diff --git a/fastanime/cli/__init__.py b/fastanime/cli/__init__.py
index b837f33..24a02ad 100644
--- a/fastanime/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/fastanime/cli/__init__.py
@@ -226,6 +226,17 @@ def run_cli(
     from .config import Config
 
     ctx.obj = Config()
+    if ctx.obj.check_for_updates:
+        from .app_updater import check_for_updates
+        import time
+
+        is_latest = check_for_updates()
+        if not is_latest:
+            print(
+                "You are running an older version of fastanime please update to get the latest features"
+            )
+            time.sleep(10)
+
     ctx.obj.manga = manga
     if log:
         import logging
diff --git a/fastanime/cli/app_updater.py b/fastanime/cli/app_updater.py
index 579dd85..0ef8cf9 100644
--- a/fastanime/cli/app_updater.py
+++ b/fastanime/cli/app_updater.py
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ def check_for_updates():
 
         return (is_latest, release_json)
     else:
+        print("Failed to check for updates")
         print(request.text)
-        return (False, {})
+        return (True, {})
 
 
 def is_git_repo(author, repository):
diff --git a/fastanime/cli/config.py b/fastanime/cli/config.py
index b0fa0bc..a970f97 100644
--- a/fastanime/cli/config.py
+++ b/fastanime/cli/config.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class Config(object):
         "auto_next": "False",
         "auto_select": "True",
         "cache_requests": "true",
+        "check_for_updates": "True",
         "continue_from_history": "True",
         "default_media_list_tracking": "None",
         "downloads_dir": USER_VIDEOS_DIR,
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ class Config(object):
         self.auto_next = self.get_auto_next()
         self.auto_select = self.get_auto_select()
         self.cache_requests = self.get_cache_requests()
+        self.check_for_updates = self.configparser.get("general", "check_for_updates")
         self.continue_from_history = self.get_continue_from_history()
         self.default_media_list_tracking = self.get_default_media_list_tracking()
         self.disable_mpv_popen = self.configparser.getboolean(
@@ -346,6 +348,11 @@ icons = {self.icons}
 # this also applies to episode titles
 normalize_titles = {self.normalize_titles}
 
+# whether to check for updates every time you run the script [True/False]
+# this is useful for keeping your script up to date
+# cause there are always new features being added 😄
+check_for_updates = {self.check_for_updates}
+
 # can be [allanime, animepahe, hianime]
 # allanime is the most realible
 # animepahe provides different links to streams of different quality so a quality can be selected reliably with --quality option