diff --git a/main/auto-updater.js b/main/auto-updater.js
index f762e2ab..d701c09c 100644
--- a/main/auto-updater.js
+++ b/main/auto-updater.js
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ function checkForUpdates () {
     if (res.statusCode !== 200) return
 
     var obj = JSON.parse(data)
-    // TODO: version should be included in the response object, we shouldn'v have to parse obj.name
-    var version = obj.name.slice(obj.name.lastIndexOf('v') + 1)
-    windows.main.send('dispatch', 'updateAvailable', version)
+    windows.main.send('dispatch', 'updateAvailable', obj.version)
   })
 }
diff --git a/renderer/index.js b/renderer/index.js
index 8c9f653e..4f11476e 100644
--- a/renderer/index.js
+++ b/renderer/index.js
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ function dispatch (action, ...args) {
 }
 
 // Shows a modal saying that we have an update
-function updateAvailable(version) {
+function updateAvailable (version) {
   if (state.saved.skippedVersions && state.saved.skippedVersions.includes(version)) {
     console.log('new version skipped by user: v' + version)
     return
diff --git a/renderer/views/update-available-modal.js b/renderer/views/update-available-modal.js
index e381836b..150de2cd 100644
--- a/renderer/views/update-available-modal.js
+++ b/renderer/views/update-available-modal.js
@@ -12,25 +12,21 @@ function UpdateAvailableModal (state) {
   return hx`
     <div class='update-available-modal'>
       <p><strong>A new version of WebTorrent is available: v${state.modal.version}</strong></p>
-      <p>We have an auto-updater for Windows and Mac, but not yet for Linux, so you'll have to download it manually. Sorry.</p>
+      <p>We have an auto-updater for Windows and Mac. We don't have one for Linux yet, so you'll have to download the new version manually.</p>
       <p>
         <button class='primary' onclick=${handleOK}>Show Download Page</button>
         <button class='cancel' onclick=${handleCancel}>Skip This Release</button>
       </p>
     </div>
   `
-}
 
-function handleKeyPress (e) {
-  if (e.which === 13) handleOK() /* hit Enter to submit */
-}
+  function handleOK () {
+    electron.shell.openExternal('https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-desktop/releases')
+    dispatch('exitModal')
+  }
 
-function handleOK () {
-  electron.shell.openExternal('https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-desktop/releases')
-  dispatch('exitModal')
-}
-
-function handleCancel () {
-  dispatch('skipVersion', state.modal.version)
-  dispatch('exitModal')
+  function handleCancel () {
+    dispatch('skipVersion', state.modal.version)
+    dispatch('exitModal')
+  }
 }