diff --git a/java_console/autoupdate/src/com/rusefi/autoupdate/Autoupdate.java b/java_console/autoupdate/src/com/rusefi/autoupdate/Autoupdate.java
index 8f58783040..03f81cb4c9 100644
--- a/java_console/autoupdate/src/com/rusefi/autoupdate/Autoupdate.java
+++ b/java_console/autoupdate/src/com/rusefi/autoupdate/Autoupdate.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -33,6 +35,14 @@ public class Autoupdate {
     }
 
     private static void startConsole(String[] args) {
+        try {
+            // we want to make sure that files are available to write so we use reflection to get lazy class initialization
+            Class mainClass = Class.forName("com.rusefi.Launcher");
+            Method mainMethod = mainClass.getMethod("main", args.getClass());
+            mainMethod.invoke(null, new Object[] {args});
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
+            System.out.println(e);
+        }
     }
 
     private static UpdateMode getMode() {
diff --git a/misc/console_launcher/rusefi_autoupdate.exe b/misc/console_launcher/rusefi_autoupdate.exe
index 26939e84bc..dfd76a5582 100644
Binary files a/misc/console_launcher/rusefi_autoupdate.exe and b/misc/console_launcher/rusefi_autoupdate.exe differ
diff --git a/misc/console_launcher/rusefi_autoupdate.xml b/misc/console_launcher/rusefi_autoupdate.xml
index deba993f66..4d0683c812 100644
--- a/misc/console_launcher/rusefi_autoupdate.xml
+++ b/misc/console_launcher/rusefi_autoupdate.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <launch4jConfig>
   <dontWrapJar>true</dontWrapJar>
   <headerType>gui</headerType>
-  <jar>rusefi_autoupdate.jar</jar>
+  <jar></jar>
   <outfile>c:\stuff\rusefi\misc\console_launcher\rusefi_autoupdate.exe</outfile>
   <errTitle></errTitle>
   <cmdLine></cmdLine>
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
   <restartOnCrash>false</restartOnCrash>
   <manifest></manifest>
   <icon>c:\stuff\rusefi\misc\console_launcher\favicon.ico</icon>
+  <classPath>
+    <mainClass>com.rusefi.autoupdate.Autoupdate</mainClass>
+    <cp>rusefi_console.jar</cp>
+    <cp>rusefi_autoupdate.jar</cp>
+  </classPath>
   <jre>
     <path></path>
     <bundledJre64Bit>false</bundledJre64Bit>