diff --git a/bazarr/check_update.py b/bazarr/check_update.py
index 5255c5e6a..38bcd28cb 100644
--- a/bazarr/check_update.py
+++ b/bazarr/check_update.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import json
 
 from get_args import args
 from config import settings, bazarr_url
-from queueconfig import q4ws
+from queueconfig import q4ws, q4ws_updater
 
 
 def check_releases():
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def check_updates():
         update()
     
     elif commits_behind == 0:
-        q4ws.append('BAZZAR is up to date')
+        q4ws_updater.append('BAZZAR is up to date')
         logging.info('BAZZAR is up to date')
     
     return latest_version
diff --git a/bazarr/main.py b/bazarr/main.py
index 72d497f9e..601156c0f 100644
--- a/bazarr/main.py
+++ b/bazarr/main.py
@@ -2010,6 +2010,26 @@ def running_tasks_list():
     return dict(tasks=running_tasks)
 
 
+@route(base_url + 'websocket_updater')
+@custom_auth_basic(check_credentials)
+def handle_websocket():
+    wsock = request.environ.get('wsgi.websocket')
+    if not wsock:
+        abort(400, 'Expected WebSocket request.')
+    
+    queueconfig.q4ws_updater.clear()
+    
+    while True:
+        try:
+            if queueconfig.q4ws_updater:
+                wsock.send(queueconfig.q4ws_updater.popleft())
+                gevent.sleep(0.1)
+            else:
+                gevent.sleep(0.5)
+        except WebSocketError:
+            break
+
+
 # Mute DeprecationWarning
 warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
 server = WSGIServer((str(settings.general.ip), (int(args.port) if args.port else int(settings.general.port))), app, handler_class=WebSocketHandler)