diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 46458d9..5920c8d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ before_script:
 # script always run to completion (set +e). All of these code checks are must haves
 # in a modern Go project.
 script:
-  # Build Prism successfully
-  - make
   # Fail if a .go file hasn't been formatted with gofmt
   - test -z $(gofmt -s -l $GO_FILES)
   # Run unit tests
@@ -69,6 +67,8 @@ script:
   - unconvert ./...
   # one last linter - ignore autogen code
   #- golint -set_exit_status $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/ )
+  # Finally, build the binary
+  - make
 
 deploy:
   - provider: releases
@@ -80,3 +80,15 @@ deploy:
       condition: "$DEPLOY = true"
     api_key:
       secure: epAlhp3SUr8hhISarJ22n6tRw2TEa4s4oNFIvJUb5HGECVp1SYN7ao0ln5NoNLmfJS60pi911i/kMhhi21/uhZ0kCYlEhhIE2pc1zsiAxK9L9ENCssJ205HfVbe5grhwskLGzgjhU9OznO8WtmyOPWXr0it8M8RCTjx6rEC0A33Id3WMYyhP938Sj9CxEYeH4KS8wFvBXkgBVtrgaYwRTCIROFddHFXOb9jyNhqQ1RbfKtllsVtQhVk5WMlomheBNSS4vr6WMS4X4+2okFqnLtiSn1wrn5I/94UQbnrI1juVnQj0K+j32EyQbAOt4T2cLW3GtG0jhaYKyNMT9ycDCdVACPSDELlHWjeyoes9bnhUFftm6kDbQxwA1UsTF1yG8tMKXxBSmYyoT7qDloi6pBifZMrFXL61uTs6yhVB9LS/2oqg4sc0Ne87bRcn4OxsBeVCe3kbBHDTR/NTyF2gNPtRvgMAWULxTVcUm9VYdO0IWvAig5g4Row0DnFzEquD6CzezbRWD9WyZyV/AFyYHeeQ2PO7jTw0/3M7aDX33Fuhh34lehzmrC03cfgD/wZW+spxozIcQCYdiJqVw+u+/NvbNr0kkFzE9zW26JEmUFTyDvKxvnza1Kwtww3EgH6zaOL8r4yVbb54rePRvLw7pl93zlfJnEB2MCPqJOY5ZpU=
+  - provider: s3
+    access_key_id:
+      secure: "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"
+    secret_access_key:
+      secure: "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"
+    bucket: "lbry-reflector-binary"
+    skip_cleanup: true
+#    local_dir: ./bin
+    file: prism-bin
+    on:
+      repo: lbryio/reflector.go
+      condition: "$DEPLOY = true"
diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index d175796..2608733 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -193,6 +193,18 @@
   pruneopts = ""
   revision = "984a73625de3138f44deb38d00878fab39eb6447"
 
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  digest = "1:0d37c42156531a07a84812a47c27610947b849710ffab6f62be6e98c5112c140"
+  name = "github.com/inconshreveable/go-update"
+  packages = [
+    ".",
+    "internal/binarydist",
+    "internal/osext",
+  ]
+  pruneopts = ""
+  revision = "8152e7eb6ccf8679a64582a66b78519688d156ad"
+
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:870d441fe217b8e689d7949fef6e43efbc787e50f200cb1e70dbca9204a1d6be"
   name = "github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap"
@@ -415,6 +427,7 @@
     "github.com/gorilla/rpc/v2",
     "github.com/gorilla/rpc/v2/json",
     "github.com/hashicorp/serf/serf",
+    "github.com/inconshreveable/go-update",
     "github.com/johntdyer/slackrus",
     "github.com/lbryio/errors.go",
     "github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/crypto",
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index c8739e0..c994789 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@
 [[constraint]]
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/johntdyer/slackrus"
+
+[[constraint]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/inconshreveable/go-update"
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 099ef22..aa83e77 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/errors"
 	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/util"
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/dht"
+	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/updater"
 
 	"github.com/johntdyer/slackrus"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	BucketName   string `json:"bucket_name"`
 	DBConn       string `json:"db_conn"`
 	SlackHookURL string `json:"slack_hook_url"`
+	UpdateBinURL string `json:"update_bin_url"`
+	UpdateCmd    string `json:"update_cmd"`
 }
 
 var verbose []string
@@ -102,6 +105,14 @@ func preRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		logrus.AddHook(hook)
 		debugLogger.AddHook(hook)
 	}
+
+	if globalConfig.UpdateBinURL != "" {
+		if globalConfig.UpdateCmd == "" {
+			logrus.Warnln("update_cmd is empty in conf file")
+		}
+		logrus.Println("starting update checker")
+		go updater.Run(globalConfig.UpdateBinURL, globalConfig.UpdateCmd)
+	}
 }
 
 func checkErr(err error) {
diff --git a/updater/updater.go b/updater/updater.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc8cd96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/updater.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package updater
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/meta"
+
+	"github.com/inconshreveable/go-update"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// TODO: this needs to be shut down cleanly
+
+func Run(url, updateCmd string) {
+	for {
+		<-time.After(1 * time.Minute)
+
+		r, err := http.Head(url)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Errorln(err)
+			continue
+		} else if r.StatusCode >= 300 {
+			logrus.Errorf("HEAD request returned status code %d", r.StatusCode)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		lm, err := time.Parse(time.RFC1123, r.Header.Get("Last-Modified"))
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Errorln(err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !lm.After(meta.BuildTime.Add(5 * time.Minute)) { // buffer for compile and upload time
+			continue
+		}
+
+		logrus.Println("updating binary...")
+
+		err = updateBin(url)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Errorln(err)
+			// todo: may need to recover here, if stuck without binary
+			continue
+		}
+
+		parts := strings.Fields(updateCmd)
+		err = exec.Command(parts[0], parts[1:]...).Start()
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Errorln(err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		return // stop checking for updates in case restart takes a while
+	}
+}
+
+func updateBin(url string) error {
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		err := resp.Body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Errorln(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return update.Apply(resp.Body, update.Options{})
+}