diff --git a/src/core/UBApplicationController.cpp b/src/core/UBApplicationController.cpp
index 21006bbb..c356b4e4 100644
--- a/src/core/UBApplicationController.cpp
+++ b/src/core/UBApplicationController.cpp
@@ -479,18 +479,44 @@ void UBApplicationController::showSankoreEditor()
 
 void UBApplicationController::checkUpdate()
 {
-    networkAccessManager->get (QNetworkRequest (QUrl ("http://getuniboard.com/dl/sankore/update.json")));
+    mFtp = new QFtp(this);
+    connect(mFtp, SIGNAL(commandFinished(int,bool)), this, SLOT(ftpCommandFinished(int,bool)));
+
+    mFtp->connectToHost("91.121.248.138",21);
+    mFtp->login("anonymous", "anonymous");
+    mFtp->get("update.json",0);
+}
+
+void UBApplicationController::ftpCommandFinished(int id, bool error)
+{
+   if (error){
+       qWarning() << "ftp command id" << id << "return the error: " << mFtp->errorString();
+       mFtp->close();
+   }
+   else{
+       // 3 stand for the third command we have sent
+       // in our case
+       // 1->connect
+       // 2->login
+       // 3->get
+       if (id == 3){
+           QString updateString =  QString(mFtp->readAll());
+           mFtp->close();
+           downloadJsonFinished(updateString);
+       }
+   }
 }
 
-void UBApplicationController::downloadJsonFinished(QNetworkReply* pReply)
+
+
+void UBApplicationController::downloadJsonFinished(QString currentJson)
 {
-    QString currentJson = pReply->readAll();
     QScriptValue scriptValue;
     QScriptEngine scriptEngine;
     scriptValue = scriptEngine.evaluate ("(" + currentJson + ")");
 
-    UBVersion installedVersion (qApp->applicationVersion());
-    UBVersion jsonVersion (scriptValue.property("version").toString());
+    UBVersion installedVersion (qApp->applicationVersion().left(4));
+    UBVersion jsonVersion (scriptValue.property("version").toString().left(4));
 
     if (installedVersion.isValid() &&  jsonVersion.isValid() && jsonVersion > installedVersion) {
             QMessageBox msgBox;
@@ -511,7 +537,8 @@ void UBApplicationController::downloadJsonFinished(QNetworkReply* pReply)
                     // should never be reached
                     break;
             }
-    } else {
+    }
+    else {
         if (isNoUpdateDisplayed) {
             QMessageBox msgBox;
             msgBox.setText (tr ("No update available"));
diff --git a/src/core/UBApplicationController.h b/src/core/UBApplicationController.h
index 4e0cdc89..caa46d09 100644
--- a/src/core/UBApplicationController.h
+++ b/src/core/UBApplicationController.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define UBAPPLICATIONCONTROLLER_H_
 
 #include <QtGui>
+#include <QFtp>
 
 class UBBoardView;
 class UBDocumentProxy;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ class UBSoftwareUpdate;
 class QNetworkAccessManager;
 class QNetworkReply;
 
+
 class UBApplicationController : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT;
@@ -117,7 +119,9 @@ class UBApplicationController : public QObject
 
         void checkUpdateRequest();
         void checkUpdateAtLaunch();
-        void downloadJsonFinished(QNetworkReply* pReply);
+
+    private slots:
+        void ftpCommandFinished(int id, bool error);
 
     protected:
 
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ class UBApplicationController : public QObject
         UBScreenMirror* mMirror;
 
         int mInitialHScroll, mInitialVScroll;
+        QFtp* mFtp;
 
     private:
 
@@ -151,6 +156,8 @@ class UBApplicationController : public QObject
         bool isNoUpdateDisplayed;
         void checkUpdate ();
         QNetworkAccessManager *networkAccessManager;
+
+        void downloadJsonFinished(QString updateString);
 };
 
 #endif /* UBAPPLICATIONCONTROLLER_H_ */