diff --git a/PlexRequests.UI/Modules/Admin/SystemStatusModule.cs b/PlexRequests.UI/Modules/Admin/SystemStatusModule.cs
index 3f5b33947..32bc92abe 100644
--- a/PlexRequests.UI/Modules/Admin/SystemStatusModule.cs
+++ b/PlexRequests.UI/Modules/Admin/SystemStatusModule.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MarkdownSharp;
 using Nancy;
@@ -118,10 +120,23 @@ namespace PlexRequests.UI.Modules.Admin
             Analytics.TrackEventAsync(Category.Admin, PlexRequests.Helpers.Analytics.Action.Update, "AutoUpdate", Username, CookieHelper.GetAnalyticClientId(Cookies));
 
             var url = Request.Form["url"];
+            var args = (string)Request.Form["args"].ToString();
+            var lowered = args.ToLower();
+            var appPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(SystemStatusModule)).Location ?? string.Empty) ?? string.Empty, "PlexRequests.Updater.exe");
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(lowered))
+            {
+                if (lowered.Contains("plexrequests.exe"))
+                {
+                    lowered = lowered.Replace("plexrequests.exe", "");
+                }
+            }
+
+            var startArgs = string.IsNullOrEmpty(lowered) ? appPath : $"{lowered} Plexrequests.Updater.exe";
 
             var startInfo = Type.GetType("Mono.Runtime") != null
-                                             ? new ProcessStartInfo("mono PlexRequests.Updater.exe") { Arguments = url }
-                                             : new ProcessStartInfo("PlexRequests.Updater.exe") { Arguments = url };
+                                             ? new ProcessStartInfo(startArgs) { Arguments = $"{url} {lowered}", }
+                                             : new ProcessStartInfo(startArgs) { Arguments = $"{url} {lowered}" };
 
             Process.Start(startInfo);
 
diff --git a/PlexRequests.UI/Views/SystemStatus/Status.cshtml b/PlexRequests.UI/Views/SystemStatus/Status.cshtml
index 6b1c65403..9dd06986a 100644
--- a/PlexRequests.UI/Views/SystemStatus/Status.cshtml
+++ b/PlexRequests.UI/Views/SystemStatus/Status.cshtml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             <label class="control-label">Current Version: </label>
             <label class="control-label">@Model.Status.CurrentVersion</label>
         </div>
-        
+
         @if (Model.Status.UpdateAvailable)
         {
             <div class="form-group">
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
             {
                 <label class="control-label"><a href="@Model.Status.UpdateUri" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></a></label>
                 <br />
+                <input id="args" class="form-control form-control-custom " placeholder="optional launch arguments e.g. /etc/mono /opt/PlexRequests.exe">
+                <br/>
                 <button id="autoUpdate" class="btn btn-success-outline">Automatic Update (beta) <i class="fa fa-download"></i></button>
             }
             else
@@ -92,7 +94,10 @@
             $.ajax({
                 type: "Post",
                 url: "autoupdate",
-                data: { url: "@Model.Status.DownloadUri" },
+                data: {
+                    url: "@Model.Status.DownloadUri",
+                    args: $('#args').val()
+                },
                 dataType: "json",
                 error: function () {
                     setTimeout(
diff --git a/PlexRequests.Updater/Program.cs b/PlexRequests.Updater/Program.cs
index 98692c11d..122f84966 100644
--- a/PlexRequests.Updater/Program.cs
+++ b/PlexRequests.Updater/Program.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Updater
 		{
 			Console.WriteLine ("Starting PlexRequests .Net updater");
             var s = new Updater();
-            s.Start(args[0]);
+		    if (args.Length >= 2)
+		    {
+		        s.Start(args[0], args[1]);
+		    }
+		    else
+		    {
+		        s.Start(args[0], string.Empty);
+		    }
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/PlexRequests.Updater/Updater.cs b/PlexRequests.Updater/Updater.cs
index 2b32317b0..2b04776eb 100644
--- a/PlexRequests.Updater/Updater.cs
+++ b/PlexRequests.Updater/Updater.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 
 namespace PlexRequests.Updater
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Updater
             }
         }
 
-        public void Start(string downloadPath)
+        public void Start(string downloadPath, string launchOptions)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Updater
                 Console.WriteLine("Downloading new version");
                 using (var client = new WebClient())
                 {
+                    client.DownloadProgressChanged += (s, e) =>
+                    {
+                        Console.WriteLine($"{e.ProgressPercentage}%");
+                    };
                     client.DownloadFile(downloadPath, TempPath);
                 }
                 Console.WriteLine("Downloaded!");
@@ -130,7 +135,7 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Updater
                     RestoreBackup();
                 }
 
-                FinishUpdate();
+                FinishUpdate(launchOptions);
             }
         }
 
@@ -139,8 +144,9 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Updater
             Console.WriteLine("Backing up the current version");
             try
             {
-                var dir = Directory.CreateDirectory("BackupSystem");
-                var applicationPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath));
+                var applicationPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Updater)).Location ?? string.Empty) ?? string.Empty;
+
+                var dir = Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(applicationPath, "BackupSystem"));
 
                 var allfiles = Directory.GetFiles(applicationPath, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
                 BackupPath = Path.Combine(dir.FullName, "PlexRequestsBackup.zip");
@@ -179,7 +185,9 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Updater
         {
             try
             {
-                return Directory.CreateDirectory("UpdateTemp");
+                var location = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Updater)).Location ?? string.Empty);
+                var path = Path.Combine(location, "UpdateTemp");
+                return Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
@@ -190,15 +198,13 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Updater
             }
         }
 
-        private void FinishUpdate()
+        private void FinishUpdate(string launchOptions)
         {
-            ProcessStartInfo startInfo;
-            startInfo = Type.GetType("Mono.Runtime") != null 
-                ? new ProcessStartInfo("mono PlexRequests.exe") { Arguments = Error ? "-u 2" : "-u 1" } 
-                : new ProcessStartInfo("PlexRequests.exe") { Arguments = Error ? "-u 2" : "-u 1" };
+            var args = Error ? "-u 2" : "-u 1";
+            var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo($"{launchOptions}PlexRequests.exe") { Arguments = args, UseShellExecute = true };
 
             Process.Start(startInfo);
-            
+
             Environment.Exit(0);
         }
     }