58TmlrU0oG5tTrr9Kcid3+kdKxapH8CjdYmVa2nO5wOoZn2rdvZx2PKj/xg=="
-    },
     "lcid": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lcid/-/lcid-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/ElectronClient/app/package.json b/ElectronClient/app/package.json
index e0d00625e..5c8532298 100644
--- a/ElectronClient/app/package.json
+++ b/ElectronClient/app/package.json
@@ -59,9 +59,8 @@
     "app-module-path": "^2.2.0",
     "async-mutex": "^0.1.3",
     "base-64": "^0.1.0",
+    "compare-versions": "^3.1.0",
     "electron-context-menu": "^0.9.1",
-    "electron-log": "^2.2.11",
-    "electron-updater": "^2.18.2",
     "electron-window-state": "^4.1.1",
     "follow-redirects": "^1.2.5",
     "form-data": "^2.3.1",