diff --git a/.env b/.env
index cf39d36..89b0d7a 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 #=REGISTER_AUTH either auth or verified. If auth is selected, no verification is required. Default is verified.
 REGISTER_AUTH=verified
 
-#Internal notifications=Notify if update is available or and event is happening such as a poll about the future of this project.
+#Internal notifications=Changes if certain messages should be displayed or not
+#=NOTIFY_EVENTS notifies admins if an important event is happening, such as polls about the future of this project or security vulnerabilities.
 NOTIFY_EVENTS=true
-NOTIFY_UPDATES=true
+#=NOTIFY_UPDATES either all, major or false. All notifies about all updates, major only notifies about major or important updates, false does not notify about any updates.
+NOTIFY_UPDATES=major
 DISPLAY_FOOTER=true
 DISPLAY_CREDIT=true
 
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/sidebar.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/sidebar.blade.php
index 13a7a39..11baa64 100755
--- a/resources/views/layouts/sidebar.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/sidebar.blade.php
@@ -154,8 +154,27 @@
                   <div class="row">
 
             <! –– #### begin update detection #### ––>
-	@if(env('NOTIFY_UPDATES') === true)
-					<?php // Checks if URL exists
+	@if(env('NOTIFY_UPDATES') == 'all' or env('NOTIFY_UPDATES') == 'true')
+                <! –– Checks if file version.json exists to continue (without this PHP will throw ErrorException ) ––>
+                @if(file_exists(base_path("version.json")))
+
+                  <?php // Requests newest version from server and sets it as variable
+					ini_set('user_agent', 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0)');
+					$json = file_get_contents("https://api.github.com/repos/julianprieber/littlelink-custom/releases/latest") ;
+					$myObj = json_decode($json);
+				  $Vgit = $myObj->tag_name; 
+
+				       // Requests current version from the local version file and sets it as variable
+                  $Vlocal = 'v' . file_get_contents(base_path("version.json")); 
+					?>
+
+					<! –– If user has role admin AND newest GitHub release version is higher than the local one an update notice will be displayed ––>
+					@if(auth()->user()->role == 'admin' and $Vgit > $Vlocal)
+					<a style="color:#007bff" class="nav-link" href="https://littlelink-custom.com/how-to-update.html" target="_blank" title="Click here to learn more about how to update">An update is available</a>
+					@endif
+				@endif
+	@elseif(env('NOTIFY_UPDATES') == 'major')
+	<?php // Checks if URL exists
 					try {
 					function URL_exists(string $url): bool
 					{
diff --git a/storage/backups/default_settings b/storage/backups/default_settings
index 2809691..4897d9f 100644
--- a/storage/backups/default_settings
+++ b/storage/backups/default_settings
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 #=REGISTER_AUTH either auth or verified. If auth is selected, no verification is required. Default is verified.
 REGISTER_AUTH=verified
 
-#Internal notifications=Notify if update is available or and event is happening such as a poll about the future of this project.
+#Internal notifications=Changes if certain messages should be displayed or not
+#=NOTIFY_EVENTS notifies admins if an important event is happening, such as polls about the future of this project or security vulnerabilities.
 NOTIFY_EVENTS=true
-NOTIFY_UPDATES=true
+#=NOTIFY_UPDATES either all, major or false. All notifies about all updates, major only notifies about major or important updates, false does not notify about any updates.
+NOTIFY_UPDATES=major
 DISPLAY_FOOTER=true
 DISPLAY_CREDIT=true