diff --git a/Capture.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Capture.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 03216a4..56dec11 100755
--- a/Capture.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Capture.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 		0B3D7A70223109DD000F8C85 /* Path+Codable.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 0B3D7A67223109DD000F8C85 /* Path+Codable.swift */; };
 		0B3D7A71223109DD000F8C85 /* Path+StringConvertibles.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 0B3D7A68223109DD000F8C85 /* Path+StringConvertibles.swift */; };
 		0B3D7A7422310A52000F8C85 /* PMKFoundation.framework in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 0B3D7A7322310A52000F8C85 /* PMKFoundation.framework */; };
+		0B3D7A7622311676000F8C85 /* Alerts.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 0B3D7A7522311676000F8C85 /* Alerts.swift */; };
 		0B4309A7221916C500766DB0 /* VideoPlayerViewController.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 0B4309A6221916C500766DB0 /* VideoPlayerViewController.swift */; };
 		0B4309A9221926C500766DB0 /* BundleExtension.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 0B4309A8221926C500766DB0 /* BundleExtension.swift */; };
 		0B4309AF22198FAA00766DB0 /* Preferences.storyboard in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 0B4309AC22198FAA00766DB0 /* Preferences.storyboard */; };
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@
 		0B3D7A67223109DD000F8C85 /* Path+Codable.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "Path+Codable.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		0B3D7A68223109DD000F8C85 /* Path+StringConvertibles.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "Path+StringConvertibles.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		0B3D7A7322310A52000F8C85 /* PMKFoundation.framework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = wrapper.framework; name = PMKFoundation.framework; path = Carthage/Build/Mac/PMKFoundation.framework; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		0B3D7A7522311676000F8C85 /* Alerts.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = Alerts.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		0B4309A6221916C500766DB0 /* VideoPlayerViewController.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = VideoPlayerViewController.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		0B4309A8221926C500766DB0 /* BundleExtension.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = BundleExtension.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		0B4309AC22198FAA00766DB0 /* Preferences.storyboard */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = file.storyboard; path = Preferences.storyboard; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@
 		0BC83209221A085200FD8CF4 /* Utilities */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
+				0B3D7A7522311676000F8C85 /* Alerts.swift */,
 				0B4309A8221926C500766DB0 /* BundleExtension.swift */,
 				0B64CD922218DA3F004F6321 /* DirectoryHandler.swift */,
 				0B64CD9B2218DE1B004F6321 /* Result.swift */,
@@ -551,6 +554,7 @@
 				0BE418BC221AF3B200B8E85D /* ContainerViewController.swift in Sources */,
 				0B581A2A222199EA006EF012 /* HotKeyService.swift in Sources */,
 				0B64CD972218DD5A004F6321 /* ConvertGif.swift in Sources */,
+				0B3D7A7622311676000F8C85 /* Alerts.swift in Sources */,
 				0B3276CA2219D9410028F007 /* UserDefaultsExtension.swift in Sources */,
 				0B3276D02219E6810028F007 /* GeneralPreferencesViewController.swift in Sources */,
 				0B3D7A5E223109CC000F8C85 /* Version+Comparable.swift in Sources */,
diff --git a/Capture/AppUpdater/AppUpdater.swift b/Capture/AppUpdater/AppUpdater.swift
index 85338db..7e4f32a 100644
--- a/Capture/AppUpdater/AppUpdater.swift
+++ b/Capture/AppUpdater/AppUpdater.swift
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import PMKFoundation
 import Foundation
 import PromiseKit
 
+enum AppUpdaterError: Error {
+    case alreadyUpToDate
+    case failure(String)
+}
+
 public class AppUpdater {
     var active = Promise()
     #if !DEBUG
diff --git a/Capture/Info.plist b/Capture/Info.plist
index daec7ea..0a037dc 100755
--- a/Capture/Info.plist
+++ b/Capture/Info.plist
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.0</string>
+	<string>0.9.1</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>1</string>
+	<string>0.9.1</string>
 	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
 	<string>$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)</string>
 	<key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
diff --git a/Capture/Preferences/View/GeneralPreferencesViewController.swift b/Capture/Preferences/View/GeneralPreferencesViewController.swift
index ade40fc..5d19d3f 100644
--- a/Capture/Preferences/View/GeneralPreferencesViewController.swift
+++ b/Capture/Preferences/View/GeneralPreferencesViewController.swift
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ class GeneralPreferencesViewController: PreferencesViewController {
         prepareHotKeys()
     }
 
+    @IBAction func userRequestedAnExplicitUpdateCheck(_ sender: Any) {
+        let delegate = NSApplication.shared.delegate as? AppDelegate
+        delegate?.updater.check().catch(policy: .allErrors) { error in
+            if error.isCancelled {
