diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common.Test/EnviromentProviderTest.cs b/NzbDrone.Common.Test/EnviromentProviderTest.cs
index d5157062d..b7d253cf8 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common.Test/EnviromentProviderTest.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common.Test/EnviromentProviderTest.cs
@@ -30,12 +30,24 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Test
 
 
         [Test]
-        public void ApplicationPath_should_find_iis_in_current_folder()
+        public void ApplicationPath_should_find_root_in_current_folder()
         {
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(EnviromentProvider.IIS_FOLDER_NAME);
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(EnviromentProvider.ROOT_MARKER);
             enviromentProvider.ApplicationPath.Should().BeEquivalentTo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void crawl_should_return_null_if_cant_find_root()
+        {
+            enviromentProvider.CrawlToRoot("C:\\").Should().BeNullOrEmpty();
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_go_up_the_tree_to_find_iis()
+        {
+            enviromentProvider.ApplicationPath.Should().NotBe(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
+            enviromentProvider.ApplicationPath.Should().NotBe(enviromentProvider.StartUpPath);
+        }
         [Test]
         public void IsProduction_should_return_false_when_run_within_nunit()
         {
@@ -48,5 +60,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Test
         {
             enviromentProvider.Version.Should().NotBe(new Version(version));
         }
+
+        [TearDown]
+        public void TearDown()
+        {
+            if (Directory.Exists(EnviromentProvider.ROOT_MARKER))
+                Directory.Delete(EnviromentProvider.ROOT_MARKER);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/EnviromentProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/EnviromentProvider.cs
index 829781641..44826f96f 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/EnviromentProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/EnviromentProvider.cs
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
 {
     public class EnviromentProvider
     {
-        public const string IIS_FOLDER_NAME = "iisexpress";
-
         public const string NZBDRONE_PATH = "NZBDRONE_PATH";
         public const string NZBDRONE_PID = "NZBDRONE_PID";
+        public const string ROOT_MARKER = "NzbDrone.Web";
 
 #if DEBUG
         private static readonly bool isInDebug = true;
@@ -46,15 +45,20 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             {
                 string applicationPath;
 
-                applicationPath = GetApplicationPath(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
+                applicationPath = CrawlToRoot(StartUpPath);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(applicationPath))
+                    return applicationPath;
+
+
+                applicationPath = CrawlToRoot(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(applicationPath))
                     return applicationPath;
 
-                applicationPath = GetApplicationPath(StartUpPath);
+                applicationPath = CrawlToRoot(StartUpPath);
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(applicationPath))
                     return applicationPath;
 
-                applicationPath = GetApplicationPath(NzbDronePathFromEnviroment);
+                applicationPath = CrawlToRoot(NzbDronePathFromEnviroment);
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(applicationPath))
                     return applicationPath;
 
@@ -62,22 +66,22 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             }
         }
 
-        private string GetApplicationPath(string dir)
+        public string CrawlToRoot(string dir)
         {
             var directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(dir);
 
-            while (!ContainsIIS(directoryInfo))
+            while (!IsRoot(directoryInfo))
             {
-                if (directoryInfo.Parent == null) break;
+                if (directoryInfo.Parent == null) return null;
                 directoryInfo = directoryInfo.Parent;
             }
 
             return directoryInfo.FullName;
         }
 
-        private static bool ContainsIIS(DirectoryInfo dir)
+        private static bool IsRoot(DirectoryInfo dir)
         {
-            return dir.GetDirectories(IIS_FOLDER_NAME).Length != 0;
+            return dir.GetDirectories(ROOT_MARKER).Length != 0;
         }
 
 
@@ -132,6 +136,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             }
         }
 
-    
+
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/IISProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/IISProvider.cs
index 86d6df842..c0c75b4c6 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/IISProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/IISProvider.cs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
         private void OnOutputDataReceived(object s, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
         {
             if (e == null || String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(e.Data) || e.Data.StartsWith("Request started:") ||
-                e.Data.StartsWith("Request ended:") || e.Data == ("IncrementMessages called") || e.Data == "iisexpress")
+                e.Data.StartsWith("Request ended:") || e.Data == ("IncrementMessages called") || e.Data == "iisexpress" || e.Data == "nzbdrone")
                 return;
 
             Console.WriteLine(e.Data);
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtentions.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtentions.cs
index cc4ea2a19..d9fe4f070 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtentions.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtentions.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
     {
         private const string WEB_FOLDER = "NzbDrone.Web\\";
         private const string APP_DATA = "App_Data\\";
-        public const string IIS_FOLDER = EnviromentProvider.IIS_FOLDER_NAME;
+        public const string IIS_FOLDER = "IISExpress";
         public const string IIS_EXE = "iisexpress.exe";
 
 
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Update/Program.cs b/NzbDrone.Update/Program.cs
index 8792aa85d..163268779 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Update/Program.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Update/Program.cs
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Update
                 Console.WriteLine("Starting NzbDrone Update Client");
 
                 InitLoggers();
-                logger.Info("Initializing update application");
-
                 _kernel = new StandardKernel();
+
+                logger.Info("Updating NzbDrone to version {0}", _kernel.Get<EnviromentProvider>().Version);
                 _kernel.Get<Program>().Start(args);
             }
             catch (Exception e)