diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/UpdateService.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/UpdateService.cs
index 2574f11a..b249bb16 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/UpdateService.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/UpdateService.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace DiscordChatExporter.Gui.Services;
 public class UpdateService(SettingsService settingsService) : IDisposable
 {
     private readonly IUpdateManager? _updateManager =
-        OperatingSystem.IsWindows() && !StartOptions.Current.IsAutoUpdateDisabled
+        OperatingSystem.IsWindows() && StartOptions.Current.IsAutoUpdateAllowed
             ? new UpdateManager(
                 new GithubPackageResolver(
                     "Tyrrrz",
diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/StartOptions.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/StartOptions.cs
index a44de709..68baf4f8 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/StartOptions.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/StartOptions.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ public partial class StartOptions
 {
     public required string SettingsPath { get; init; }
 
-    public required bool IsAutoUpdateDisabled { get; init; }
+    public required bool IsAutoUpdateAllowed { get; init; }
 }
 
 public partial class StartOptions
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ public partial class StartOptions
                         ? Path.Combine(path, "Settings.dat")
                         : path
                     : Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "Settings.dat"),
-            IsAutoUpdateDisabled =
-                Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DISCORDCHATEXPORTER_DISABLE_UPDATE") is { } v
-                && (v == "1" || v.Equals("true", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)),
+            IsAutoUpdateAllowed =
+                Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DISCORDCHATEXPORTER_ALLOW_AUTO_UPDATE") is not
+                { } v
+                || !(v == "0" || v.Equals("false", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)),
         };
 }
diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/ViewModels/Dialogs/SettingsViewModel.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/ViewModels/Dialogs/SettingsViewModel.cs
index 481d3d4f..143246ca 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/ViewModels/Dialogs/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/ViewModels/Dialogs/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class SettingsViewModel : DialogViewModelBase
     }
 
     public bool IsAutoUpdateAvailable { get; } =
-        OperatingSystem.IsWindows() && !StartOptions.Current.IsAutoUpdateDisabled;
+        OperatingSystem.IsWindows() && StartOptions.Current.IsAutoUpdateAllowed;
 
     public bool IsAutoUpdateEnabled
     {