reckon i've got this sussed now

Author: ButchersBoy

F1InXAML/App.xaml.cs

@@ -30,15 +30,23 @@ private void App_OnStartup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
             mainWindow.Show();
 
 #if RELEASE
-            CheckForUpdates();
+            Task.Factory.StartNew(CheckForUpdates);           
 #endif
         }
 
         private static async void CheckForUpdates()
         {
             using (var mgr = UpdateManager.GitHubUpdateManager("https://github.com/MaterialDesignInXAML/F1InXAML"))
             {
-                await mgr.Result.UpdateApp();
+                try
+                {
+                    mgr.Result.UpdateApp();
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                                        
+                }
+                
             }
         }
     }

Releases/RELEASES

@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-A0353ED24E33D53B01A43670DA7068D0BBFBDAC6 F1ix-1.0.1-full.nupkg 3153771
-D3FA1A0D219F36A33D04D10CE4DF7B55BA0C990C F1ix-1.0.2-delta.nupkg 37796
-A7565ECA5854ECC9EA2C9659003ADD3DD97965D6 F1ix-1.0.2-full.nupkg 3206976
+6E28337E544E7ED7B0CEACE28C637E4747563455 F1ix-1.0.2-full.nupkg 3206929