diff --git a/game/scripts/gui/main_menu.rpy b/game/scripts/gui/main_menu.rpy
index 1a7fb7c9..d14c5d1b 100644
--- a/game/scripts/gui/main_menu.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/gui/main_menu.rpy
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@ screen navigation(title=None):
 
         if main_menu:
             if not title:
-                if (updater.can_update() or config.developer):
+                if (updater.can_update() or config.developer) and getattr(store, "UPDATE_URL", None):
                     if new_version:
-                        textbutton "Update available" action updater.Update(UPDATE_URL, simulate="available", patch=True) style_prefix "update_available"
+                        textbutton "Update available" action install_updates() style_prefix "update_available"
                     else:
-                        textbutton "Check for updates" action Function(check_for_updates, 300)
+                        textbutton "Check for updates" action Function(check_updates, 300)
 
                 if show_quick_start:
                     textbutton _("Quick Start") action Start("start_quick")
diff --git a/game/scripts/utility/server.rpy b/game/scripts/utility/server.rpy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24da3af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/scripts/utility/server.rpy
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# This file can be safely deleted to permanently disable update checks.
+
+init python:
+    import requests
+    import binascii
+
+    UPDATE_URL = ""
+    LOGO_URL = ""
+
+    new_version = None
+
+    def check_updates(interval=3600*6):
+        if not UPDATE_URL:
+            return
+
+        global new_version
+        new_version = updater.UpdateVersion(binascii.unhexlify(UPDATE_URL), check_interval=interval)
+
+    def install_updates():
+        if not UPDATE_URL:
+            return None
+
+        return updater.Update(binascii.unhexlify(UPDATE_URL), patch=True)
+
+    def fetch_update_logo(url):
+        if not (updater.can_update() or config.developer) or new_version is None or not LOGO_URL:
+            return Null()
+
+        filename = "logo_{}.png".format(new_version)
+        path = os.path.join(config.basedir, "updates/{}".format(filename))
+
+        # Read file if exists
+        if os.path.isfile(path):
+            with open(path, "rb") as f:
+                data = f.read()
+                return im.Data(data, path)
+
+        # Fetch file if doesn't exist
+        try:
+            url = binascii.unhexlify(url)
+            response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
+            data = response.content
+        except:
+            return Null()
+
+        if not data:
+            return Null()
+
+        with open(path, "wb") as f:
+            f.write(data)
+
+        return im.Data(data, path)
+
+    check_updates()
diff --git a/game/scripts/utility/updater.rpy b/game/scripts/utility/updater.rpy
index a9b8bb04..f95128d0 100644
--- a/game/scripts/utility/updater.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/utility/updater.rpy
@@ -67,49 +67,12 @@ define update_message_list = [
         "Insert disc 2",
         ]
 
-init python:
-    import requests
-
-    UPDATE_URL = "http://update.silverstudiogames.org/updates.json"
-    new_version = None
-
-    def check_for_updates(interval=3600*6):
-        global new_version
-        new_version = updater.UpdateVersion(UPDATE_URL, simulate="available", check_interval=interval)
-
-    def fetch_update_logo(url):
-        if not (updater.can_update() or config.developer) or new_version is None:
-            return Null()
-
-        filename = "logo_{}.png".format(new_version)
-        path = os.path.join(config.basedir, "updates/{}".format(filename))
-
-        # Read file if exists
-        if os.path.isfile(path):
-            with open(path, "rb") as f:
-                data = f.read()
-                return im.Data(data, path)
-
-        # Fetch file if doesn't exist
-        response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
-        data = response.content
-
-        if not data:
-            return Null()
-
-        with open(path, "wb") as f:
-            f.write(data)
-
-        return im.Data(data, path)
-
-    # check_for_updates()
-
 screen updater:
 
     tag menu
 
     default msg = renpy.random.choice(update_message_list)
-    default logo = fetch_update_logo("https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/535709194876354571/957762605735354378/discord.png") # http://update.silverstudiogames.org/logo.webp
+    default logo = fetch_update_logo(LOGO_URL) # http://update.silverstudiogames.org/logo.webp
 
     use game_menu(_("Updater"), scroll="viewport"):