diff --git a/app/hyperterm.js b/app/hyperterm.js
index 517b3e9b..c3ea5241 100644
--- a/app/hyperterm.js
+++ b/app/hyperterm.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export default class HyperTerm extends Component {
       activeMarkers: [],
       mac: /Mac/.test(navigator.userAgent),
       resizeIndicatorShowing: false,
-      updateVersion: null
+      updateVersion: null,
+      updateNote: null
     };
 
     // we set this to true when the first tab
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export default class HyperTerm extends Component {
       </div>
       <div className={classes('update-indicator', { showing: null !== this.state.updateVersion })}>
         Update available (<b>{ this.state.updateVersion }</b>).
-        {' '}
+        {this.state.updateNote ? ` ${this.state.updateNote}. ` : ' '}
         <a href='https://hyperterm.now.sh' onClick={this.openExternal} target='_blank'>Download</a>
       </div>
     </div>;
@@ -231,8 +232,9 @@ export default class HyperTerm extends Component {
     term.clear();
   }
 
-  onUpdateAvailable (updateVersion) {
-    this.setState({ updateVersion });
+  onUpdateAvailable (updateVersion, updateNote = '') {
+    updateNote = updateNote.replace(/\.$/, '');
+    this.setState({ updateVersion, updateNote });
   }
 
   moveTo (n) {
diff --git a/app/update-checker.js b/app/update-checker.js
index 0e8a907b..393ae2ab 100644
--- a/app/update-checker.js
+++ b/app/update-checker.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default class UpdateChecker {
     };
 
     console.log('checking for update');
-    fetch('https://hyperterm.now.sh/data.json')
+    fetch('https://hyperterm.now.sh/updates.json')
     .then((res) => {
       if (200 !== res.status) {
         console.error('Update check error. Status (%d)', res.status);
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ export default class UpdateChecker {
       }
 
       res.json()
-      .then(({ version }) => {
+      .then(({ version, note }) => {
         if (this.lastKnown !== version) {
           this.lastKnown = version;
 
           if (1 === compare(version, currentVersion)) {
             console.log('update found');
-            this.callback(version);
+            this.callback(version, note);
           } else {
             console.log('no update. latest:', version);
           }