diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index 56ded4151..d8917304d 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ function getConfig(callback) {
             adminFqdn: config.adminFqdn(),
             mailFqdn: config.mailFqdn(),
             version: config.version(),
-            update: updateChecker.getUpdateInfo(),
             progress: progress.getAll(),
             isDemo: config.isDemo(),
             memory: os.totalmem(),
diff --git a/src/routes/cloudron.js b/src/routes/cloudron.js
index fa2428bc6..58b295e90 100644
--- a/src/routes/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/routes/cloudron.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     getProgress: getProgress,
     getConfig: getConfig,
     getDisks: getDisks,
+    getUpdateInfo: getUpdateInfo,
     update: update,
     feedback: feedback,
     checkForUpdates: checkForUpdates,
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ function update(req, res, next) {
     });
 }
 
+function getUpdateInfo(req, res, next) {
+    next(new HttpSuccess(200, { update: updateChecker.getUpdateInfo() }));
+}
+
 function checkForUpdates(req, res, next) {
     async.series([
         updateChecker.checkAppUpdates,
diff --git a/src/routes/test/cloudron-test.js b/src/routes/test/cloudron-test.js
index 3fe2cca54..623c1ddb4 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/cloudron-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/cloudron-test.js
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ describe('Cloudron', function () {
                     expect(result.body.webServerOrigin).to.eql(null);
                     expect(result.body.adminFqdn).to.eql(config.adminFqdn());
                     expect(result.body.progress).to.be.an('object');
-                    expect(result.body.update).to.be.an('object');
                     expect(result.body.version).to.eql(config.version());
                     expect(result.body.memory).to.eql(os.totalmem());
                     expect(result.body.cloudronName).to.be.a('string');
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index e471131a3..da44f0d48 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ function initializeExpressSync() {
     router.post('/api/v1/developer/login', routes.developer.login);
 
     // cloudron routes
+    router.get ('/api/v1/cloudron/update', cloudronScope, routes.cloudron.getUpdateInfo);
     router.post('/api/v1/cloudron/update', cloudronScope, routes.cloudron.update);
     router.post('/api/v1/cloudron/check_for_updates', cloudronScope, routes.cloudron.checkForUpdates);
     router.post('/api/v1/cloudron/reboot', cloudronScope, routes.cloudron.reboot);