diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Update.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Update.py
index 227f5fd..b9409e9 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Update.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Update.py
@@ -4,9 +4,43 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, division, print_functi
 This is the SpiceBot Update system.
 """
 
+import sopel
 from sopel.config.types import StaticSection, ValidatedAttribute
 
+import requests
+
+from .Config import config as botconfig
+
 
 class SpiceBot_Update_MainSection(StaticSection):
     gitrepo = ValidatedAttribute('gitrepo', default="https://github.com/SpiceBot/SpiceBot")
     gitbranch = ValidatedAttribute('gitbranch', default="master")
+
+
+class BotUpdates():
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.sopel = {
+                    "version_local": sopel.version_info,
+                    "version_url": 'https://sopel.chat/latest.json',
+                    "version_online": None,
+                    }
+        self.spicebot = False
+
+        self.check_sopel()
+
+    def check_sopel(self):
+        info = requests.get(self.sopel["version_url"], verify=botconfig.core.verify_ssl).json()
+        if self.sopel["version_local"].releaselevel == 'final':
+            latest = info['version']
+        else:
+            latest = info['unstable']
+
+        self.sopel["version_online"] = sopel._version_info(latest)
+
+    def check_spicebot(self):
+        return
+        self.sopel = True
+
+
+version = BotUpdates()