diff --git a/src/utilities/setupSidecarBinary.ts b/src/utilities/setupSidecarBinary.ts
index 4dbfd95..db1df66 100644
--- a/src/utilities/setupSidecarBinary.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/setupSidecarBinary.ts
@@ -44,24 +44,24 @@ export function getSidecarBinaryURL() {
   return 'http://127.0.0.1:42424';
 }
 
-// We are hardcoding the version of the sidecar binary here, so we can figure out
-// if the version we are looking at is okay, or we need to download a new binary
-// for now, lets keep it as it is and figure out a way to update the hash on
-// important updates
-export const SIDECAR_VERSION = 'a077b88a38143728bc3db94084ec56545f7071b8ae64383ef0c1b9895d74b5da';
+export function createUpdateURL(platform: string, quality: string): string {
+  return `https://aide-updates.codestory.ai/api/update/sidecar/${platform}/${quality}`;
+}
 
 async function checkCorrectVersionRunning(url: string): Promise<boolean> {
   try {
-    console.log('Sidecar-binary:Version check starting');
-    const response = await fetch(`${url}/api/version`);
-    const version = await response.json();
-    console.log('Sidecar-binary:Version check starting' + version);
-    return version.version_hash === SIDECAR_VERSION;
+    const currentVersionResponse = await fetch(`${url}/api/version`);
+    const currentVersion = await currentVersionResponse.json();
+    const updateUrl = createUpdateURL(process.platform, 'stable');
+    const latestVersionResponse = await fetch(updateUrl);
+    const latestVersion = await latestVersionResponse.json();
+    return currentVersion.package_version === latestVersion.package_version;
   } catch (e) {
     return false;
   }
 }
 
+
 export async function runCommand(cmd: string): Promise<[string, string | undefined]> {
   let stdout = '';
   let stderr = '';
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ export async function startSidecarBinary(
   const bucket = 'sidecar-bin';
   const fileName =
     os.platform() === 'win32'
-      ? 'windows/sidecar.zip'
+      ? 'windows/latest/sidecar.zip'
       : os.platform() === 'darwin'
-        ? 'mac/sidecar.zip'
-        : 'linux/sidecar.zip';
+        ? 'mac/latest/sidecar.zip'
+        : 'linux/latest/sidecar.zip';
 
   const zipDestination = path.join(extensionBasePath, 'sidecar_zip.zip');
   const sidecarDestination = path.join(extensionBasePath, 'sidecar_bin');