diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d72d8a7..56ad88a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ _testmain.go
 
 # external packages folder
 vendor/
-cain
\ No newline at end of file
+cain
+dist/
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afd81b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+project_name: cain
+
+release:
+  github:
+    owner: atrox
+    name: cain
+
+builds:
+- goos:
+    - linux
+    - darwin
+    - windows
+  goarch:
+    - amd64
+    - 386
+    - arm
+    - arm64
+  binary: cain
+
+archive:
+  files:
+    - README.md
+    - LICENSE
+  replacements:
+    386: i386
+    amd64: x86_64
+  format_overrides:
+    - goos: windows
+      format: zip
+
+checksum:
+  name_template: '{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_checksums.txt'
diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 9bb9c0b..405cefd 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # This file is autogenerated, do not edit; changes may be undone by the next 'dep ensure'.
 
 
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/apex/log"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "0296d6eb16bb28f8a0c55668affcf4876dc269be"
+  version = "v1.0.0"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/atrox/box"
@@ -27,9 +33,87 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  name = "github.com/equinox-io/equinox"
-  packages = [".","internal/go-update","internal/go-update/internal/binarydist","internal/go-update/internal/osext","internal/osext","proto"]
-  revision = "f24972fa72facf59d05c91c848b65eac38815915"
+  name = "github.com/c4milo/unpackit"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "4ed373e9ef1c895fe04468d813cb628902d89a0a"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/dsnet/compress"
+  packages = [".","bzip2","bzip2/internal/sais","internal","internal/errors","internal/prefix"]
+  revision = "c4dbed65594871659ea7347a85e1b8dcd97b9990"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/google/go-github"
+  packages = ["github"]
+  revision = "c004bf0c02fcab9d87a7f2e2f002fd008bf0784c"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/google/go-querystring"
+  packages = ["query"]
+  revision = "53e6ce116135b80d037921a7fdd5138cf32d7a8a"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/gosuri/uilive"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "ac356e6e42cd31fcef8e6aec13ae9ed6fe87713e"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/gosuri/uiprogress"
+  packages = [".","util/strutil"]
+  revision = "d0567a9d84a1c40dd7568115ea66f4887bf57b33"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/klauspost/compress"
+  packages = ["flate"]
+  revision = "6c8db69c4b49dd4df1fff66996cf556176d0b9bf"
+  version = "v1.2.1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/klauspost/cpuid"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "ae7887de9fa5d2db4eaa8174a7eff2c1ac00f2da"
+  version = "v1.1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/klauspost/crc32"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "cb6bfca970f6908083f26f39a79009d608efd5cd"
+  version = "v1.1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/klauspost/pgzip"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "0bf5dcad4ada2814c3c00f996a982270bb81a506"
+  version = "v1.1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "0360b2af4f38e8d38c7fce2a9f4e702702d73a39"
+  version = "v0.0.3"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/pkg/errors"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "645ef00459ed84a119197bfb8d8205042c6df63d"
+  version = "v0.8.0"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/tj/go-update"
+  packages = [".","progress"]
+  revision = "8831a6e7cfe17e95cc0e3cffdb541518e5985927"
+  version = "v1.0.0"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/ulikunitz/xz"
+  packages = [".","internal/hash","internal/xlog","lzma"]
+  revision = "0c6b41e72360850ca4f98dc341fd999726ea007f"
+  version = "v0.5.4"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "v2"
@@ -37,6 +121,12 @@
   packages = ["."]
   revision = "b2bf3c5abeb90da407891aecd1df2c5a1f6170c1"
 
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "golang.org/x/sys"
+  packages = ["unix"]
+  revision = "ebfc5b4631820b793c9010c87fd8fef0f39eb082"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "v2"
   name = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -46,6 +136,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "9321fa9c5df11da6d3ee0d88476b21aab5460ed90082475980b17acf8bb7bab4"
+  inputs-digest = "f6b0aaa9a65f6751e591bc5f333fc05637978d820168a6e06aef29b7f3503439"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index 48a72bc..82a323f 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
   name = "github.com/atrox/store"
   version = "1.0.1"
 
-[[constraint]]
-  branch = "master"
-  name = "github.com/equinox-io/equinox"
-
 [[constraint]]
   branch = "v2"
   name = "github.com/urfave/cli"
+
+[[constraint]]
+  name = "github.com/tj/go-update"
+  version = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/commands/update.go b/commands/update.go
index e0d2639..256c1cc 100644
--- a/commands/update.go
+++ b/commands/update.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/atrox/cain/updater"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
@@ -12,9 +14,13 @@ var UpdateCommand = &cli.Command{
 }
 
 func updateAction(c *cli.Context) error {
-	err := updater.ForceRun()
+	appUpdater := updater.New(true)
+	updated, err := appUpdater.Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.Exit(err, 1)
 	}
+	if !updated {
+		b.Println("You are on the newest version", "", fmt.Sprintf("Version %s", updater.Version))
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ed661ca..22a9fe3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ var (
 	appUpdater *updater.Updater
 )
 
