diff --git a/java_console/autoupdate/src/main/java/com/rusefi/autoupdate/Autoupdate.java b/java_console/autoupdate/src/main/java/com/rusefi/autoupdate/Autoupdate.java
index 2b32b0e5ca..87e7388cd9 100644
--- a/java_console/autoupdate/src/main/java/com/rusefi/autoupdate/Autoupdate.java
+++ b/java_console/autoupdate/src/main/java/com/rusefi/autoupdate/Autoupdate.java
@@ -26,12 +26,18 @@ public class Autoupdate {
     private static final String COM_RUSEFI_LAUNCHER = "com.rusefi.Launcher";
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String bundleFullName = readBundleFullName();
+
+        if (args.length > 0 && args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("release")) {
+            handleBundle(bundleFullName, UpdateMode.ALWAYS, ConnectionAndMeta.BASE_URL_RELEASE);
+            return;
+        }
+        
         UpdateMode mode = getMode();
         if (mode != UpdateMode.NEVER) {
-            String bundleFullName = readBundleFullName();
             if (bundleFullName != null) {
                 System.out.println("Handling " + bundleFullName);
-                handleBundle(bundleFullName, mode);
+                handleBundle(bundleFullName, mode, ConnectionAndMeta.BASE_URL_LATEST);
             }
         } else {
             System.out.println("Update mode: NEVER");
@@ -63,10 +69,10 @@ public class Autoupdate {
         }
     }
 
-    private static void handleBundle(String bundleFullName, UpdateMode mode) {
+    private static void handleBundle(String bundleFullName, UpdateMode mode, String baseUrl) {
         try {
             String zipFileName = bundleFullName + "_autoupdate" + ".zip";
-            ConnectionAndMeta connectionAndMeta = new ConnectionAndMeta(zipFileName).invoke();
+            ConnectionAndMeta connectionAndMeta = new ConnectionAndMeta(zipFileName).invoke(baseUrl);
             System.out.println("Server has " + connectionAndMeta.getCompleteFileSize() + " from " + new Date(connectionAndMeta.getLastModified()));
 
             if (AutoupdateUtil.hasExistingFile(zipFileName, connectionAndMeta.getCompleteFileSize(), connectionAndMeta.getLastModified())) {
diff --git a/java_console/bin/broadcast.sh b/java_console/bin/broadcast.sh
index 6a5d670992..821e851de7 100755
--- a/java_console/bin/broadcast.sh
+++ b/java_console/bin/broadcast.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ do
  echo Exit code: ${exit_status}
  # in java code that's UPDATE_SBC_EXIT_CODE magic number
  if [ $exit_status -eq 15 ]; then
-    echo Connector software update was requested
+    echo Connector software update to latest was requested
     bin/update_bundle.sh
  fi
+ # in java code that's UPDATE_RELEASE_SBC_EXIT_CODE magic number
+ if [ $exit_status -eq 17 ]; then
+    echo Connector software update to latest was requested
+    bin/update_bundle_latest.sh
+ fi
  # in java code that's UPDATE_FIRMWARE_EXIT_CODE magic number
  if [ $exit_status -eq 16 ]; then
     echo Firmware update was requested
@@ -20,4 +25,11 @@ do
     # todo: we need to start validating that SBC software matches board type, maybe update bundle type based on existing controller?
     bin/dfu_switch_and_program.sh
  fi
+ # in java code that's UPDATE_RELEASE_FIRMWARE_EXIT_CODE magic number
+ if [ $exit_status -eq 18 ]; then
+    echo Firmware update was requested
+    bin/update_bundle_latest.sh
+    # todo: we need to start validating that SBC software matches board type, maybe update bundle type based on existing controller?
+    bin/dfu_switch_and_program.sh
+ fi
 done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java_console/bin/update_bundle_release.sh b/java_console/bin/update_bundle_release.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/proxy/NetworkConnectorContext.java b/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/proxy/NetworkConnectorContext.java
index 15ca54d05b..141e311459 100644
--- a/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/proxy/NetworkConnectorContext.java
+++ b/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/proxy/NetworkConnectorContext.java
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import static com.devexperts.logging.Logging.getLogging;
 public class NetworkConnectorContext {
     private static final Logging log = getLogging(NetworkConnectorContext.class);
     private static final int UPDATE_LATEST_SBC_EXIT_CODE = 15;
-    public static final int UPDATE_FIRMWARE_EXIT_CODE = 16;
+    public static final int UPDATE_LATEST_FIRMWARE_EXIT_CODE = 16;
     private static final int UPDATE_RELEASE_SBC_EXIT_CODE = 17;
+    public static final int UPDATE_RELEASE_FIRMWARE_EXIT_CODE = 18;
 
     public int reconnectDelay() {
         return 15; // this one is seconds
@@ -46,6 +47,6 @@ public class NetworkConnectorContext {
 
     public void onFirmwareUpdateRequest() {
         log.info("onFirmwareUpdateRequest");
-        System.exit(UPDATE_FIRMWARE_EXIT_CODE);
+        System.exit(UPDATE_LATEST_FIRMWARE_EXIT_CODE);
     }
 }
diff --git a/java_console/shared_io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/ConnectionAndMeta.java b/java_console/shared_io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/ConnectionAndMeta.java
index 5a6fe6455a..d3dbad0782 100644
--- a/java_console/shared_io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/ConnectionAndMeta.java
+++ b/java_console/shared_io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/ConnectionAndMeta.java
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class ConnectionAndMeta {
+    public static final String BASE_URL_RELEASE = "https://github.com/rusefi/rusefi/releases/latest/download/";
+    public static final String BASE_URL_LATEST = "https://rusefi.com/build_server/autoupdate/";
+
     private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 32 * 1024;
     public static final int STEPS = 1000;
     private String zipFileName;
@@ -68,12 +71,12 @@ public class ConnectionAndMeta {
         return lastModified;
     }
 
-    public ConnectionAndMeta invoke() throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException {
+    public ConnectionAndMeta invoke(String baseUrl) throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException {
         // user can have java with expired certificates or funny proxy, we shall accept any certificate :(
         SSLContext ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
         ctx.init(new KeyManager[0], new TrustManager[]{new AcceptAnyCertificateTrustManager()}, new SecureRandom());
 
-        URL url = new URL("https://rusefi.com/build_server/autoupdate/" + zipFileName);
+        URL url = new URL(baseUrl + zipFileName);
         httpConnection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
         httpConnection.setSSLSocketFactory(ctx.getSocketFactory());
         completeFileSize = httpConnection.getContentLength();