diff --git a/app/app.js b/app/app.js
index 3fc7e473..a94c22a7 100644
--- a/app/app.js
+++ b/app/app.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const { dialog } = require("electron");
 const updater = require("electron-updater");
 const autoUpdater = updater.autoUpdater;
 const contextMenu = require("electron-context-menu");
+const ProgressBar = require("electron-progressbar");
 const path = require("path");
 
 // Attach settings store
@@ -26,12 +27,44 @@ autoUpdater.on("update-available", function(info) {
     },
     buttonIndex => {
       if (buttonIndex === 0) {
-        autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
+        console.log("Downloading update selected");
+        handleDownloadUpdate();
       }
     }
   );
 });
 
+// Download, with a progress bar
+function handleDownloadUpdate() {
+  console.log("Downloading update");
+  var progressBar = new ProgressBar({
+    indeterminate: false,
+    text: "Downloading update...",
+    detail: "Please wait...",
+    browserWindow: {
+      webPreferences: {
+        nodeIntegration: true
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  progressBar.on("ready", function() {
+    autoUpdater.on("download-progress", function(info) {
+      progressBar.value = info.percent;
+      progressBar.detail = `${Math.floor(info.percent)}% ${info.bytesPerSecond /
+        1000}kb/s`;
+    });
+    autoUpdater.on("update-downloaded", function() {
+      progressBar.close();
+    });
+    autoUpdater.on("error", function() {
+      progressBar.close();
+    });
+    autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
+  });
+}
+
+// Trigger update installation
 autoUpdater.on("update-downloaded", function(info) {
   sendStatusToWindow("Update downloaded." + info);
   dialog.showMessageBox(
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bd07ec56..0c27f894 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openflexure-ev",
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta.6",
+  "version": "2.1.0-alpha",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -7168,6 +7168,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-is-dev/-/electron-is-dev-1.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Z1qA/1oHNowGtSBIcWk0pcLEqYT/j+13xUw/MYOrBUOL4X7VN0i0KCTf5SqyvMPmW5pSPKbo28wkxMxzZ20YnQ=="
     },
+    "electron-progressbar": {
+      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-progressbar/-/electron-progressbar-1.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-I89HaI61SF5wl8c4p62UU3RXhL0xByzl4XH/miwb1e/VNUtRj5WCe/wJ5pNikfC01+/4aAOlNsbmkfsvQjtW6Q==",
+      "requires": {
+        "extend": "^3.0.1"
+      }
+    },
     "electron-publish": {
       "version": "21.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-publish/-/electron-publish-21.2.0.tgz",
@@ -8018,8 +8026,7 @@
     "extend": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/extend/-/extend-3.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-fjquC59cD7CyW6urNXK0FBufkZcoiGG80wTuPujX590cB5Ttln20E2UB4S/WARVqhXffZl2LNgS+gQdPIIim/g==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-fjquC59cD7CyW6urNXK0FBufkZcoiGG80wTuPujX590cB5Ttln20E2UB4S/WARVqhXffZl2LNgS+gQdPIIim/g=="
     },
     "extend-shallow": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d33bc597..bd1e65ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "about-window": "^1.13.2",
     "custom-electron-titlebar": "^3.2.2",
     "electron-context-menu": "^0.15.2",
+    "electron-progressbar": "^1.2.0",
     "electron-store": "^5.1.1",
     "electron-updater": "^4.2.2",
     "material-design-icons": "^3.0.1"