diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff042a9d3..f5550113a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pyinstaller/release-linux
 pyinstaller/release-win
 pyinstaller/version.txt
 pyinstaller/electron/version-data.json
+pyinstaller/electron/downloadloc.js
 pyinstaller/electron/node_modules
 pyinstaller/electron/dist
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/pyinstaller/electron/downloadloc.js b/pyinstaller/electron/downloadloc.js
index d587819ca..b4e55875b 100644
--- a/pyinstaller/electron/downloadloc.js
+++ b/pyinstaller/electron/downloadloc.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 function getDownloadLocation(version, platformname) {
-    return `http://specterext.bitcoinops.de/user/k9ert/dice/releases/download/${version}/diced-${version}-${platformname}.zip`
+    return `https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/download/${version}/specterd-${version}-${platformname}.zip`
 }
 
 function appName() {
diff --git a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/util/version.py b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/util/version.py
index cf0570a42..a4890b35a 100644
--- a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/util/version.py
+++ b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/util/version.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class VersionChecker:
             logger.warning(
                 "We're checking here for a different binary than specter-desktop. We're hopefully in a pytest"
             )
-        latest = VersionChecker._get_latest_version_from_github(self.specter)
+        latest = VersionChecker._get_latest_version_from_github()
         return current, latest
 
     def _get_pip_version(self):
@@ -136,19 +136,19 @@ class VersionChecker:
             self.stop()
         return current, latest, False
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _get_latest_version_from_github(cls, specter):
+    def _get_latest_version_from_github(self):
         try:
-            if specter:
-                requests_session = specter.requests_session(force_tor=False)
+            if self.specter:
+                requests_session = self.specter.requests_session(force_tor=False)
             else:
                 requests_session = requests.Session()
-
+            print(requests_session.get().json())
             releases = (
                 requests_session.get(f"https://pypi.org/pypi/{self.name}/json")
                 .json()["releases"]
                 .keys()
             )
+
             latest = list(releases)[-1]
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(e)
diff --git a/tests/test_util_version.py b/tests/test_util_version.py
index d52f7f09f..efdb62acd 100644
--- a/tests/test_util_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_util_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 import pytest
 from cryptoadvance.specter.specter_error import SpecterError
 from cryptoadvance.specter.util.version import _parse_version, compare
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ def test_VersionChecker(
     imp_lib_mock,
     mock_installation_type,
     mock_latest,
+    caplog,
 ):
     mock_latest.return_value = "v9.10.21"
     imp_lib_mock.return_value = "1.2.3"
@@ -51,6 +53,27 @@ def test_VersionChecker(
     )
 
 
+@patch("cryptoadvance.specter.util.version.requests")
+@patch(
+    "cryptoadvance.specter.util.version.VersionChecker.installation_type",
+    new_callable=PropertyMock,
+)
+@patch("cryptoadvance.specter.util.version.importlib_metadata.version")
+@patch("cryptoadvance.specter.util.version.VersionChecker._version_txt_content")
+def test_VersionChecker_get_binary_version(
+    VersionChecker_version_txt_content,
+    imp_lib_mock,
+    mock_installation_type,
+    mock_requests_session: MagicMock,
+    caplog,
+):
+    mock_requests_session.Session().get().json.return_value = {
+        "releases": {"0.10.0": None, "1.9.0rc5": None}
+    }
+    vc = VersionChecker(name="joke")
+    assert vc._get_latest_version_from_github() == "1.9.0rc5"
+
+
 def test_parse_version():
     assert _parse_version("v1.5.9") == {
         "major": 1,