diff --git a/bazarr/check_update.py b/bazarr/check_update.py
index bf0694821..d0628faa2 100644
--- a/bazarr/check_update.py
+++ b/bazarr/check_update.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def run_git(args):
 def check_updates():
     commits_behind = 0
     current_version, source = get_version()
+    check_releases()
 
     if source == 'git':
         # Get the latest version available from github
diff --git a/bazarr/main.py b/bazarr/main.py
index 9330995d6..c57ed89a4 100644
--- a/bazarr/main.py
+++ b/bazarr/main.py
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ from get_providers import get_providers, get_providers_auth
 from get_series import *
 from get_episodes import *
 
-# if not args.no_update:
-#     from check_update import check_updates
 from list_subtitles import store_subtitles, store_subtitles_movie, series_scan_subtitles, movies_scan_subtitles, \
     list_missing_subtitles, list_missing_subtitles_movies
 from get_subtitle import download_subtitle, series_download_subtitles, movies_download_subtitles, \
@@ -1910,27 +1908,6 @@ def notifications():
 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)
diff --git a/bazarr/scheduler.py b/bazarr/scheduler.py
index c6b193b13..a717fd723 100644
--- a/bazarr/scheduler.py
+++ b/bazarr/scheduler.py
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ from config import settings
 from get_subtitle import wanted_search_missing_subtitles
 from get_args import args
 
-if not args.no_update:
-    from check_update import check_updates, check_releases
-else:
-    from check_update import check_releases
+
+from check_update import check_updates, check_releases
 from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
 from apscheduler.triggers.interval import IntervalTrigger
 from apscheduler.triggers.cron import CronTrigger