diff --git a/bin/nextcloud-appimage-launch b/bin/nextcloud-appimage-launch
index 37ce432..7a11e74 100755
--- a/bin/nextcloud-appimage-launch
+++ b/bin/nextcloud-appimage-launch
@@ -13,33 +13,40 @@ THISDIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")"
 needs_commands "curl" "notify-send"
 
 version_available="$( \
-    curl -sSv 'https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/desktop/releases/latest' 2>&1 \
+    curl --silent --verbose --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 3 --retry 5 \
+        'https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/desktop/releases/latest' 2>&1 \
     | grep '^< location: ' \
     | grep -Eo '[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+' \
     | head -n1 \
 )"
 
+if [ -z "${version_available}" ]; then
+    echo "failed checking for nextcloud update" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 version_installed="$( \
     readlink "${INSTALL_DIR}/current" \
     | grep -Eo '[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+' \
 )"
 
-if [ -n "${version_available}" ] && [ "${version_available}" != "${version_installed}" ]; then
-    echo "new nextcloud version available: ${version_available}"
-    notify-send \
-        --app-name "Nextcloud" \
-        --icon "${THISDIR}/.icon/nextcloud.svg" \
-        "nextcloud-appimage-launch" \
-        "new nextcloud version available: ${version_available}"
-
-    curl -sSfL \
-        "https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/desktop/releases/download/v${version_available}/Nextcloud-${version_available}-x86_64.AppImage" \
-        --output "${INSTALL_DIR}/Nextcloud-${version_available}-x86_64.AppImage"
-
-    chmod +x "${INSTALL_DIR}/Nextcloud-${version_available}-x86_64.AppImage"
-    ln -sf "./Nextcloud-${version_available}-x86_64.AppImage" "${INSTALL_DIR}/current"
-else
-    echo "nextcloud is up to date!"
+if [ "${version_available}" == "${version_installed}" ]; then
+    echo "nextcloud is up to date!" >&2
+    exit 0
 fi
 
+echo "new nextcloud version available: ${version_available}" >&2
+notify-send \
+    --app-name "Nextcloud" \
+    --icon "${THISDIR}/.icon/nextcloud.svg" \
+    "nextcloud-appimage-launch" \
+    "new nextcloud version available: ${version_available}"
+
+curl --silent --show-error --fail --location \
+    "https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/desktop/releases/download/v${version_available}/Nextcloud-${version_available}-x86_64.AppImage" \
+    --output "${INSTALL_DIR}/Nextcloud-${version_available}-x86_64.AppImage"
+
+chmod +x "${INSTALL_DIR}/Nextcloud-${version_available}-x86_64.AppImage"
+ln -sf "./Nextcloud-${version_available}-x86_64.AppImage" "${INSTALL_DIR}/current"
+
 exec "${INSTALL_DIR}/current" --background "${@}"