diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue b/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue
index 1dc4ac6a2..73551d8f2 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script setup>
 
-import { ref, onMounted, useTemplateRef } from 'vue';
+import { ref, onMounted, useTemplateRef, inject } from 'vue';
 import { marked } from 'marked';
 import { Button, Switch, Dialog, Checkbox } from '@cloudron/pankow';
 import { ISTATES } from '../../constants.js';
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const appsModel = AppsModel.create();
 const profileModel = ProfileModel.create();
 const tasksModel = TasksModel.create();
 
+const features = inject('features');
+
 const dialog = useTemplateRef('dialog');
 const profile = ref({});
 const busyUpdate = ref(false);
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
       :reject-label="$t('main.dialog.cancel')"
        reject-style="secondary"
       :confirm-label="$t('app.updateDialog.updateAction')"
-      :confirm-active="!busyUpdate && app.updateInfo.manifest.dockerImage"
+      :confirm-active="!busyUpdate"
       :confirm-busy="busyUpdate"
       @confirm="onUpdate()"
     >
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
         <div>{{ $t('app.updateDialog.changelogHeader', { version: app.updateInfo.manifest.version }) }}</div>
         <div class="changelog" v-html="marked.parse(app.updateInfo.manifest.changelog)"></div>
 
-        <Checkbox class="skip-backup" v-if="app.updateInfo.manifest.dockerImage" v-model="skipBackup" :label="$t('app.updateDialog.skipBackupCheckbox')" />
+        <Checkbox class="skip-backup" v-model="skipBackup" :label="$t('app.updateDialog.skipBackupCheckbox')" />
       </div>
     </Dialog>
 
@@ -141,13 +143,13 @@ onMounted(async () => {
       <div>{{ $t('app.updateDialog.changelogHeader', { version: app.updateInfo.manifest.version }) }}</div>
       <div class="changelog" v-html="marked.parse(app.updateInfo.manifest.changelog)"></div>
 
-      <div class="error-label" style="margin-top: 12px" v-if="!app.updateInfo.manifest.dockerImage">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.subscriptionExpired') }}</div>
+      <div class="error-label" style="margin-top: 12px" v-if="!features.appUpdates">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.subscriptionExpired') }}</div>
       <div class="error-label" style="margin-top: 12px" v-if="updateError">{{ updateError }}</div>
       <div class="error-label" style="margin-top: 12px" v-if="app.updateInfo.unstable">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.unstableWarning') }}</div>
     </div>
     <br/>
-    <Button v-if="app.updateInfo && app.updateInfo.manifest.dockerImage" :danger="app.updateInfo.unstable ? true : null" :success="app.updateInfo.unstable ? null : true" @click="onAskUpdate()" :disabled="app.taskId || (app.error && app.error.details.installationState !== ISTATES.PENDING_UPDATE) || app.runState === 'stopped' || app.installationState === 'pending_update'">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.updateAction') }}</Button>
-    <Button v-else-if="app.updateInfo && !app.updateInfo.manifest.dockerImage && profile.isAtLeastOwner" success href="/#/cloudron-account">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.setupSubscriptionAction') }}</Button>
+    <Button v-if="app.updateInfo && features.appUpdates" :danger="app.updateInfo.unstable ? true : null" :success="app.updateInfo.unstable ? null : true" @click="onAskUpdate()" :disabled="app.taskId || (app.error && app.error.details.installationState !== ISTATES.PENDING_UPDATE) || app.runState === 'stopped' || app.installationState === 'pending_update'">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.updateAction') }}</Button>
+    <Button v-else-if="app.updateInfo && !features.appUpdates && profile.isAtLeastOwner" success href="/#/cloudron-account">{{ $t('app.updateDialog.setupSubscriptionAction') }}</Button>
   </div>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/src/appstore.js b/src/appstore.js
index 0184c30db..44e3fbcbc 100644
--- a/src/appstore.js
+++ b/src/appstore.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const apps = require('./apps.js'),
 // These are the default options and will be adjusted once a subscription state is obtained
 // Keep in sync with appstore/routes/cloudrons.js
 const DEFAULT_FEATURES = {
+    appUpdates: false,
     appMaxCount: 2,
     userMaxCount: 5,
     domainMaxCount: 1,