diff --git a/src/common/updates.cpp b/src/common/updates.cpp
index c84566f57..8878bb062 100644
--- a/src/common/updates.cpp
+++ b/src/common/updates.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 namespace tools
 {
-  bool check_updates(const std::string &software, const std::string &buildtag, bool testnet, std::string &version, std::string &hash)
+  bool check_updates(const std::string &software, const std::string &buildtag, std::string &version, std::string &hash)
   {
     std::vector<std::string> records;
     bool found = false;
@@ -44,12 +44,13 @@ namespace tools
 
     // All four MoneroPulse domains have DNSSEC on and valid
     static const std::vector<std::string> dns_urls = {
+        "updates.moneropulse.org",
+        "updates.moneropulse.net",
+        "updates.moneropulse.co",
+        "updates.moneropulse.se"
     };
 
-    static const std::vector<std::string> testnet_dns_urls = { "testver.moneropulse.net"
-    };
-
-    if (!tools::dns_utils::load_txt_records_from_dns(records, testnet ? testnet_dns_urls : dns_urls))
+    if (!tools::dns_utils::load_txt_records_from_dns(records, dns_urls))
       return false;
 
     for (const auto& record : records)
@@ -94,9 +95,9 @@ namespace tools
     return found;
   }
 
-  std::string get_update_url(const std::string &software, const std::string &subdir, const std::string &buildtag, const std::string &version)
+  std::string get_update_url(const std::string &software, const std::string &subdir, const std::string &buildtag, const std::string &version, bool user)
   {
-    static const char base[] = "https://updates.getmonero.org/";
+    static const char *base = user ? "https://downloads.getmonero.org/" : "http://updates.getmonero.org/";
 #ifdef _WIN32
     static const char extension[] = ".zip";
 #else
diff --git a/src/common/updates.h b/src/common/updates.h
index 1a70e06fd..e494ed7ac 100644
--- a/src/common/updates.h
+++ b/src/common/updates.h
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@
 
 namespace tools
 {
-  bool check_updates(const std::string &software, const std::string &buildtag, bool bestnet, std::string &version, std::string &hash);
-  std::string get_update_url(const std::string &software, const std::string &subdir, const std::string &buildtag, const std::string &version);
+  bool check_updates(const std::string &software, const std::string &buildtag, std::string &version, std::string &hash);
+  std::string get_update_url(const std::string &software, const std::string &subdir, const std::string &buildtag, const std::string &version, bool user);
 }
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
index c96389ac7..98c53890e 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   bool core::check_updates()
   {
-    static const char software[] = "monerod";
+    static const char software[] = "monero";
     static const char subdir[] = "cli"; // because it can never be simple
 #ifdef BUILD_TAG
     static const char buildtag[] = BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(BUILD_TAG);
@@ -1101,18 +1101,19 @@ namespace cryptonote
 
     std::string version, hash;
     MCDEBUG("updates", "Checking for a new " << software << " version for " << buildtag);
-    if (!tools::check_updates(software, buildtag, m_testnet, version, hash))
+    if (!tools::check_updates(software, buildtag, version, hash))
       return false;
 
     if (tools::vercmp(version.c_str(), MONERO_VERSION) <= 0)
       return true;
 
-    std::string url = tools::get_update_url(software, subdir, buildtag, version);
+    std::string url = tools::get_update_url(software, subdir, buildtag, version, true);
     MGINFO("Version " << version << " of " << software << " for " << buildtag << " is available: " << url << ", SHA256 hash " << hash);
 
     if (check_updates_level == UPDATES_NOTIFY)
       return true;
 
+    url = tools::get_update_url(software, subdir, buildtag, version, false);
     std::string filename;
     const char *slash = strrchr(url.c_str(), '/');
     if (slash)
@@ -1141,7 +1142,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
         MCERROR("updates", "Download from " << url << " does not match the expected hash");
         return false;
       }
-      MCINFO("updates", "New version downloaded to " << path);
+      MGINFO("New version downloaded to " << path);
     }
     else
     {