diff --git a/Virtual Display Driver Control/Common/Settings.cs b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Common/Settings.cs
index f63c96a3..1934eb69 100644
--- a/Virtual Display Driver Control/Common/Settings.cs	
+++ b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Common/Settings.cs	
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public enum Material {
 
 public static class SettingsProvider {
     public static IAppSettings Initialize() {
-        var jsonPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "VirtualDisplayDriver", "appsettings.json");
+        var jsonPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "VirtualDisplayDriver", "settings.json");
 
         return new ConfigurationBuilder<IAppSettings>()
            .UseJsonFile(jsonPath)
diff --git a/Virtual Display Driver Control/Views/SettingsView.xaml.cs b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Views/SettingsView.xaml.cs
index 28b22e1f..8e49638d 100644
--- a/Virtual Display Driver Control/Views/SettingsView.xaml.cs	
+++ b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Views/SettingsView.xaml.cs	
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using System;
 using System.ComponentModel;
-using System.Net.Http;
 using Virtual_Display_Driver_Control.Common;
 using Virtual_Display_Driver_Control.Helpers;
 using Windows.System;
@@ -154,11 +153,12 @@ string UpdateCheck {
 
     bool needsUpdate = false;
     bool checkedUpdate = false;
-    private static readonly HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
+    string releaseUrl = "";
+    private static readonly Octokit.GitHubClient client = new Octokit.GitHubClient(new Octokit.ProductHeaderValue("VirtualDisplayDriverControl"));
     private async void updates_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
         // update check was already done and succeeded, so launch uri
         if (needsUpdate) {
-            await Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("https://github.com/MolotovCherry/virtual-display-rs/releases/latest"));
+            await Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri(releaseUrl));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -169,20 +169,23 @@ private async void updates_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
         // otherwise, do the update check instead
 
         try {
-            string reply = await client.GetStringAsync("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MolotovCherry/virtual-display-rs/master/version");
+            var release = await client.Repository.Release.GetLatest("MolotovCherry", "virtual-display-rs");
 
-            Version data = Version.Parse(reply);
+            var tag = release.TagName[1..6];
+            releaseUrl = release.HtmlUrl;
+
+            Version data = Version.Parse(tag);
 
             var major = uint.Parse(GitVersionInformation.Major);
             var minor = uint.Parse(GitVersionInformation.Minor);
             var patch = uint.Parse(GitVersionInformation.Patch);
 
             if (data.Major > major || data.Minor > minor || data.Build > patch) {
-                UpdateCheck = $"Update is available: v{reply}";
+                UpdateCheck = $"Update is available: v{tag}";
                 needsUpdate = true;
                 checkedUpdate = true;
             } else {
-                UpdateCheck = $"No update is available; latest version is: v{reply}";
+                UpdateCheck = $"No update is available";
                 needsUpdate = false;
                 checkedUpdate = true;
             }
diff --git a/Virtual Display Driver Control/Virtual Display Driver Control.csproj b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Virtual Display Driver Control.csproj
index 6e374b7c..6a499169 100644
--- a/Virtual Display Driver Control/Virtual Display Driver Control.csproj	
+++ b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Virtual Display Driver Control.csproj	
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="CSharpFunctionalExtensions" Version="2.40.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.4.231008000" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.22621.2428" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Octokit" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="7.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="GitVersion.MsBuild" Version="5.10.3">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/version b/version
deleted file mode 100644
index a2268e2d..00000000
--- a/version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.3.1
\ No newline at end of file