diff --git a/src/main/base/browserwindow.ts b/src/main/base/browserwindow.ts
index 0cd560ee..cbe6547d 100644
--- a/src/main/base/browserwindow.ts
+++ b/src/main/base/browserwindow.ts
@@ -672,6 +672,15 @@ export class BrowserWindow {
             await win_autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify()
             await linux_autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify()
         });
+        ipcMain.on('disable-update', (event) => {
+            // Check if using app store builds so people don't get pissy wen button go bonk
+            if (app.isPackaged && !process.mas || !process.windowsStore) {
+                event.returnValue = false
+            } else {
+                event.returnValue = true
+            }
+        })
+
 
         ipcMain.on('share-menu', async (_event, url) => {
             if (process.platform != 'darwin') return;
diff --git a/src/renderer/views/pages/settings.ejs b/src/renderer/views/pages/settings.ejs
index ae4101b5..23292ff0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/views/pages/settings.ejs
+++ b/src/renderer/views/pages/settings.ejs
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@
                         <input type="checkbox" v-model="app.cfg.general.close_button_hide" switch/>
                     </div>
                 </div>
-                <div class="md-option-line">
+                <div class="md-option-line update-check">
                     <div class="md-option-segment">
                         {{$root.getLz('settings.option.general.updateCider')}} 
                     </div>
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@
                         </button>
                     </div>
                 </div>
-                <div class="md-option-line">
+                <div class="md-option-line update-check">
                     <div class="md-option-segment">
                         {{$root.getLz('settings.option.general.updateCider.branch')}}<br>
                         <small>({{$root.getLz('settings.option.general.updateCider.branch.description')}})</small>
@@ -852,6 +852,15 @@
                 ipcRenderer.invoke('setStoreValue', 'general.close_behavior', app.cfg.general.close_behavior);
                 //  setStoreValue does not change plugin store values somehow
                 ipcRenderer.invoke('update-store-mtt', app.cfg.general.close_behavior);
+            },
+            checkIfUpdateDisabled() {
+                if (ipcRenderer.sendSync('disable-update')) {
+                    let updateFields = document.getElementsByClassName('update-check');
+                    for (var i=0; i < updateFields.length; i++) {
+                        updateFields[i].style = "opacity: 0.5; pointer-events: none;";
+                        updateFields[i].title = "Not available on this type of build";
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     })