+                showAlert(title: "alreadyUpToDateTitle".localized, message: ErrorMessageProvider.string(for: AppUpdaterError.alreadyUpToDate))
+            } else {
+                self.presentError(NSError.create(from: AppUpdaterError.failure(error.localizedDescription)))
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // MARK: - Shortcut
diff --git a/Capture/Preferences/View/Preferences.storyboard b/Capture/Preferences/View/Preferences.storyboard
index 765f3ae..985135a 100755
--- a/Capture/Preferences/View/Preferences.storyboard
+++ b/Capture/Preferences/View/Preferences.storyboard
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
             <objects>
                 <viewController title="General" id="CbG-uA-UXG" customClass="GeneralPreferencesViewController" customModule="Capture" customModuleProvider="target" sceneMemberID="viewController">
                     <view key="view" id="4Ei-kU-JuY">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="450" height="170"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="450" height="256"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
                         <subviews>
                             <pathControl focusRingType="none" verticalHuggingPriority="750" verticalCompressionResistancePriority="1000" allowsExpansionToolTips="YES" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="xix-mN-5C6" customClass="PopUpButtonLikePathControl" customModule="Capture" customModuleProvider="target">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="118" y="129" width="136" height="25"/>
+                                <rect key="frame" x="118" y="215" width="136" height="25"/>
                                 <pathCell key="cell" selectable="YES" editable="YES" focusRingType="none" alignment="left" pathStyle="popUp" id="fAZ-H5-ScI">
                                     <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
                                     <url key="url" string="file:///Applications/"/>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                                 </connections>
                             </pathControl>
                             <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" horizontalCompressionResistancePriority="250" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="btq-nd-DrW">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="95" width="414" height="28"/>
+                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="181" width="414" height="28"/>
                                 <textFieldCell key="cell" selectable="YES" title="Choose the directory the generated GIFs should be exported to. By default the GIF will be moved to your desktop." id="ePr-4A-nsB">
                                     <font key="font" metaFont="smallSystem"/>
                                     <color key="textColor" name="secondaryLabelColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                                 </textFieldCell>
                             </textField>
                             <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="IDG-1b-v6d">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="133" width="95" height="17"/>
+                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="219" width="95" height="17"/>
                                 <textFieldCell key="cell" lineBreakMode="clipping" title="Export GIFs to:" id="312-bw-BIU">
                                     <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
                                     <color key="textColor" name="labelColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
                                 </textFieldCell>
                             </textField>
                             <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" horizontalCompressionResistancePriority="250" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Maz-20-LlC">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="20" width="414" height="28"/>
+                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="97" width="414" height="28"/>
                                 <textFieldCell key="cell" selectable="YES" title="Set a shortcut to quickly stop a recording. This shortcut will work globally as long as the application is running." id="EDg-3c-i1r">
                                     <font key="font" metaFont="smallSystem"/>
                                     <color key="textColor" name="secondaryLabelColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
                                 </textFieldCell>
                             </textField>
                             <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="UDU-Gc-nF1">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="67" width="158" height="17"/>
+                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="144" width="158" height="17"/>
                                 <textFieldCell key="cell" lineBreakMode="clipping" title="Stop Recording Shortcut:" id="oyp-PE-GmB">
                                     <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
                                     <color key="textColor" name="labelColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
@@ -109,28 +109,62 @@
                                 </textFieldCell>
