diff --git a/scripts/zmupdate.pl b/scripts/zmupdate.pl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7aa64ac3a..aba23ea23
--- a/scripts/zmupdate.pl
+++ b/scripts/zmupdate.pl
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ if ( $check && ZM_CHECK_FOR_UPDATES )
                 }
                 use strict 'subs';
             }
-            my $req = HTTP::Request->new( GET=>'http://www.zoneminder.com/version' );
+            my $req = HTTP::Request->new( GET=>'https://raw.github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/master/version' );
             my $res = $ua->request($req);
 
             if ( $res->is_success )
diff --git a/scripts/zmupdate.pl.in b/scripts/zmupdate.pl.in
index 75a0a83f3..5fe59b65b 100644
--- a/scripts/zmupdate.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/zmupdate.pl.in
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ if ( $check && ZM_CHECK_FOR_UPDATES )
                 }
                 use strict 'subs';
             }
-            my $req = HTTP::Request->new( GET=>'http://www.zoneminder.com/version' );
+            my $req = HTTP::Request->new( GET=>'https://raw.github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/master/version' );
             my $res = $ua->request($req);
 
             if ( $res->is_success )
diff --git a/version b/version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd43a143f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.26.1