diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 557fffb9..4580c788 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 ripme.log
 rips/
 .history
+ripme.jar.update
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7616b520..82dedb24 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.rarchives.ripme</groupId>
   <artifactId>ripme</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.0</version>
+  <version>1.0.2-beta1</version>
   <name>ripme</name>
   <url>http://rip.rarchives.com</url>
   <properties>
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
           <archive>
             <manifest>
               <mainClass>com.rarchives.ripme.App</mainClass>
+              <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+              <addDefaultSpecificationEntries>true</addDefaultSpecificationEntries>
             </manifest>
             <manifestEntries>
               <Class-Path>./config</Class-Path>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/TwitterRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/TwitterRipper.java
index fb214a76..b92a3b59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/TwitterRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/TwitterRipper.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.AbstractRipper;
-import com.rarchives.ripme.ui.RipStatusMessage.STATUS;
 import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils;
 
 public class TwitterRipper extends AbstractRipper {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
index f87fd5e3..60cbe3dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
     // Configuration
     private static JButton optionConfiguration;
     private static JPanel configurationPanel;
+    private static JButton configUpdateButton;
+    private static JLabel configUpdateLabel;
     // TODO Configuration components
     
     public MainWindow() {
@@ -188,13 +190,22 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
         gbc.gridx = 2; historyButtonPanel.add(historyButtonRerip, gbc);
         gbc.gridy = 1; gbc.gridx = 0;
         historyPanel.add(historyButtonPanel, gbc);
-        
+
         configurationPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
         configurationPanel.setBorder(emptyBorder);
         configurationPanel.setVisible(false);
         configurationPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 250));
         // TODO Configuration components
-
+        JLabel configLabel = new JLabel("Version: " + Utils.getConfigInteger("version.major", 0) + "." + Utils.getConfigInteger("version.minor", 0) + "." + Utils.getConfigInteger("version.build", 0));
+        configurationPanel.add(configLabel);
+        configUpdateButton = new JButton("Check for updates");
+        configUpdateLabel = new JLabel("");
+        gbc.ipady = 0;
+        gbc.gridy = 1;
+        configurationPanel.add(configUpdateButton, gbc);
+        gbc.gridy = 2;
+        configurationPanel.add(configUpdateLabel, gbc);
+        
         gbc.gridy = 0; pane.add(ripPanel, gbc);
         gbc.gridy = 1; pane.add(statusPanel, gbc);
         gbc.gridy = 2; pane.add(progressPanel, gbc);
@@ -282,8 +293,15 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
                 new Thread(ripAllThread).start();
             }
         });
+        configUpdateButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
+                UpdateUtils.updateProgram(configUpdateLabel);
+            }
+        });
     }
     
+    
     private void appendLog(final String text, final Color color) {
         SimpleAttributeSet sas = new SimpleAttributeSet();
         StyleConstants.setForeground(sas, color);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fbed020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package com.rarchives.ripme.ui;
+
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
+
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.jsoup.Connection.Response;
+import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
+import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
+
+public class UpdateUtils {
+
+    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.0.0";
+    private static final String updateJsonURL = "http://rarchives.com/ripme.json";
+    private static final String updateJarURL = "http://rarchives.com/ripme.jar";
+
+    public static void updateProgram(JLabel configUpdateLabel) {
+        configUpdateLabel.setText("Checking for update...:");
+        
+        Document doc = null;
+        try {
+            doc = Jsoup.connect(UpdateUtils.updateJsonURL)
+                .ignoreContentType(true)
+                .get();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            configUpdateLabel.setText("Error while fetching update: " + e.getMessage());
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return;
+        }
+        String jsonString = doc.body().html().replaceAll("&quot;", "\"");
+        JSONObject json = new JSONObject(jsonString);
+        JSONArray jsonChangeList = json.getJSONArray("changeList");
+        configUpdateLabel.setText("Most recent changes:");
+        for (int i = 0; i < jsonChangeList.length(); i++) {
+            String change = jsonChangeList.getString(i);
+            configUpdateLabel.setText(configUpdateLabel.getText() + "<br>  + " + change);
+        }
+
+        String latestVersion = json.getString("latestVersion");
+        if (UpdateUtils.isNewerVersion(latestVersion)) {
+            configUpdateLabel.setText("<html>Newer version found! <br><br>" + configUpdateLabel.getText() + "</html>");
+            try {
+                UpdateUtils.downloadJarAndReplace(updateJarURL);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                configUpdateLabel.setText("Error while updating: " + e.getMessage());
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                return;
+            }
+        } else {
+            configUpdateLabel.setText("Running latest version: " + UpdateUtils.getThisJarVersion());
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static void downloadJarAndReplace(String updateJarURL)
+            throws IOException {
+        String newFile = "ripme.jar.update";
+        Response response;
+        response = Jsoup.connect(updateJarURL)
+                .ignoreContentType(true)
+                .timeout(60000)
+                .maxBodySize(1024 * 1024 * 100)
+                .execute();
+        FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(newFile);
+        out.write(response.bodyAsBytes());
+        out.close();
+        Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"java", "-jar", newFile});
+        System.exit(0);
+    }
+    
+    private static String getThisJarVersion() {
+        String thisVersion = UpdateUtils.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
+        if (thisVersion == null) {
+            // Version is null if we're not running from the JAR
+            thisVersion = DEFAULT_VERSION; ; // Super-high version number
+        }
+        return thisVersion;
+    }
+    
+    private static boolean isNewerVersion(String latestVersion) {
+        int[] oldVersions = versionStringToInt(getThisJarVersion());
+        int[] newVersions = versionStringToInt(latestVersion);
+        if (oldVersions.length < newVersions.length) {
+            System.err.println("Calculated: " + oldVersions + " < " + latestVersion);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < oldVersions.length; i++) {
+            System.err.println("Calculating: " + newVersions[i] + " <> " + oldVersions[i]);
+            if (newVersions[i] > oldVersions[i]) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            else if (newVersions[i] < oldVersions[i]) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            else {
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // At this point, the version numbers are exactly the same.
+        // Assume any additional changes to the version text means a new version
+        return !(latestVersion.equals(getThisJarVersion()));
+    }
+    
+    private static int[] versionStringToInt(String version) {
+        String strippedVersion = version.split("-")[0];
+        String[] strVersions = strippedVersion.split("\\.");
+        int[] intVersions = new int[strVersions.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < strVersions.length; i++) {
+            intVersions[i] = Integer.parseInt(strVersions[i]);
+        }
+        return intVersions;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
index 318524ef..c52c7d7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
@@ -180,4 +180,10 @@ public class Utils {
         }
         return classes;
     }
+    
+    public static String getBuildVersion() {
+        return getConfigInteger("version.major", 0)
+                + "." + getConfigInteger("version.minor", 0)
+                + "." + getConfigInteger("version.build", 0);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/rip.properties b/src/main/resources/rip.properties
index add7fcf9..cb3240f8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/rip.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/rip.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 # Download threads to use per ripper
 threads.size = 5
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/RedditRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/RedditRipperTest.java
index d478a4b9..bed60fde 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/RedditRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/RedditRipperTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers.RedditRipper;
 public class RedditRipperTest extends RippersTest {
 
     public void testRedditAlbums() throws IOException {
-        if (false && !DOWNLOAD_CONTENT) {
+        if (!DOWNLOAD_CONTENT) {
             return;
         }
         List<URL> contentURLs = new ArrayList<URL>();