diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubUpdateResult.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubUpdateResult.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f07d2da6d..0000000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubUpdateResult.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater
-
-sealed class GithubUpdateResult {
-
-    class NewUpdate(val release: GithubRelease): GithubUpdateResult()
-    class NoNewUpdate : GithubUpdateResult()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/Release.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/Release.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ac138e980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/Release.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater
+
+interface Release {
+
+    val info: String
+
+    /**
+     * Get download link of latest release.
+     * @return download link of latest release.
+     */
+    val downloadLink: String
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdateChecker.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdateChecker.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d2a1de66c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdateChecker.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater
+
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.BuildConfig
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.devrepo.DevRepoUpdateChecker
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.github.GithubUpdateChecker
+import rx.Observable
+
+abstract class UpdateChecker {
+
+    companion object {
+        fun getUpdateChecker(): UpdateChecker {
+            return if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+                DevRepoUpdateChecker()
+            } else {
+                GithubUpdateChecker()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns observable containing release information
+     */
+    abstract fun checkForUpdate(): Observable<UpdateResult>
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdateResult.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdateResult.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a59864f557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdateResult.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater
+
+abstract class UpdateResult {
+
+    open class NewUpdate<T : Release>(val release: T): UpdateResult()
+    open class NoNewUpdate: UpdateResult()
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdaterJob.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdaterJob.kt
index 59832bd2d2..594ecd31b9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdaterJob.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/UpdaterJob.kt
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.util.notificationManager
 class UpdaterJob : Job() {
 
     override fun onRunJob(params: Params): Result {
-        return GithubUpdateChecker()
+        return UpdateChecker.getUpdateChecker()
                 .checkForUpdate()
                 .map { result ->
-                    if (result is GithubUpdateResult.NewUpdate) {
+                    if (result is UpdateResult.NewUpdate<*>) {
                         val url = result.release.downloadLink
 
                         val intent = Intent(context, UpdaterService::class.java).apply {
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ class UpdaterJob : Job() {
                                     PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT))
                         }
                     }
-                    Job.Result.SUCCESS
+                    Result.SUCCESS
                 }
-                .onErrorReturn { Job.Result.FAILURE }
+                .onErrorReturn { Result.FAILURE }
                 // Sadly, the task needs to be synchronous.
                 .toBlocking()
                 .single()
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ class UpdaterJob : Job() {
         }
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/devrepo/DevRepoRelease.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/devrepo/DevRepoRelease.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea8a79a182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/devrepo/DevRepoRelease.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.devrepo
+
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.Release
+
+class DevRepoRelease(override val info: String) : Release {
+
+    override val downloadLink: String
+        get() = LATEST_URL
+
+    companion object {
+        const val LATEST_URL = "https://tachiyomi.kanade.eu/latest"
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/devrepo/DevRepoUpdateChecker.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/devrepo/DevRepoUpdateChecker.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a24036830d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/devrepo/DevRepoUpdateChecker.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.devrepo
+
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.BuildConfig
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdateChecker
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdateResult
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.GET
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.NetworkHelper
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.asObservable
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import rx.Observable
+import uy.kohesive.injekt.Injekt
+import uy.kohesive.injekt.api.get
+
+class DevRepoUpdateChecker : UpdateChecker() {
+
+    private val client: OkHttpClient by lazy {
+        Injekt.get<NetworkHelper>().client.newBuilder()
+                .followRedirects(false)
+                .build()
+    }
+
+    private val versionRegex: Regex by lazy {
+        Regex("tachiyomi-r(\\d+).apk")
+    }
+
+    override fun checkForUpdate(): Observable<UpdateResult> {
+        return client.newCall(GET(DevRepoRelease.LATEST_URL)).asObservable()
+                .map { response ->
+                    // Get latest repo version number from header in format "Location: tachiyomi-r1512.apk"
+                    val latestVersionNumber: String = versionRegex.find(response.header("Location")!!)!!.groupValues[1]
+
+                    if (latestVersionNumber.toInt() > BuildConfig.COMMIT_COUNT.toInt()) {
+                        DevRepoUpdateResult.NewUpdate(DevRepoRelease("v$latestVersionNumber"))
+                    } else {
+                        DevRepoUpdateResult.NoNewUpdate()
+                    }
+                }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/devrepo/DevRepoUpdateResult.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/devrepo/DevRepoUpdateResult.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bda48b9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/devrepo/DevRepoUpdateResult.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.devrepo
+
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdateResult
+
+sealed class DevRepoUpdateResult : UpdateResult() {
+
+    class NewUpdate(release: DevRepoRelease): UpdateResult.NewUpdate<DevRepoRelease>(release)
+    class NoNewUpdate: UpdateResult.NoNewUpdate()
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubRelease.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubRelease.kt
similarity index 72%
rename from app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubRelease.kt
rename to app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubRelease.kt
index 8c20690e2a..f65bf39ba6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubRelease.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubRelease.kt
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
-package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.github
 
