diff --git a/emain/emain.ts b/emain/emain.ts
index af989f46..71d6a934 100644
--- a/emain/emain.ts
+++ b/emain/emain.ts
@@ -731,7 +731,6 @@ electronApp.on("window-all-closed", () => {
 });
 electronApp.on("before-quit", () => {
     globalIsQuitting = true;
-    updater?.installUpdate();
 });
 process.on("SIGINT", () => {
     console.log("Caught SIGINT, shutting down");
@@ -809,6 +808,7 @@ async function appMain() {
     await electronApp.whenReady();
     await relaunchBrowserWindows();
     await configureAutoUpdater();
+
     globalIsStarting = false;
 
     electronApp.on("activate", async () => {
diff --git a/emain/updater.ts b/emain/updater.ts
index a8bacf5a..ec1e7c37 100644
--- a/emain/updater.ts
+++ b/emain/updater.ts
@@ -187,23 +187,24 @@ export async function configureAutoUpdater() {
 
     autoUpdateLock = true;
 
-    const autoUpdateEnabled = (await services.FileService.GetSettingsConfig()).autoupdate.enabled;
+    const autoUpdateOpts = (await services.FileService.GetSettingsConfig()).autoupdate;
 
     try {
         console.log("Configuring updater");
         updater = new Updater();
+        autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = autoUpdateOpts.installonquit;
     } catch (e) {
         console.warn("error configuring updater", e.toString());
     }
 
-    if (autoUpdateEnabled && updater?.interval == null) {
+    if (autoUpdateOpts.enabled && updater?.interval == null) {
         try {
             console.log("configuring auto update interval");
             updater?.startInterval();
         } catch (e) {
             console.log("error configuring auto update interval", e.toString());
         }
-    } else if (!autoUpdateEnabled && updater?.interval != null) {
+    } else if (!autoUpdateOpts.enabled && updater?.interval != null) {
         console.log("disabling auto updater");
         clearInterval(updater.interval);
         updater = null;
diff --git a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
index 17485bde..052eda94 100644
--- a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ declare global {
     type AutoUpdateOpts = {
         enabled: boolean;
         intervalms: number;
+        installonquit: boolean;
     };
 
     // wstore.Block
diff --git a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
index 41a9e48e..fd63aa35 100644
--- a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ type BlockHeaderOpts struct {
 }
 
 type AutoUpdateOpts struct {
-	Enabled    bool   `json:"enabled"`
-	IntervalMs uint32 `json:"intervalms"`
+	Enabled       bool   `json:"enabled"`
+	IntervalMs    uint32 `json:"intervalms"`
+	InstallOnQuit bool   `json:"installonquit"`
 }
 
 type TermThemeType struct {
@@ -245,8 +246,9 @@ func applyDefaultSettings(settings *SettingsConfigType) {
 	}
 	if settings.AutoUpdate == nil {
 		settings.AutoUpdate = &AutoUpdateOpts{
-			Enabled:    true,
-			IntervalMs: 3600000,
+			Enabled:       true,
+			InstallOnQuit: true,
+			IntervalMs:    3600000,
 		}
 	}
 	var userName string