diff --git a/src/Application.cpp b/src/Application.cpp
index 0a374fbc7..42b9bd0bf 100644
--- a/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Application.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Theme.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Toasts.hpp"
+#include "singletons/Updates.hpp"
 #include "singletons/WindowManager.hpp"
 #include "util/IsBigEndian.hpp"
 #include "util/PostToThread.hpp"
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ int Application::run(QApplication &qtApp)
 
     this->windows->getMainWindow().show();
 
+    getSettings()->betaUpdates.connect(
+        [] { Updates::getInstance().checkForUpdates(); }, false);
+
     return qtApp.exec();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/singletons/Settings.hpp b/src/singletons/Settings.hpp
index 295ad7e58..2ab20d06d 100644
--- a/src/singletons/Settings.hpp
+++ b/src/singletons/Settings.hpp
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ public:
     QStringSetting streamlinkOpts = {"/external/streamlink/options", ""};
 
     /// Misc
+    BoolSetting betaUpdates = {"/misc/beta", false};
     IntSetting startUpNotification = {"/misc/startUpNotification", 0};
     QStringSetting currentVersion = {"/misc/currentVersion", ""};
     BoolSetting loadTwitchMessageHistoryOnConnect = {
diff --git a/src/singletons/Updates.cpp b/src/singletons/Updates.cpp
index 5930c59c1..8a5c813d7 100644
--- a/src/singletons/Updates.cpp
+++ b/src/singletons/Updates.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "Updates.hpp"
 
+#include "Settings.hpp"
 #include "common/NetworkRequest.hpp"
 #include "common/Outcome.hpp"
 #include "common/Version.hpp"
@@ -13,6 +14,12 @@
 #include <QProcess>
 
 namespace chatterino {
+namespace {
+    QString currentBranch()
+    {
+        return getSettings()->betaUpdates ? "beta" : "stable";
+    }
+}  // namespace
 
 Updates::Updates()
     : currentVersion_(CHATTERINO_VERSION)
@@ -195,8 +202,8 @@ void Updates::installUpdates()
 void Updates::checkForUpdates()
 {
     QString url =
-        "https://notitia.chatterino.com/version/chatterino/" CHATTERINO_OS
-        "/stable";
+        "https://notitia.chatterino.com/version/chatterino/" CHATTERINO_OS "/" +
+        currentBranch();
 
     NetworkRequest(url)
         .timeout(60000)
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp
index 6ee10777a..41312b47d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ void GeneralPage::initLayout(SettingsLayout &layout)
     layout.addCheckbox("Category", s.headerGame);
     layout.addCheckbox("Title", s.headerStreamTitle);
 
+    layout.addTitle("Beta");
+    layout.addDescription("You can receive updates earlier by ticking the box "
+                          "below. Updates are checked on startup.");
+    layout.addCheckbox("Receive beta updates", s.betaUpdates);
+
     layout.addTitle("Miscellaneous");
 
     //layout.addWidget(makeOpenSettingDirButton());