diff --git a/core/lib/patternlab.js b/core/lib/patternlab.js
index c3841dc76..aa6a41113 100644
--- a/core/lib/patternlab.js
+++ b/core/lib/patternlab.js
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ var diveSync = require('diveSync'),
   ui_builder = new ui(),
   pe = require('./pattern_exporter'),
   pattern_exporter = new pe(),
-  PatternGraph = require('./pattern_graph').PatternGraph;
+  PatternGraph = require('./pattern_graph').PatternGraph,
+  updateNotifier = require('update-notifier');
 
 //register our log events
 plutils.log.on('error', msg => console.log(msg));
@@ -43,6 +44,12 @@ console.log(
 var patternEngines = require('./pattern_engines');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
+//bootstrap update notifier
+updateNotifier({
+  pkg: packageInfo,
+  updateCheckInterval: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 // notify at most once a day
+}).notify();
+
 /**
  * Given a path, load info from the folder to compile into a single config object.
  * @param dataFilesPath
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f09565fef..f677ca997 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
     "diveSync": "^0.3.0",
     "fs-extra": "^0.30.0",
     "glob": "^7.0.0",
+    "graphlib": "^2.1.1",
     "js-beautify": "^1.6.3",
     "js-yaml": "^3.6.1",
     "lodash": "~4.13.1",
     "markdown-it": "^6.0.1",
     "node-fetch": "^1.6.0",
     "patternengine-node-mustache": "^1.0.0",
-    "graphlib": "^2.1.1"
+    "update-notifier": "^2.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^3.5.0",