diff --git a/src/api/system.ts b/src/api/system.ts
index 2267ac522..df6fde4b5 100644
--- a/src/api/system.ts
+++ b/src/api/system.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,13 @@ export const showOnTray = (content: string) => {
 export const reloadWindow = () => {
     ipcRenderer.send('reload-window');
 };
+
+export const registerUpdateEventListener = (showUpdateDialog: () => void) => {
+    ipcRenderer.on('show-update-dialog', () => {
+        showUpdateDialog();
+    });
+};
+
+export const updateAndRestart = () => {
+    ipcRenderer.send('update-and-restart');
+};
diff --git a/src/preload.ts b/src/preload.ts
index 86f36c27c..83a92636b 100644
--- a/src/preload.ts
+++ b/src/preload.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { reloadWindow, sendNotification, showOnTray } from './api/system';
+import {
+    registerUpdateEventListener,
+    reloadWindow,
+    sendNotification,
+    showOnTray,
+    updateAndRestart,
+} from './api/system';
 import {
     showUploadDirsDialog,
     showUploadFilesDialog,
@@ -82,4 +88,6 @@ windowObject['ElectronAPIs'] = {
     logToDisk,
     convertHEIC,
     openLogDirectory,
+    registerUpdateEventListener,
+    updateAndRestart,
 };
diff --git a/src/services/appUpdater.ts b/src/services/appUpdater.ts
index d4fb8fb16..bb17d45bf 100644
--- a/src/services/appUpdater.ts
+++ b/src/services/appUpdater.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { BrowserWindow, dialog, Tray } from 'electron';
+import { BrowserWindow, Tray } from 'electron';
 import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
 import log from 'electron-log';
 import { setIsAppQuitting, setIsUpdateAvailable } from '../main';
@@ -12,27 +12,34 @@ class AppUpdater {
     async checkForUpdate(tray: Tray, mainWindow: BrowserWindow) {
         await autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
         autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
-            showUpdateDialog();
+            showUpdateDialog(mainWindow);
             setIsUpdateAvailable(true);
             tray.setContextMenu(buildContextMenu(mainWindow));
         });
     }
+
+    updateAndRestart = () => {
+        setIsAppQuitting(true);
+        autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+    };
 }
 
 export default new AppUpdater();
 
-export const showUpdateDialog = (): void => {
-    dialog
-        .showMessageBox({
-            type: 'info',
-            title: 'Install update',
-            message: 'Restart to update to the latest version of ente',
-            buttons: ['Later', 'Restart now'],
-        })
-        .then((buttonIndex) => {
-            if (buttonIndex.response === 1) {
-                setIsAppQuitting(true);
-                autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
-            }
-        });
+export const showUpdateDialog = (mainWindow: BrowserWindow): void => {
+    mainWindow.webContents.send('show-update-dialog');
+
+    // dialog
+    //     .showMessageBox({
+    //         type: 'info',
+    //         title: 'Install update',
+    //         message: 'Restart to update to the latest version of ente',
+    //         buttons: ['Later', 'Restart now'],
+    //     })
+    //     .then((buttonIndex) => {
+    //         if (buttonIndex.response === 1) {
+    //             setIsAppQuitting(true);
+    //             autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+    //         }
+    //     });
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/ipcComms.ts b/src/utils/ipcComms.ts
index 9e137ed5e..c48d7ff03 100644
--- a/src/utils/ipcComms.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ipcComms.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import chokidar from 'chokidar';
 import path from 'path';
 import { getDirFilePaths } from '../services/fs';
 import { convertHEIC } from '../services/heicConvertor';
+import appUpdater from '../services/appUpdater';
 
 export default function setupIpcComs(
     tray: Tray,
@@ -106,4 +107,8 @@ export default function setupIpcComs(
     ipcMain.handle('open-log-dir', () => {
         shell.openPath(app.getPath('logs'));
     });
+
+    ipcMain.handle('update-and-restart', () => {
+        appUpdater.updateAndRestart();
+    });
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/menu.ts b/src/utils/menu.ts
index d53499981..8658eff85 100644
--- a/src/utils/menu.ts
+++ b/src/utils/menu.ts
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ export function buildContextMenu(
         paused,
     } = args;
     const contextMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
-        ...(isUpdateAvailable()
+        ...(!isUpdateAvailable()
             ? [
                   {
                       label: 'Update available',
-                      click: () => showUpdateDialog(),
+                      click: () => showUpdateDialog(mainWindow),
                   },
               ]
             : []),