diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index db7379e2a..1e7eacbcf 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flightcore"
-version = "2.23.2"
+version = "2.24.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-recursion",
@@ -1179,6 +1179,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "octocrab",
  "open 5.3.0",
  "pretty_env_logger",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "regex",
  "remove-markdown-links",
  "reqwest 0.11.27",
@@ -1716,9 +1717,9 @@ checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "443144c8cdadd93ebf52ddb4056d257f5b52c04d3c804e657d19eb73fc33668b"
+checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
@@ -2504,13 +2505,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "0.8.9"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3dce281c5e46beae905d4de1870d8b1509a9142b62eedf18b443b011ca8343d0"
+checksum = "4569e456d394deccd22ce1c1913e6ea0e54519f577285001215d33557431afe4"
 dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2685,16 +2687,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num_cpus"
-version = "1.16.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num_enum"
 version = "0.5.11"
@@ -5041,28 +5033,27 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.38.0"
+version = "1.39.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ba4f4a02a7a80d6f274636f0aa95c7e383b912d41fe721a31f29e29698585a4a"
+checksum = "daa4fb1bc778bd6f04cbfc4bb2d06a7396a8f299dc33ea1900cedaa316f467b1"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
  "libc",
  "mio",
- "num_cpus",
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2 0.5.5",
  "tokio-macros",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "2.3.0"
+version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f5ae998a069d4b5aba8ee9dad856af7d520c3699e6159b185c2acd48155d39a"
+checksum = "693d596312e88961bc67d7f1f97af8a70227d9f90c31bba5806eec004978d752"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -5921,6 +5912,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.48.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.42.2"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index c9a559a7b..210c76b80 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "flightcore"
-version = "2.23.2"
+version = "2.24.0"
 description = "Mod-manager for Northstar"
 authors = ["https://github.com/R2NorthstarTools/FlightCore/graphs/contributors"]
 license = "MIT"
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ semver = "1.0"
 # simplified filesystem access
 glob = "0.3.1"
 dirs = "5"
+# Random number stuff
+rand = "0.8.5"
 
 # Interacting with GitHub
 octocrab = "0.38.0"
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/constants.rs b/src-tauri/src/constants.rs
index 47eeef194..3ad2d6e88 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/constants.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ pub const BLACKLISTED_MODS: [&str; 3] = [
     "ebkr-r2modman",
 ];
 
+/// List of Thunderstoremods that have some specific install requirements that makes them different from standard mods
+pub const MODS_WITH_SPECIAL_REQUIREMENTS: [&str; 1] = ["NanohmProtogen-VanillaPlus"];
+
 /// Order in which the sections for release notes should be displayed
 pub const SECTION_ORDER: [&str; 11] = [
     "feat", "fix", "docs", "style", "refactor", "build", "test", "i18n", "ci", "chore", "other",
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/github/release_notes.rs b/src-tauri/src/github/release_notes.rs
index e3a14537b..4adfb24b6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/github/release_notes.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/github/release_notes.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use rand::prelude::SliceRandom;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::vec::Vec;
 use ts_rs::TS;
@@ -168,9 +169,51 @@ pub async fn generate_release_note_announcement() -> Result<String, String> {
     let modders_info = "Mod compatibility should not be impacted";
     let server_hosters_info = "REPLACE ME";
 
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let attributes = vec![
+        "adorable",
+        "amazing",
+        "beautiful",
+        "blithsome",
+        "brilliant",
+        "compassionate",
+        "dazzling",
+        "delightful",
+        "distinguished",
+        "elegant",
+        "enigmatic",
+        "enthusiastic",
+        "fashionable",
+        "fortuitous",
+        "friendly",
+        "generous",
+        "gleeful",
+        "gorgeous",
+        "handsome",
+        "lively",
+        "lovely",
+        "lucky",
+        "lustrous",
+        "marvelous",
+        "merry",
+        "mirthful",
+        "phantasmagorical",
+        "pretty",
+        "propitious",
+        "ravishing",
+        "sincere",
+        "sophisticated fellow",
+        "stupendous",
+        "vivacious",
+        "wonderful",
+        "zestful",
+    ];
+
+    let selected_attribute = attributes.choose(&mut rng).unwrap();
+
     // Build announcement string
     let return_string = format!(
-        r"Hello beautiful people <3
+        r"Hello {selected_attribute} people <3
 **Northstar `{current_ns_version}` is out!**
 
 {general_info}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index ee7da27f8..a9f484f51 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ fn main() {
             northstar::profile::delete_profile,
             northstar::profile::fetch_profiles,
             northstar::profile::validate_profile,
+            platform_specific::check_cgnat,
             platform_specific::get_host_os,
             platform_specific::get_local_northstar_proton_wrapper_version,
             platform_specific::install_northstar_proton_wrapper,
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/mod_management/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/mod_management/mod.rs
index ebbcf431d..2a0189202 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/mod_management/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/mod_management/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // This file contains various mod management functions
 
-use crate::constants::{BLACKLISTED_MODS, CORE_MODS};
+use crate::constants::{BLACKLISTED_MODS, CORE_MODS, MODS_WITH_SPECIAL_REQUIREMENTS};
 use async_recursion::async_recursion;
 use thermite::prelude::ThermiteError;
 