                             </textField>
                             <customView translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="K7Z-TW-8U8" customClass="RecordView" customModule="KeyHolder">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="184" y="58" width="160" height="34"/>
+                                <rect key="frame" x="184" y="135" width="160" height="34"/>
                                 <constraints>
                                     <constraint firstAttribute="width" constant="160" id="X15-zY-tJi"/>
                                     <constraint firstAttribute="height" constant="34" id="jTh-0g-gT0"/>
                                 </constraints>
                             </customView>
+                            <button verticalHuggingPriority="750" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="OBT-6X-HhQ">
+                                <rect key="frame" x="195" y="51" width="154" height="32"/>
+                                <buttonCell key="cell" type="push" title="Check for Updates" bezelStyle="rounded" alignment="center" borderStyle="border" imageScaling="proportionallyDown" inset="2" id="4Nt-r1-RZz">
+                                    <behavior key="behavior" pushIn="YES" lightByBackground="YES" lightByGray="YES"/>
+                                    <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
+                                </buttonCell>
+                                <connections>
+                                    <action selector="userRequestedAnExplicitUpdateCheck:" target="CbG-uA-UXG" id="w3r-tC-xVF"/>
+                                </connections>
+                            </button>
+                            <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="BYr-zV-DCp">
+                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="60" width="175" height="17"/>
+                                <textFieldCell key="cell" lineBreakMode="clipping" title="Manually check for updates:" id="c2j-pE-j9t">
+                                    <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
+                                    <color key="textColor" name="labelColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
+                                    <color key="backgroundColor" name="textBackgroundColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
+                                </textFieldCell>
+                            </textField>
+                            <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" horizontalCompressionResistancePriority="250" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Y8G-g4-hdo">
+                                <rect key="frame" x="18" y="20" width="414" height="28"/>
+                                <textFieldCell key="cell" selectable="YES" title="The app will automatically try to update itself. However you can also try to trigger this update process manually." id="sPv-Hs-nk8">
+                                    <font key="font" metaFont="smallSystem"/>
+                                    <color key="textColor" name="secondaryLabelColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
+                                    <color key="backgroundColor" name="textBackgroundColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
+                                </textFieldCell>
+                            </textField>
                         </subviews>
                         <constraints>
                             <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="btq-nd-DrW" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="20" id="078-OX-KBz"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="xix-mN-5C6" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="IDG-1b-v6d" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="10" id="3UI-KT-DWK"/>
                             <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="Maz-20-LlC" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="20" id="41h-OP-eMs"/>
-                            <constraint firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="Maz-20-LlC" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="20" id="7Vz-kA-FHc"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="K7Z-TW-8U8" firstAttribute="centerY" secondItem="UDU-Gc-nF1" secondAttribute="centerY" id="7fS-hS-Mf1"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="btq-nd-DrW" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="IDG-1b-v6d" secondAttribute="leading" id="8Cv-GA-lj2"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="Y8G-g4-hdo" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="4Ei-kU-JuY" secondAttribute="leading" constant="20" id="AgO-fd-4zk"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="BYr-zV-DCp" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="Maz-20-LlC" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="20" id="Bro-qe-PVH"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="Maz-20-LlC" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="K7Z-TW-8U8" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="10" id="DlR-2F-fjH"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="IDG-1b-v6d" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="4Ei-kU-JuY" secondAttribute="top" constant="