diff --git a/ui/src/app/components/update-os-banner/update-os-banner.component.html b/ui/src/app/components/update-os-banner/update-os-banner.component.html
index 87f0f27e6..53124a1de 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/components/update-os-banner/update-os-banner.component.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/components/update-os-banner/update-os-banner.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <ion-item button lines="none" *ngIf="updateAvailable$ | async as version" (click)="confirmUpdate(version)">
   <ion-label>
-    New Embassy OS Version {{version | displayEmver}} Available!
+    New EmbassyOS Version {{version | displayEmver}} Available!
   </ion-label>
 </ion-item>
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diff --git a/ui/src/app/components/update-os-banner/update-os-banner.component.ts b/ui/src/app/components/update-os-banner/update-os-banner.component.ts
index 4b407d951..bd8637940 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/components/update-os-banner/update-os-banner.component.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/components/update-os-banner/update-os-banner.component.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export class UpdateOsBannerComponent {
 
   async confirmUpdate (versionLatest: string) {
     const alert = await this.alertCtrl.create({
-      header: `Update Embassy OS`,
-      message: `Are you sure you want to update your Embassy OS to version ${versionLatest}?`,
+      header: `Update EmbassyOS`,
+      message: `Update EmbassyOS to version ${versionLatest}?`,
       buttons: [
         {
           text: 'Cancel',
diff --git a/ui/src/app/modals/os-welcome/os-welcome.page.html b/ui/src/app/modals/os-welcome/os-welcome.page.html
index 4e4e71754..e2bb774ef 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/modals/os-welcome/os-welcome.page.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/modals/os-welcome/os-welcome.page.html
@@ -6,27 +6,29 @@
       </ion-button>
     </ion-buttons>
     <ion-title >
-      <ion-label style="font-size: 20px;" class="ion-text-wrap">Welcome to {{ version }}</ion-label>
+      <ion-label style="font-size: 20px;" class="ion-text-wrap">Welcome to EmbassyOS {{ version }}!</ion-label>
     </ion-title>
   </ion-toolbar>
 </ion-header>
 
 <ion-content class="ion-padding">
-  <div>
-    <h2>Overview</h2>
-    <p>
-      0.2.8 is a small but important update designed to enhance awareness around potential pitfalls of using certain services.
-      It introduces warnings for installing, uninstalling, backing up, and restoring backups of stateful services such as LND or c-lightning.
-      0.2.8 also draws a distinction between services that can be launched inside the browser and those that are designed to run in the background.
-    </p>
-  </div>
+  <h2>Highlights</h2>
+  <p>
+    0.2.8 is a small but important update designed to enhance awareness around potential pitfalls of using certain services.
+    It introduces warnings for installing, uninstalling, backing up, and restoring backups of stateful services such as LND or c-lightning.
+    0.2.8 introduces automatic checks for updates, a setting that can be enabled or disabled in your Embassy config, and it also draws a distinction between services that are designed to be launched inside the browser and those that are designed to run in the background.
+  </p>
 
   <div style="margin-top: 30px">
-    <h5 style="color: var(--ion-color-danger)">Critical - Read Carefully</h5>
+    <h5 style="color: var(--ion-color-danger)">Important</h5>
     <p>
-      If you have LND or c-lightning installed, it is critical that you update them to the latest version. 
-      An oversight in Start9’s USB backups system has created a situation where restoring a LND or c-lightning backup can result in permanent loss of channel funds.
-      To be clear, <ion-text style="font-weight: 'bold';">DO NOT</ion-text> attempt to restore a LND or c-lightning backup until you have updated these services to the latest versions.
+      If you have LND or c-lightning installed, please update them to the latest versions. 
+      An oversight in Start9’s USB backups system has created a situation where <b>restoring</b> a LND or c-lightning backup could potentially result in permanent loss of channel funds.
+      To be clear, <ion-text style="font-weight: 'bold';">DO NOT</ion-text> attempt to <b>restore</b> a LND or c-lightning backup until you have updated to the latest versions.
     </p>
   </div>
+  
+  <ion-button style="text-align: right; margin-top:12px;" fill="outline" (click)="dismiss()">
+    Close
+  </ion-button>
 </ion-content>
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diff --git a/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/developer-routes/dev-ssh-keys/dev-ssh-keys.page.html b/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/developer-routes/dev-ssh-keys/dev-ssh-keys.page.html
index 608230d20..9d1cad54b 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/developer-routes/dev-ssh-keys/dev-ssh-keys.page.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/developer-routes/dev-ssh-keys/dev-ssh-keys.page.html
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@
   </ion-item>
 
