diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f32343e5..fe356edb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,12 +172,8 @@ option(ENABLE_FFMPEG "Enable ffmpeg A/V recording" ${FFMPEG_DEFAULT})
 
 set(ONLINEUPDATES_DEFAULT OFF)
 
-if(WIN32 AND (AMD64 OR X86_32))
-
-# currently we do not turn this on until we do more work on this feature
-#
-#  set(ONLINEUPDATES_DEFAULT ON) # use winsparkle
-
+if(WIN32 AND (X64 OR X86))
+    set(ONLINEUPDATES_DEFAULT ON) # use winsparkle
 endif()
 
 option(ENABLE_ONLINEUPDATES "Enable online update checks" ${ONLINEUPDATES_DEFAULT})
diff --git a/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp b/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp
index 0677ad44..e367fb66 100644
--- a/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ static void init_check_for_updates()
 {
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
     wxString version(vbam_version);
-    //win_sparkle_set_appcast_url("https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/data/appcast.xml");
-    win_sparkle_set_appcast_url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/update-checker/data/appcast.xml");
+    win_sparkle_set_appcast_url("http://data.vba-m.com/appcast.xml");
     win_sparkle_set_app_details(L"visualboyadvance-m", L"VisualBoyAdvance-M", version.wc_str());
     win_sparkle_init();
 #endif // __WXMSW__