diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 01a56e2..f3fb938 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alterware-launcher"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.6.2"
 dependencies = [
  "colored",
  "futures-util",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 385d024..1a95be7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "alterware-launcher"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.6.2"
 edition = "2021"
 build = "res/build.rs"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4fd5ea5..3d4f301 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ fn arg_remove_value(args: &mut Vec<String>, arg: &str) {
 async fn main() {
     #[cfg(windows)]
     setup_env();
-
     let mut args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
 
     if arg_bool(&args, "--help") {
diff --git a/src/self_update.rs b/src/self_update.rs
index a8e667f..1a736a9 100644
--- a/src/self_update.rs
+++ b/src/self_update.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ pub fn run(_update_only: bool) {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn restart() -> std::io::Error {
+    use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+    match std::process::Command::new(std::env::current_exe().unwrap())
+        .args(std::env::args().skip(1))
+        .creation_flags(0x00000010) // CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE
+        .spawn()
+    {
+        Ok(_) => std::process::exit(0),
+        Err(err) => err,
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(windows)]
 pub fn run(update_only: bool) {
     use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
@@ -68,7 +81,7 @@ pub fn run(update_only: bool) {
         } else {
             "alterware-launcher.exe"
         };
-        println!("{}", launcher_name);
+
         http::download_file(
             &format!(
                 "{}/download/{}",
@@ -85,12 +98,12 @@ pub fn run(update_only: bool) {
 
         self_replace::self_replace("alterware-launcher-update.exe").unwrap();
         fs::remove_file(&file_path).unwrap();
-        println!(
-            "Launcher updated. View the changelog at https://github.com/{}/{}/releases/latest",
-            GH_OWNER, GH_REPO,
-        );
-        println!("Please restart the launcher.");
+
+        // restarting spawns a new console, automation should manually restart on exit code 201
         if !update_only {
+            let restart_error = restart().to_string();
+            println!("Failed to restart launcher: {}", restart_error);
+            println!("Please restart the launcher manually.");
             misc::stdin();
         }
         std::process::exit(201);