diff --git a/gui/main.js b/gui/main.js
index 361bf776..c8a92923 100644
--- a/gui/main.js
+++ b/gui/main.js
@@ -156,9 +156,10 @@ function createWindow() {
     
     win.once('ready-to-show', () => {
     
-        autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = true;
+        autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = false;
         autoUpdater.autoDownload = true;
         autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
+        //autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
     });
 
     
@@ -347,33 +348,46 @@ ipcMain.on('request-update-rx-msg-buffer', (event, arg) => {
 
 
 // LISTENER FOR UPDATER EVENTS
-autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {
+autoUpdater.on('update-available', (info) => {
   console.log('update available');
+  console.log(info)
     let arg = {
-        status: "update-available"
+        status: "update-available",
+        info: info
     };
   win.webContents.send('action-updater', arg);
   
 });
 
-autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', () => {
+autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', (info) => {
   console.log('update-not-available');
+  console.log(info)
     let arg = {
-        status: "update-not-available"
+        status: "update-not-available",
+        info: info
     };
   win.webContents.send('action-updater', arg);  
 });
 
 
-autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
+autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', (info) => {
+    
   console.log('update downloaded');
       let arg = {
-        status: "update-downloaded"
+        status: "update-downloaded",
+        info: info
     };
   win.webContents.send('action-updater', arg); 
+  // we need to call this at this point. 
+  // if an update is available and we are force closing the app
+  // the entire screen crashes...
+  autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+
+  
 });
 
 autoUpdater.on('checking-for-update', () => {
+
     let arg = {
         status: "checking-for-update",
         version: app.getVersion()
diff --git a/gui/preload-main.js b/gui/preload-main.js
index 3ed31ab6..2c5f02a3 100644
--- a/gui/preload-main.js
+++ b/gui/preload-main.js
@@ -1640,6 +1640,10 @@ ipcRenderer.on('action-updater', (event, arg) => {
         console.log(arg.status)
 
         if (arg.status == "download-progress"){
+        
+            bootstrap.Toast.getOrCreateInstance(document.getElementById('toastUpdateAvailable')).hide(); // close our update available notification
+            
+            
             var progressinfo = '(' + Math.round(arg.progress.transferred/1024) + 'kB /' + Math.round(arg.progress.total/1024) + 'kB)'; 
             document.getElementById("toastUpdateProgressInfo").innerHTML = progressinfo;            
             document.getElementById("toastUpdateProgressSpeed").innerHTML = Math.round(arg.progress.bytesPerSecond/1024) + "kByte/s";
diff --git a/gui/src/index.html b/gui/src/index.html
index 7f7e52fe..65a90909 100644
--- a/gui/src/index.html
+++ b/gui/src/index.html
@@ -111,14 +111,18 @@
 				<div class="toast bg-white" role="alert" data-bs-autohide="false" id="toastUpdateDownloaded" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true">
 					<div class="toast-header"> <strong class="me-auto">    Update ready...</strong>
 					</div>
-					<div class="toast-body">Please restart the app for installation!</div>
+					<div class="toast-body">App is going to restart automatically...</div>
 				</div>
 				<!-- UPDATE AVAILABLE -->
-				<div class="toast bg-white" role="alert" data-bs-autohide="true" id="toastUpdateAvailable" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true">
-					<div class="toast-header"> <i class="bi bi-cloud-arrow-down" style="font-size: 1rem; color: black;"></i><strong class="me-auto">Update available</strong>
+				
+				<div class="toast align-items-center text-white bg-primary border-0" data-bs-autohide="false" id="toastUpdateAvailable" role="alert" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true">
+					<div class="d-flex">
+						<div class="toast-body"> <i class="bi bi-activity" style="font-size: 1rem; color: black;"></i> Preparing for download...</div>
+						<button type="button" class="btn-close btn-close-white me-2 m-auto" data-bs-dismiss="toast" aria-label="Close"></button>
 					</div>
-					<div class="toast-body"><i class="bi bi-cloud-arrow-down" style="font-size: 1rem; color: black;"></i>going to download...</div>
 				</div>
+				
+				
 				<!-- UPDATE NOT AVAILABLE -->
 				<div class="toast align-items-center text-white bg-success border-0" id="toastUpdateNotAvailable" role="alert" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true">
 					<div class="d-flex">