diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fd21160..e072aac 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use mlua::prelude::*;
 use mlua::Value;
 
 use crate::mods::*;
-use crate::updater::self_update_balamod;
+use crate::updater::{get_latest_cli_version, self_update};
 
 mod core;
 mod mods;
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ fn balalib(lua: &Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
         lua.create_function(|lua, mod_info: ModInfo| is_mod_present(lua, mod_info))?,
     )?;
     exports.set(
-        "self_update_balamod",
-        lua.create_function(|_, ()| self_update_balamod("v0.1.11"))?,
+        "self_update",
+        lua.create_function(|_, ()| self_update(get_latest_cli_version().as_str()))?,
     )?;
     exports.set("restart", lua.create_function(|_, ()| restart())?)?;
     exports.set(
diff --git a/src/scripts/update.cmd b/src/scripts/update.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c27774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/update.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+taskkill /f /im balatro.exe
+balamod.exe -u -a
+start balatro.exe
+pause
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diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index ab45c75..68d9ec7 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 mod tests {
     use crate::utils::minify_lua;
     use std::fs;
+    use crate::updater::get_latest_cli_version;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_update() {
@@ -26,4 +27,9 @@ mod tests {
             r#"function test() print("Hello World!") a = function() print("Hello World!") end a() end test()"#
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_get_last_cli_version() {
+        println!("Latest CLI version: {}", get_latest_cli_version());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/updater.rs b/src/updater.rs
index ea0d0b4..73eede4 100644
--- a/src/updater.rs
+++ b/src/updater.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub fn need_update(current_version: String) -> LuaResult<bool> {
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-pub fn self_update_balamod(cli_ver: &str) -> LuaResult<()> {
+pub fn self_update(cli_ver: &str) -> LuaResult<()> {
     let url = format!(
         "https://github.com/balamod/balamod/releases/download/{}/balamod-{}-windows.exe",
         cli_ver, cli_ver
@@ -49,18 +49,24 @@ pub fn self_update_balamod(cli_ver: &str) -> LuaResult<()> {
     std::fs::rename("balamod.tmp", "balamod.exe")?;
     drop(file);
 
-    let output = std::process::Command::new("balamod.exe")
-        .arg("-u")
-        .arg("-a")
-        .output()?;
+    let script = include_bytes!("scripts/update.cmd");
 
-    println!("{:?}", output);
+    let mut file = std::fs::File::create("update.cmd").unwrap();
+    file.write_all(script).unwrap();
+    drop(file);
 
-    restart()
+    // opens it in a new cmd window
+    std::process::Command::new("cmd")
+        .arg("/C")
+        .arg("start")
+        .arg("update.cmd")
+        .spawn()?;
+
+    std::process::exit(0);
 }
 
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))]
-pub fn self_update_balamod(cli_ver: &str) -> LuaResult<()> {
+pub fn self_update(cli_ver: &str) -> LuaResult<()> {
     use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
     let mut filename = format!("balamod-{}-", cli_ver);
@@ -114,3 +120,34 @@ pub fn self_update_balamod(cli_ver: &str) -> LuaResult<()> {
 
     restart()
 }
+
+pub fn get_latest_cli_version() -> String {
+    let client = reqwest::blocking::Client::builder()
+        .user_agent("balalib")
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    match client
+        .get("https://api.github.com/repos/balamod/balamod/releases")
+        .send()
+    {
+        Ok(response) => match response.text() {
+            Ok(text) => {
+                let releases: Vec<serde_json::Value> = serde_json::from_str(&text)
+                    .expect(format!("Failed to parse json: {}", text).as_str());
+                let latest_version = releases
+                    .iter()
+                    .find(|release| {
+                        !release["prerelease"].as_bool().unwrap()
+                            && !release["draft"].as_bool().unwrap()
+                    })
+                    .unwrap()["tag_name"]
+                    .as_str()
+                    .unwrap();
+                latest_version.to_string()
+            }
+            Err(_) => "0.0.0".to_string(),
+        },
+        Err(_) => "0.0.0".to_string(),
+    }
+}
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