+func init() {
+	updater.Version = version
+}
+
 func main() {
 	cmds := []*cli.Command{
 		commands.SetupCommand,
@@ -58,7 +62,11 @@ func after(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return appUpdater.Run()
+	_, err := appUpdater.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return cli.Exit(err, 1)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 var logo = strings.TrimLeft(fmt.Sprintf(`
diff --git a/updater/equinox.go b/updater/equinox.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 11f0cb6..0000000
--- a/updater/equinox.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package updater
-
-// appID from equinox
-const appID = "app_4SbsY14WUcg"
-
-// public portion of signing key generated by `equinox genkey`
-var publicKey = []byte(`
------BEGIN ECDSA PUBLIC KEY-----
-MHYwEAYHKoZIzj0CAQYFK4EEACIDYgAEGj6kWvbx0d2YcEmM2KijWSnTenwsSB22
-/AH1+uK39i6Jr4mfIN20WR1+w2jtxCnmqiz0yiomSJA5TxJ9mbyp/G0o3/0Rt/Yq
-3F9GZBmWbduYawWwP5pgPduPWZlTDf7Q
------END ECDSA PUBLIC KEY-----
-`)
diff --git a/updater/updater.go b/updater/updater.go
index bf4978d..9b7fc87 100644
--- a/updater/updater.go
+++ b/updater/updater.go
@@ -1,109 +1,124 @@
 package updater
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
+	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/atrox/box"
 	"github.com/atrox/cain/config"
-	"github.com/equinox-io/equinox"
+	"github.com/tj/go-update"
+	"github.com/tj/go-update/progress"
 )
 
-var b = box.New()
+var (
+	Version string
+	b       = box.New()
+)
 
 type Updater struct {
 	NextCheck time.Time `yaml:"nextCheck"`
 
+	project         *update.Project
 	automaticUpdate bool
-	updateAvailable chan *equinox.Response
+	updateAvailable chan *update.Release
 }
 
 func New(autoUpdate bool) *Updater {
 	updater := new(Updater)
 	config.Storage.Get(updater)
 
+	updater.project = &update.Project{
+		Command: "cain",
+		Owner:   "Atrox",
+		Repo:    "cain",
+		Version: Version,
+	}
 	updater.automaticUpdate = autoUpdate
-	updater.updateAvailable = make(chan *equinox.Response)
+	updater.updateAvailable = make(chan *update.Release)
 
 	go updater.check()
 	return updater
 }
 
-func (u *Updater) Run() error {
-	update := <-u.updateAvailable
-	if update == nil {
-		return nil
+func (u *Updater) Run() (bool, error) {
+	release := <-u.updateAvailable
+	if release == nil {
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	if !u.automaticUpdate {
 		b.Println(
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", update.ReleaseTitle, update.ReleaseDate.Format("02.01.2006")), "",
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", release.Version, release.PublishedAt.Format("02.01.2006")), "",
 			"New Version of Cain is available!",
-			"Update automatically with 'cain update'")
+			"Update instantly with 'cain update'")
 
-		return nil
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	b.Println("Updating...", "", "Please don't close me while I'm working")
+	return true, u.update(release)
+}
 
-	// fetch the update and apply it
-	err := update.Apply()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+func (u *Updater) check() {
+	if !u.shouldCheck() {
+		u.updateAvailable <- nil
+		return
 	}
 
-	b.Println(fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", update.ReleaseTitle, update.ReleaseDate.Format("02.01.2006")), "",
-		"Successfully updated!")
-	return nil
-}
+	u.setNext()
 
-func ForceRun() error {
-	var opts equinox.Options
-	err := opts.SetPublicKeyPEM(publicKey)
+	// fetch latest release
+	release, err := u.fetchRelease()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		u.updateAvailable <- nil
+		return
 	}
 
-	update, err := equinox.Check(appID, opts)
+	u.updateAvailable <- release
+}
+
+func (u *Updater) fetchRelease() (*update.Release, error) {
+	// fetch the new releases
+	releases, err := u.project.LatestReleases()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	b.Println("Updating...", "", "Please don't close me while I'm working")
-
-	// fetch the update and apply it
-	err = update.Apply()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	// no updates
+	if len(releases) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	b.Println(fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", update.ReleaseTitle, update.ReleaseDate.Format("02.01.2006")), "",
-		"Successfully updated!")
-	return nil
+	// latest release
+	latest := releases[0]
+	return latest, nil
 }
 
-func (u *Updater) check() {
-	if !u.shouldCheck() {
-		u.updateAvailable <- nil
-		return
-	}
+func (u *Updater) update(release *update.Release) error {
+	b.Println("Updating...", "", "Please don't close me while I'm working")
 
-	u.setNext()
+	// find the tarball for this system
+	asset := release.FindTarball(runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+	if asset == nil {
+		b.Println("No binary for your system is published", "", "Go to https://github.com/Atrox/cain/releases")
+		return errors.New("No binary for your system is published on GitHub")
+	}
 
-	var opts equinox.Options
-	err := opts.SetPublicKeyPEM(publicKey)
+	// download tarball to a tmp dir
+	tarball, err := asset.DownloadProxy(progress.Reader)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		return err
 	}
 
-	resp, err := equinox.Check(appID, opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		u.updateAvailable <- nil
-		return
+	// install it
+	if err := u.project.Install(tarball); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
-	u.updateAvailable <- &resp
+	b.Println(fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", release.Version, release.PublishedAt.Format("02.01.2006")), "",
+		"Successfully updated!")
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (u *Updater) shouldCheck() bool {