diff --git a/helpers/DATA/update-notifier/check_updates_with_update_manager.patch b/helpers/DATA/update-notifier/check_updates_with_update_manager.patch
index 0fb9721..b915d5a 100644
--- a/helpers/DATA/update-notifier/check_updates_with_update_manager.patch
+++ b/helpers/DATA/update-notifier/check_updates_with_update_manager.patch
@@ -59,3 +59,54 @@ diff -ru source.orig/data/backend_helper.py source/data/backend_helper.py
  
  
  def check_updates():
+diff -ru source.orig/data/backend_helper.py source/data/backend_helper.py
+--- source.orig/data/backend_helper.py	2023-05-04 20:33:23.000867005 -0400
++++ source/data/backend_helper.py	2023-05-04 20:37:57.616904543 -0400
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
+ import os
+ import subprocess
+ import sys
++import apt_pkg
+ 
+ HAVE_APTDAEMON = False
+ try:
+@@ -69,6 +70,16 @@
+         logging.error("update-manager is not installed")
+ 
+ 
++def reminder_check():
++    """ check and show updates using update-manager """
++    if os.path.exists("/usr/bin/update-manager"):
++        cmd = ["update-manager", "--check-dist-upgrades", "--no-focus-on-map"]
++        res = subprocess.call(cmd)
++        return (res == 0)
++    else:
++        logging.error("update-manager is not installed")
++
++
+ # start packagemanager
+ def start_packagemanager():
+     if os.path.exists("/usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec"):
+@@ -127,6 +138,9 @@
+     # check_updates - synaptic --reload/aptdaemon reload
+     command = subparser.add_parser("check_updates")
+     command.set_defaults(command="check_updates")
++    # reminder_check
++    command = subparser.add_parser("reminder_check")
++    command.set_defaults(command="reminder_check")
+     # start_pkgmanager
+     command = subparser.add_parser("start_packagemanager")
+     command.set_defaults(command="start_packagemanager")
+@@ -141,6 +155,12 @@
+     else:
+         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+ 
++    # we show a "do you want to check for updates" every 2 weeks, if auto-update is off
++    if args.command == "reminder_check":
++        apt_pkg.init()
++        if apt_pkg.config.find_i("APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists") != 0:
++            sys.exit(0)
++
+     func_name = args.command
+     f_kwargs = {}
+     f = globals()[func_name]
diff --git a/helpers/make-update-notifier b/helpers/make-update-notifier
index fb826c0..af3e587 100644
--- a/helpers/make-update-notifier
+++ b/helpers/make-update-notifier
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 #
 
-VERSION=11
+VERSION=12
 COMPONENT=main
 
 . ./config
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ sed '/client.upgrade_system/s/safe_mode=True/safe_mode=False/' -i data/backend_h
 patch -p1 < $DATA/check_updates_with_update_manager.patch
 # Shorter check times for apt task ending
 sed '/TIMEOUT_APT_RUN/s/600/60/g' -i src/update-notifier.c
-# Use update-manager to checks for dist-upgrades
-sed '/RELEASE_UPGRADE_CHECKER/s|/usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release-gtk|sleep 5; nice ionice -c3 /usr/bin/update-manager --check-dist-upgrades --no-update --no-focus-on-map|' -i src/update-notifier.h
+# Use update-manager to checks for dist-upgrades.
+sed '/RELEASE_UPGRADE_CHECKER/s|/usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release-gtk|sleep 5; nice ionice -c3 /usr/lib/update-notifier/backend_helper.py reminder_check|' -i src/update-notifier.h
 
 # Reduce the timeout to refresh the status of the tray icon
 patch -p1 < $DATA/improve_responsiveness.patch
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ EOF
 sed -i '/Description: Daemon/i Breaks: update-notifier-common (<= 3.192.54.6+11.0trisquel8)' debian/control
 sed -i '/Suggests: policykit-1/i Breaks: update-notifier-common (<= 3.192.54.6+11.0trisquel8)' debian/control
 
+# Improve gtk dependency
+sed '/Package: update-notifier$/,/^$/s/policykit-1/policykit-1, python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets/' -i debian/control
+
 changelog "Disabled hp-firmware handling and ubuntu-drivers"
 
 compile