diff --git a/hytale-update.sh b/hytale-update.sh
index d8c1caa..48dcfba 100755
--- a/hytale-update.sh
+++ b/hytale-update.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,18 @@ cd "$HYTALE_DIR"
 log "Starting update check..."
 
 # Run the updater to check for and download updates
-# The updater downloads files like "2026-01-17-abcdef.zip"
-./hytale-downloader-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
+# The updater downloads files like "2026.01.17-abcdef.zip"
+DOWNLOADER_OUTPUT=$(./hytale-downloader-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG_FILE")
+
+# Check if the downloader itself needs an update
+if echo "$DOWNLOADER_OUTPUT" | grep -q "A new version of hytale-downloader is available"; then
+    log "Downloading new version of hytale-downloader..."
+    curl -sL -o hytale-downloader.zip "https://downloader.hytale.com/hytale-downloader.zip"
+    unzip -o hytale-downloader.zip -d "$HYTALE_DIR"
+    chmod +x "$HYTALE_DIR/hytale-downloader-linux-amd64"
+    rm -f hytale-downloader.zip
+    log "Downloader updated successfully."
+fi
 
 # Find the newest zip file (pattern: YYYY.MM.DD-*.zip)
 NEWEST_ZIP=$(ls -t [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]-*.zip 2>/dev/null | head -n1)