diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/Checksum.kt b/src/main/kotlin/Checksum.kt
index 43be22b..e3fcdb7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/Checksum.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/Checksum.kt
@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException
 import kotlin.experimental.and
 
 object Checksum {
-    val localChecksum: String?
-        get() {
-            val local: File = File(Settings.SAVE_DIR + Settings.SAVE_NAME)
-            try {
-                FileInputStream(local).use { fis -> return calculateMd5(fis) }
-            } catch (e: Exception) {
-                e.printStackTrace()
-                MainWindow.loadingLabel.text = e.message
-                MainWindow.loadingLabel.repaint()
-            }
-            return null
-        }
 
     fun getLocalChecksum(file: URI?): String {
         val local = File(file!!)
@@ -28,21 +16,14 @@ object Checksum {
         else FileInputStream(local).use { fis -> return calculateMd5(fis) }
     }
 
-    val remoteChecksum: String?
-        get() {
-            try {
-                URL(Settings.DOWNLOAD_URL).openStream().use { stream -> return calculateMd5(stream) }
-            } catch (e: Exception) {
-                e.printStackTrace()
-                MainWindow.loadingLabel.text = e.message
-                MainWindow.loadingLabel.repaint()
-                return null
-            }
-        }
-
-    fun getRemoteChecksum(url: String?): String? {
+    fun getRemoteChecksum(url: String?, checksumFile: Boolean = false): String? {
         try {
-            URL(url).openStream().use { stream -> return calculateMd5(stream) }
+            if (checksumFile) {
+                URL(url).openStream().use { stream -> return stream.bufferedReader().use { it.readText().trim() } }
+            }
+            else {
+                URL(url).openStream().use { stream -> return calculateMd5(stream) }
+            }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             e.printStackTrace()
             MainWindow.loadingLabel.text = e.message
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/Settings.kt b/src/main/kotlin/Settings.kt
index d6958ba..9d2b23c 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/Settings.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/Settings.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ object Settings {
     }
     val SAVE_NAME = "2009scape.jar"
     val DOWNLOAD_URL = "http://play.2009scape.org/2009scape.jar"
+    val DOWNLOAD_MD5_URL = "http://play.2009scape.org/2009scape.md5sum"
     val LAUNCHER_URL = "https://gitlab.com/2009scape/09launcher/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/build/libs/2009scape.jar?job=build"
     var HAS_UPDATED = false
     var CHECK_FOR_UPDATES = true
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/Updater.kt b/src/main/kotlin/Updater.kt
index adb5d24..0457c79 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/Updater.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/Updater.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ object Updater {
         val fileUri = File(Settings.SAVE_DIR + File.separator + Settings.SAVE_NAME).toURI()
         status = UpdateStatus.CHECKING
         localMD5 = Checksum.getLocalChecksum(fileUri)
-        remoteMD5 = Checksum.getRemoteChecksum(Settings.DOWNLOAD_URL) ?: "-1"
+        remoteMD5 = Checksum.getRemoteChecksum(Settings.DOWNLOAD_MD5_URL, checksumFile = true) ?: "-1"
         println("Local: $localMD5 || Remote: $remoteMD5")
         status = UpdateStatus.COMPLETE
     }