   <ion-item-group>
-    <ion-item-divider style="margin-top: 0px;">Description</ion-item-divider>
-    <ion-item lines="none">
-      <ion-label class="ion-text-wrap">
-        <h2><ion-text color="medium">Add SSH keys to your Embassy to gain root access from the command line.</ion-text></h2>
-      </ion-label>
-    </ion-item>
-
     <ion-item-divider>Saved Keys</ion-item-divider>
     <ion-item *ngFor="let fingerprint of server.ssh | async">
       <ion-label class="ion-text-wrap">
diff --git a/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-config/server-config.page.html b/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-config/server-config.page.html
index ae0f75bdd..b81429cf1 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-config/server-config.page.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-config/server-config.page.html
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
       <ion-label>Device Name</ion-label>
       <ion-note slot="end">{{ server.name | async }}</ion-note>
     </ion-item>
+    <ion-item button (click)="presentModalValueEdit('autoCheckUpdates')">
+      <ion-label>Auto Check for Updates</ion-label>
+      <ion-note slot="end">{{ server.autoCheckUpdates | async }}</ion-note>
+    </ion-item>
     <!-- <ion-item style="word-break: break-all;" button (click)="presentModalValueEdit('password', true)">
       <ion-label>Change Password</ion-label>
       <ion-note slot="end">********</ion-note>
diff --git a/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-show/server-show.page.html b/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-show/server-show.page.html
index 9d753a82a..c8d39ee9f 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-show/server-show.page.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-show/server-show.page.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <ion-item-group>
       <ion-item-divider></ion-item-divider>
 
-      <ion-item lines="none"  button (click)="checkForUpdates()">
+      <ion-item button (click)="checkForUpdates()">
         <ion-icon slot="start" name="refresh-outline" color="primary"></ion-icon>
         <ion-label><ion-text style="font-weight: bold;" color="primary">Check for Updates</ion-text></ion-label>
       </ion-item>
diff --git a/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-show/server-show.page.ts b/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-show/server-show.page.ts
index 1ec311e8b..e9704b070 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-show/server-show.page.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/server-show/server-show.page.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class ServerShowPage {
     const alert = await this.alertCtrl.create({
       backdropDismiss: false,
       header: 'Confirm',
-      message: `Update EmbassyOS to ${versionLatest}?`,
+      message: `Update EmbassyOS to version ${versionLatest}?`,
       buttons: [
         {
           text: 'Cancel',
diff --git a/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-api.service.ts b/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-api.service.ts
index dfe11d80b..ea8797331 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-api.service.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-api.service.ts
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ const mockApiServer: () => ReqRes.GetServerRes = () => ({
     'WiFI': '2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, BLE',
     'Ethernet': 'Gigabit',
     'Disk': '512 GB Flash (280 GB available)',
-    'Embassy OS Version': '0.1.0.1',
+    'EmbassyOS Version': '0.1.0.1',
   },
   wifi: {
     ssids: ['Goosers', 'Atlantic City'],
diff --git a/ui/src/app/services/server-config.service.ts b/ui/src/app/services/server-config.service.ts
index f9067dd36..3553145df 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/services/server-config.service.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/services/server-config.service.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ export class ServerConfigService {
           return this.apiService.patchServerConfig('name', val).then(() => this.serverModel.update({ name: val }))
         },
       },
+      autoCheckUpdates: {
+        spec: {
+          type: 'boolean',
+          name: 'Auto Check for Updates',
+          description: 'On launch, EmabssyOS will automatically check for updates of itself and your installed services. Updating still requires user approval and action. No updates will ever be performed automatically.',
+          default: true,
+        },
+        saveFn: (val: string) => {
+          return this.apiService.patchServerConfig('autoCheckUpdates', val).then(() => this.serverModel.update({ name: val }))
+        },
+      },
       // password: {
       //   spec: {
       //     type: 'string',
diff --git a/ui/src/app/services/sync.notifier.ts b/ui/src/app/services/sync.notifier.ts
index d4b1a448b..38a0899c4 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/services/sync.notifier.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/services/sync.notifier.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export class SyncNotifier {
     const alert = await this.alertCtrl.create({
       backdropDismiss: true,
       header: 'New EmbassyOS Version!',
-      message: `Update to EmbassyOS, version ${versionLatest}?`,
+      message: `Update EmbassyOS to version ${versionLatest}?`,
       buttons: [
         {
           text: 'Not now',