@@ -609,6 +609,16 @@ pub async fn fc_download_mod_and_install(
         }
     }
 
+    // Prevent installing mods that have specific install requirements
+    for special_mod in MODS_WITH_SPECIAL_REQUIREMENTS {
+        if thunderstore_mod_string.contains(special_mod) {
+            return Err(format!(
+                "{} has special install requirements and cannot be installed with FlightCore",
+                thunderstore_mod_string
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
     // Get download URL for the specified mod
     let download_url = get_ns_mod_download_url(thunderstore_mod_string).await?;
 
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/mod.rs
index 6fdb1ed19..4e0514d4a 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/mod.rs
@@ -38,3 +38,13 @@ pub async fn get_local_northstar_proton_wrapper_version() -> Result<String, Stri
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     Err("Not supported on Windows".to_string())
 }
+
+/// Check whether the current device might be behind a CGNAT
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn check_cgnat() -> Result<String, String> {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    return Err("Not supported on Linux".to_string());
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    windows::check_cgnat().await
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/windows.rs b/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/windows.rs
index 678e5be54..fc6aab5d6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/windows.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/platform_specific/windows.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /// Windows specific code
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 use winreg::{enums::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, RegKey};
@@ -32,3 +33,72 @@ pub fn origin_install_location_detection() -> Result<String, anyhow::Error> {
 
     Err(anyhow!("No Origin / EA App install path found"))
 }
+
+/// Check whether the current device might be behind a CGNAT
+pub async fn check_cgnat() -> Result<String, String> {
+    // Use external service to grap IP
+    let url = "https://api.ipify.org";
+    let response = reqwest::get(url).await.unwrap().text().await.unwrap();
+
+    // Check if valid IPv4 address and return early if not
+    if response.parse::<Ipv4Addr>().is_err() {
+        return Err(format!("Not valid IPv4 address: {}", response));
+    }
+
+    let hops_count = run_tracert(&response)?;
+    Ok(format!("Counted {} hops to {}", hops_count, response))
+}
+
+/// Count number of hops in tracert output
+fn count_hops(output: &str) -> usize {
+    // Split the output into lines
+    let lines: Vec<&str> = output.lines().collect();
+
+    // Filter lines that appear to represent hops
+    let hop_lines: Vec<&str> = lines
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|&line| line.contains("ms") || line.contains("*")) // TODO check if it contains just the `ms` surrounded by whitespace, otherwise it might falsely pick up some domain names as well
+        .cloned()
+        .collect();
+
+    // Return the number of hops
+    hop_lines.len()
+}
+
+/// Run `tracert`
+fn run_tracert(target_ip: &str) -> Result<usize, String> {
+    // Ensure valid IPv4 address to avoid prevent command injection
+    assert!(target_ip.parse::<Ipv4Addr>().is_ok());
+
+    // Execute the `tracert` command
+    let output = match std::process::Command::new("tracert")
+        .arg("-4") // Force IPv4
+        .arg("-d") // Prevent resolving intermediate IP addresses
+        .arg("-w") // Set timeout to 1 second
+        .arg("1000")
+        .arg("-h") // Set max hop count
+        .arg("5")
+        .arg(target_ip)
+        .output()
+    {
+        Ok(res) => res,
+        Err(err) => return Err(format!("Failed running tracert: {}", err)),
+    };
+
+    // Check if the command was successful
+    if output.status.success() {
+        // Convert the output to a string
+        let stdout =
+            std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout).expect("Invalid UTF-8 sequence in command output");
+        println!("{}", stdout);
+
+        // Count the number of hops
+        let hop_count = count_hops(stdout);
+        Ok(hop_count)
+    } else {
+        let stderr = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stderr)
+            .expect("Invalid UTF-8 sequence in command error output");
+        println!("{}", stderr);
+        Err(format!("Failed collecting tracert output: {}", stderr))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 637214610..182c907db 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   },
   "package": {
     "productName": "FlightCore",
-    "version": "2.23.2"
+    "version": "2.24.0"
   },
   "tauri": {
     "allowlist": {
diff --git a/src-vue/src/views/DeveloperView.vue b/src-vue/src/views/DeveloperView.vue
index a08c73f3c..192141575 100644
--- a/src-vue/src/views/DeveloperView.vue
+++ b/src-vue/src/views/DeveloperView.vue
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
 
             <h3>Repair:</h3>
 
+            <el-button type="primary" @click="checkCgnat">
+                Run tracert and collect hop count
+            </el-button>
 
             <el-button type="primary" @click="getInstalledMods">
                 Get installed mods
@@ -330,6 +333,15 @@ export default defineComponent({
                 .then((message) => { showNotification(`NSProton Version`, message as string); })
                 .catch((error) => { showNotification(`Error`, error, "error"); })
         },
+        async checkCgnat() {
+            await invoke<string>("check_cgnat")
+                .then((message) => {
+                    showNotification(message);
+                })
+                .catch((error) => {
+                    showErrorNotification(error);
+                });
+        },
         async copyReleaseNotesToClipboard() {
             navigator.clipboard.writeText(this.release_notes_text)
                 .then(() => {