diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index 63b7901f..18dbde6a 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ void Settings::LoadIni()
         if(group != QString())
             root[group] = group_obj;
 
+        // remove excess baka-mplayer group
+        root.remove("baka-mplayer");
+
         // fix input
         if(root.find("input") != root.end())
         {
diff --git a/src/ui/updatedialog.cpp b/src/ui/updatedialog.cpp
index 88d5324a..ca2e2de7 100644
--- a/src/ui/updatedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/updatedialog.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ UpdateDialog::UpdateDialog(BakaEngine *baka, QWidget *parent) :
                         init = false;
                     }
                 }
+                else if(percent == 0)
+                {
+                    avgSpeed = 0;
+                    lastSpeed = 0;
+                    lastProgress = 0;
+                    lastTime = 0;
+                    ui->progressBar->setValue(0);
+                    ui->progressBar->setVisible(true);
+                    ui->timeRemainingLabel->setText(QString());
+                    ui->timeRemainingLabel->setVisible(true);
+                    if(timer != nullptr)
+                        delete timer;
+                    timer = new QTime();
+                    timer->start();
+                }
                 else if(timer) // don't execute this if timer is not defined--this shouldn't happen though.. but it does
                 {
                     avgSpeed = 0.005*lastSpeed + 0.995*avgSpeed;
@@ -72,7 +87,7 @@ UpdateDialog::UpdateDialog(BakaEngine *baka, QWidget *parent) :
     connect(ui->updateButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
             [=]
             {
-                Prepare();
+                ui->plainTextEdit->setPlainText(QString());
                 baka->update->DownloadUpdate(Util::DownloadFileUrl());
             });
 #endif
@@ -81,10 +96,7 @@ UpdateDialog::UpdateDialog(BakaEngine *baka, QWidget *parent) :
             this, SLOT(reject()));
 
     if(baka->update->getInfo().empty())
-    {
-        Prepare();
         baka->update->CheckForUpdates();
-    }
     else
     {
         init = false;
@@ -105,18 +117,6 @@ void UpdateDialog::CheckForUpdates(BakaEngine *baka, QWidget *parent)
     dialog->exec();
 }
 
-void UpdateDialog::Prepare()
-{
-    avgSpeed = 0;
-    lastSpeed = 0;
-    lastProgress = 0;
-    lastTime = 0;
-    if(timer != nullptr)
-        delete timer;
-    timer = new QTime();
-    timer->start();
-}
-
 void UpdateDialog::ShowInfo()
 {
     auto &info = baka->update->getInfo();
diff --git a/src/ui/updatedialog.h b/src/ui/updatedialog.h
index e8fc817f..eca005f9 100644
--- a/src/ui/updatedialog.h
+++ b/src/ui/updatedialog.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class UpdateDialog : public QDialog
     static void CheckForUpdates(BakaEngine *baka, QWidget *parent = 0);
 
 protected slots:
-    void Prepare();
     void ShowInfo();
 
 private:
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ protected slots:
 
     QTime *timer;
     double avgSpeed = 1,
-           lastSpeed=0;
+           lastSpeed = 0;
     int lastProgress,
         lastTime,
         state;
diff --git a/src/updatemanager.cpp b/src/updatemanager.cpp
index c0eae741..9cee91cd 100644
--- a/src/updatemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/updatemanager.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ bool UpdateManager::CheckForUpdates()
         return false;
     busy = true;
     emit messageSignal(tr("Checking for updates..."));
-
+    emit progressSignal(0);
     QNetworkRequest request(Util::VersionFileUrl());
     QNetworkReply *reply = manager->get(request);
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bool UpdateManager::DownloadUpdate(const QString &url)
         return false;
     busy = true;
     emit messageSignal(tr("Downloading update..."));
-
+    emit progressSignal(0);
     QNetworkRequest request(url);
     QString filename = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QString("%0/Baka-MPlayer.zip").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()));
     QFile *file = new QFile(filename);