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.Release
 
 /**
  * Release object.
  * Contains information about the latest release from Github.
  *
  * @param version version of latest release.
- * @param changeLog log of latest release.
+ * @param info log of latest release.
  * @param assets assets of latest release.
  */
 class GithubRelease(@SerializedName("tag_name") val version: String,
-                    @SerializedName("body") val changeLog: String,
-                    @SerializedName("assets") private val assets: List<Assets>) {
+                    @SerializedName("body") override val info: String,
+                    @SerializedName("assets") private val assets: List<Assets>): Release {
 
     /**
      * Get download link of latest release from the assets.
      * @return download link of latest release.
      */
-    val downloadLink: String
+    override val downloadLink: String
         get() = assets[0].downloadLink
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubService.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubService.kt
similarity index 95%
rename from app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubService.kt
rename to app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubService.kt
index 82befdc723..e19e3528d5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubService.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.github
 
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.NetworkHelper
 import retrofit2.Retrofit
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ interface GithubService {
     @GET("/repos/inorichi/tachiyomi/releases/latest")
     fun getLatestVersion(): Observable<GithubRelease>
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubUpdateChecker.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubUpdateChecker.kt
similarity index 67%
rename from app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubUpdateChecker.kt
rename to app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubUpdateChecker.kt
index 7d321dc71a..6fc6297409 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/GithubUpdateChecker.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubUpdateChecker.kt
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.github
 
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.BuildConfig
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdateChecker
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdateResult
 import rx.Observable
 
-class GithubUpdateChecker {
+class GithubUpdateChecker : UpdateChecker() {
 
     private val service: GithubService = GithubService.create()
 
-    /**
-     * Returns observable containing release information
-     */
-    fun checkForUpdate(): Observable<GithubUpdateResult> {
+    override fun checkForUpdate(): Observable<UpdateResult> {
         return service.getLatestVersion().map { release ->
             val newVersion = release.version.replace("[^\\d.]".toRegex(), "")
 
@@ -22,4 +21,5 @@ class GithubUpdateChecker {
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubUpdateResult.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubUpdateResult.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcb304604b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/updater/github/GithubUpdateResult.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.github
+
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdateResult
+
+sealed class GithubUpdateResult : UpdateResult() {
+
+    class NewUpdate(release: GithubRelease): UpdateResult.NewUpdate<GithubRelease>(release)
+    class NoNewUpdate : UpdateResult.NoNewUpdate()
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/setting/SettingsAboutController.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/setting/SettingsAboutController.kt
index a736da2a5e..bbd23da2cf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/setting/SettingsAboutController.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/setting/SettingsAboutController.kt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import android.view.View
 import com.afollestad.materialdialogs.MaterialDialog
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.BuildConfig
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.R
-import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.GithubUpdateChecker
-import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.GithubUpdateResult
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdateChecker
+import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdateResult
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdaterJob
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.updater.UpdaterService
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.ui.base.controller.DialogController
@@ -26,20 +26,19 @@ import java.util.Locale
 import java.util.TimeZone
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.preference.PreferenceKeys as Keys
 
-
 class SettingsAboutController : SettingsController() {
 
     /**
      * Checks for new releases
      */
-    private val updateChecker by lazy { GithubUpdateChecker() }
+    private val updateChecker by lazy { UpdateChecker.getUpdateChecker() }
 
     /**
      * The subscribtion service of the obtained release object
      */
     private var releaseSubscription: Subscription? = null
 
-    private val isUpdaterEnabled = !BuildConfig.DEBUG && BuildConfig.INCLUDE_UPDATER
+    private val isUpdaterEnabled = BuildConfig.INCLUDE_UPDATER
 
     override fun setupPreferenceScreen(screen: PreferenceScreen) = with(screen) {
         titleRes = R.string.pref_category_about
@@ -124,14 +123,14 @@ class SettingsAboutController : SettingsController() {
                 .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                 .subscribe({ result ->
                     when (result) {
-                        is GithubUpdateResult.NewUpdate -> {
-                            val body = result.release.changeLog
+                        is UpdateResult.NewUpdate<*> -> {
+                            val body = result.release.info
                             val url = result.release.downloadLink
 
                             // Create confirmation window
                             NewUpdateDialogController(body, url).showDialog(router)
                         }
-                        is GithubUpdateResult.NoNewUpdate -> {
+                        is UpdateResult.NoNewUpdate -> {
                             activity?.toast(R.string.update_check_no_new_updates)
                         }
                     }