20" id="Exg-sT-rCA"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="Y8G-g4-hdo" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="OBT-6X-HhQ" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="10" id="FL5-cX-QmI"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="OBT-6X-HhQ" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="BYr-zV-DCp" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="10" id="OFT-n9-A8z"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="UDU-Gc-nF1" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="IDG-1b-v6d" secondAttribute="leading" id="T6l-jB-xL5"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="xix-mN-5C6" firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="IDG-1b-v6d" secondAttribute="bottom" id="TWm-Uv-LMv"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="OBT-6X-HhQ" firstAttribute="centerY" secondItem="BYr-zV-DCp" secondAttribute="centerY" id="UbV-3T-GOk"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="IDG-1b-v6d" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="4Ei-kU-JuY" secondAttribute="leading" constant="20" id="YCS-ir-ksJ"/>
+                            <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="Y8G-g4-hdo" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="20" id="jKO-p2-7DV"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="BYr-zV-DCp" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="IDG-1b-v6d" secondAttribute="leading" id="rOS-oM-6yR"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="Maz-20-LlC" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="UDU-Gc-nF1" secondAttribute="leading" id="tgb-RF-1FF"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="btq-nd-DrW" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="IDG-1b-v6d" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="10" id="tkw-xm-Os6"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="K7Z-TW-8U8" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="UDU-Gc-nF1" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="10" id="x8u-V1-rN7"/>
+                            <constraint firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="Y8G-g4-hdo" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="20" id="xJy-9L-5Fe"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="UDU-Gc-nF1" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="btq-nd-DrW" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="20" id="xX8-61-jeU"/>
                         </constraints>
                     </view>
                     <connections>
@@ -140,7 +174,7 @@
                 <customObject id="FvE-cN-eWk" userLabel="First Responder" customClass="NSResponder" sceneMemberID="firstResponder"/>
                 <userDefaultsController representsSharedInstance="YES" id="TAK-31-KNl"/>
             </objects>
-            <point key="canvasLocation" x="550" y="243.5"/>
+            <point key="canvasLocation" x="550" y="328.5"/>
         </scene>
     </scenes>
     <resources>
diff --git a/Capture/Utilities/Alerts.swift b/Capture/Utilities/Alerts.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e7306f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Capture/Utilities/Alerts.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import AppKit
+
+func showAlert(title: String, message: String) {
+    let alert = NSAlert.init()
+    alert.messageText = title
+    alert.informativeText = message
+    alert.addButton(withTitle: "OK")
+    alert.runModal()
+}
diff --git a/Capture/Utilities/Error/ErrorMessageProvider.swift b/Capture/Utilities/Error/ErrorMessageProvider.swift
index 052ca0d..08d3b97 100644
--- a/Capture/Utilities/Error/ErrorMessageProvider.swift
+++ b/Capture/Utilities/Error/ErrorMessageProvider.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ struct ErrorMessageProvider {
             return string(for: error)
         } else if let error = error as? VideoPlayerError {
             return string(for: error)
+        } else if let error = error as? AppUpdaterError {
+            return string(for: error)
         }
         return error.localizedDescription
     }
@@ -36,4 +38,13 @@ struct ErrorMessageProvider {
             return "exportFailed".localized
         }
     }
+
+    private static func string(for error: AppUpdaterError) -> String {
+        switch error {
+        case .alreadyUpToDate:
+            return "alreadyUpToDate".localized
+        case .failure(let message):
+            return String(format: "updateFailed".localized, message)
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Capture/en.lproj/Localizable.strings b/Capture/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
index d182f66..37ae6b3 100644
--- a/Capture/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
+++ b/Capture/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@
 "noCurrentItem" = "The video player does not know which video file to export. Therefore the operation failed.";
 "missingFile" = "The video file could not be found and therefore the export failed. Please try again with a different recording.";
 "exportFailed" = "The GIF export failed. Please try again with a different recording.";
-
+"alreadyUpToDate" = "Capture is already up to date. Thank you for using Capture ❤️";
+"updateFailed" = "Checking for an update failed: %@";
+"alreadyUpToDateTitle" = "Already up to date!";