diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Update/UpdateModule.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Update/UpdateModule.cs
index 6fdb1ca50..8a95efa4b 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/Update/UpdateModule.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Update/UpdateModule.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NzbDrone.Api.REST;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Update;
 using NzbDrone.Api.Mapping;
@@ -32,7 +33,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Update
 
     public class UpdateResource : RestResource
     {
+        public String Id { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonConverter(typeof(Newtonsoft.Json.Converters.VersionConverter))]
         public Version Version { get; set; }
+
+        public String Branch { get; set; }
+        public DateTime ReleaseDate { get; set; }
         public String FileName { get; set; }
         public String Url { get; set; }
     }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj b/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
index 42d7d0903..c1b17236f 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Instrumentation\GlobalExceptionHandlers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Instrumentation\ExceptronTarget.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PathEqualityComparer.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Services.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TPL\LimitedConcurrencyLevelTaskScheduler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\IgnoreCertErrorPolicy.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StringExtensions.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/Serializer/Json.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/Serializer/Json.cs
index 59c58946a..866776ec9 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/Serializer/Json.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/Serializer/Json.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Serializer
             return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj);
         }
 
-
         public static void Serialize<TModel>(TModel model, TextWriter outputStream)
         {
             var jsonTextWriter = new JsonTextWriter(outputStream);
@@ -52,7 +51,5 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Serializer
         {
             Serialize(model, new StreamWriter(outputStream));
         }
-
-
     }
 }
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/Services.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/Services.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfa537901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/Services.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Common
+{
+    public class Services
+    {
+        public static String RootUrl
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return "http://services.nzbdrone.com";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DataAugmentationFixture/Scene/SceneMappingProxyFixture.cs b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DataAugmentationFixture/Scene/SceneMappingProxyFixture.cs
index 64c5cbc79..98ad8b504 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DataAugmentationFixture/Scene/SceneMappingProxyFixture.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DataAugmentationFixture/Scene/SceneMappingProxyFixture.cs
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.DataAugmentationFixture.Scene
     {
         private const string SCENE_MAPPING_URL = "http://services.nzbdrone.com/SceneMapping/Active";
 
-        [SetUp]
-        public void Setup()
-        {
-            Mocker.GetMock<IConfigService>().SetupGet(s => s.ServiceRootUrl)
-                    .Returns("http://services.nzbdrone.com");
-
-        }
-
         [Test]
         public void fetch_should_return_list_of_mappings()
         {
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/UpdateTests/UpdatePackageProviderFixture.cs b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/UpdateTests/UpdatePackageProviderFixture.cs
index bbf0c5b9c..138e3b404 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/UpdateTests/UpdatePackageProviderFixture.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/UpdateTests/UpdatePackageProviderFixture.cs
@@ -16,13 +16,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.UpdateTests
 
             Mocker.GetMock<IConfigFileProvider>().SetupGet(c => c.Branch).Returns("master");
 
-            var updates = Subject.GetAvailablePackages().ToList();
-
-            updates.Should().NotBeEmpty();
-            updates.Should().OnlyContain(c => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(c.FileName));
-            updates.Should().OnlyContain(c => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(c.Url));
-            updates.Should().OnlyContain(c => c.Version != null);
-            updates.Should().OnlyContain(c => c.Version.Major == 2);
+            Subject.GetLatestUpdate().Should().BeNull();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs
index 0d9189fc6..e3ca0317b 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs
@@ -172,11 +172,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
             set { SetValue("BlackholeFolder", value); }
         }
 
-        public string ServiceRootUrl
-        {
-            get { return "http://services.nzbdrone.com"; }
-        }
-
         public string PneumaticFolder
         {
             get { return GetValue("PneumaticFolder", String.Empty); }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs
index 07e70d25b..d84ed272b 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
         int Retention { get; set; }
         DownloadClientType DownloadClient { get; set; }
         string BlackholeFolder { get; set; }
-        string ServiceRootUrl { get; }
         string PneumaticFolder { get; set; }
         string RecycleBin { get; set; }
         String NzbgetUsername { get; set; }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/DailySeries/DailySeriesDataProxy.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/DailySeries/DailySeriesDataProxy.cs
index fc2a591a2..239afecc8 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/DailySeries/DailySeriesDataProxy.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/DailySeries/DailySeriesDataProxy.cs
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DataAugmentation.DailySeries
     public class DailySeriesDataProxy : IDailySeriesDataProxy
     {
         private readonly IHttpProvider _httpProvider;
-        private readonly IConfigService _configService;
         private readonly Logger _logger;
 
-        public DailySeriesDataProxy(IHttpProvider httpProvider, IConfigService configService, Logger logger)
+        public DailySeriesDataProxy(IHttpProvider httpProvider, Logger logger)
         {
             _httpProvider = httpProvider;
-            _configService = configService;
             _logger = logger;
         }
 
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DataAugmentation.DailySeries
         {
             try
             {
-                var dailySeriesIds = _httpProvider.DownloadString(_configService.ServiceRootUrl + "/DailySeries/AllIds");
+                var dailySeriesIds = _httpProvider.DownloadString(Services.RootUrl + "/DailySeries/AllIds");
 
                 var seriesIds = Json.Deserialize<List<int>>(dailySeriesIds);
 
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DataAugmentation.DailySeries
         {
             try
             {
-                var result = _httpProvider.DownloadString(_configService.ServiceRootUrl + "/DailySeries/Check?seriesId=" + tvdbid);
+                var result = _httpProvider.DownloadString(Services.RootUrl + "/DailySeries/Check?seriesId=" + tvdbid);
                 return Convert.ToBoolean(result);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/Scene/SceneMappingProxy.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/Scene/SceneMappingProxy.cs
index c38cb4a58..2447a96ec 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/Scene/SceneMappingProxy.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/Scene/SceneMappingProxy.cs
@@ -13,19 +13,15 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DataAugmentation.Scene
     public class SceneMappingProxy : ISceneMappingProxy
     {
         private readonly IHttpProvider _httpProvider;
-        private readonly IConfigService _configService;
-        
 
-        public SceneMappingProxy(IHttpProvider httpProvider, IConfigService configService)
+        public SceneMappingProxy(IHttpProvider httpProvider)
         {
             _httpProvider = httpProvider;
-            _configService = configService;
-            
         }
 
         public List<SceneMapping> Fetch()
         {
-            var mappingsJson = _httpProvider.DownloadString(_configService.ServiceRootUrl + "/SceneMapping/Active");
+            var mappingsJson = _httpProvider.DownloadString(Services.RootUrl + "/SceneMapping/Active");
             return Json.Deserialize<List<SceneMapping>>(mappingsJson);
         }
     }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index 15ded7729..a774cc3fd 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Tv\RefreshSeriesService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Update\Commands\ApplicationUpdateCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Update\InstallUpdateService.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Update\UpdatePackageAvailable.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Update\UpdatePackageProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Update\UpdatePackage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Update\UpdateCheckService.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdateCheckService.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdateCheckService.cs
index 36d43ea44..313f1ef58 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdateCheckService.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdateCheckService.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Update
         {
             var latestAvailable = _updatePackageProvider.GetLatestUpdate();
 
-            if (latestAvailable == null || latestAvailable.Version <= BuildInfo.Version)
+            if (latestAvailable == null)
             {
                 _logger.Debug("No update available.");
                 return null;
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackage.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackage.cs
index e600e2a83..ce038ac99 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackage.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackage.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Update
 {
     public class UpdatePackage
     {
-        public string Url { get; set; }
-        public string FileName { get; set; }
+        public String Id { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonConverter(typeof(Newtonsoft.Json.Converters.VersionConverter))]
         public Version Version { get; set; }
+
+        public String Branch { get; set; }
+        public DateTime ReleaseDate { get; set; }
+        public String FileName { get; set; }
+        public String Url { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageAvailable.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageAvailable.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d76e22d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageAvailable.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Update
+{
+    public class UpdatePackageAvailable
+    {
+        public Boolean Available { get; set; }
+        public UpdatePackage UpdatePackage { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageProvider.cs
index f85dc6e66..e045a89fd 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageProvider.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Common.EnvironmentInfo;
@@ -11,56 +12,30 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Update
 {
     public interface IUpdatePackageProvider
     {
-        IEnumerable<UpdatePackage> GetAvailablePackages();
         UpdatePackage GetLatestUpdate();
     }
 
     public class UpdatePackageProvider : IUpdatePackageProvider
     {
-        private readonly IConfigFileProvider _configService;
+        private readonly IConfigFileProvider _configFileProvider;
         private readonly IHttpProvider _httpProvider;
         private readonly Logger _logger;
 
-        private static readonly Regex ParseRegex = new Regex(@"(?:\>)(?<filename>NzbDrone.+?(?<version>(?<=\.)\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+).+?)(?:\<\/a\>)",
-                                                             RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
-
-        public UpdatePackageProvider(IConfigFileProvider configService, IHttpProvider httpProvider, Logger logger)
+        public UpdatePackageProvider(IConfigFileProvider configFileProvider, IHttpProvider httpProvider, Logger logger)
         {
-            _configService = configService;
+            _configFileProvider = configFileProvider;
             _httpProvider = httpProvider;
             _logger = logger;
         }
 
-        public IEnumerable<UpdatePackage> GetAvailablePackages()
+        public UpdatePackage GetLatestUpdate()
         {
-            var updateList = new List<UpdatePackage>();
-
-            var branch = _configService.Branch;
-            var version = BuildInfo.Version;
-            var updateUrl = String.Format("http://update.nzbdrone.com/v{0}/{1}/", version.Major, branch);
-
-            _logger.Debug("Getting a list of updates from {0}", updateUrl);
-
-            var rawUpdateList = _httpProvider.DownloadString(updateUrl);
-            var matches = ParseRegex.Matches(rawUpdateList);
+            var url = String.Format("{0}/v1/update/{1}?version={2}", Services.RootUrl, _configFileProvider.Branch, BuildInfo.Version);
+            var update = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<UpdatePackageAvailable>(_httpProvider.DownloadString(url));
 
-            foreach (Match match in matches)
-            {
-                var updatePackage = new UpdatePackage();
-                updatePackage.FileName = match.Groups["filename"].Value;
-                updatePackage.Url = updateUrl + updatePackage.FileName;
-                updatePackage.Version = new Version(match.Groups["version"].Value);
-                updateList.Add(updatePackage);
-            }
+            if (!update.Available) return null;
 
-            _logger.Debug("Found {0} update packages", updateUrl.Length);
-
-            return updateList;
-        }
-
-        public UpdatePackage GetLatestUpdate()
-        {
-            return GetAvailablePackages().OrderByDescending(c => c.Version).FirstOrDefault();
+            return update.UpdatePackage;
         }
     }
 }
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