diff --git a/app/src/checkupdatesdialog.cpp b/app/src/checkupdatesdialog.cpp
index 201f1ba15..99460884f 100644
--- a/app/src/checkupdatesdialog.cpp
+++ b/app/src/checkupdatesdialog.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "checkupdatesdialog.h"
+#include "checkupdatesdialog.h"
 #include <QNetworkReply>
 #include <QNetworkAccessManager>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void CheckUpdatesDialog::startChecking()
 void CheckUpdatesDialog::regularBuildCheck()
 {
     mNetworkManager = new QNetworkAccessManager(this);
-    QUrl url("http://github.com/pencil2d/pencil/releases.atom");
+    QUrl url("https://github.com/pencil2d/pencil/releases.atom");
 
     QNetworkRequest req;
     req.setUrl(url);
@@ -108,6 +108,24 @@ void CheckUpdatesDialog::networkErrorHappened()
     mDownloadButton->setEnabled(false);
 }
 
+void CheckUpdatesDialog::networkResponseIsEmpty()
+{
+    mTitleLabel->setText(tr("<b>An error occurred while checking for updates</b>", "error msg of check-for-update"));
+    mDetailLabel->setText(tr("Network response is empty", "error msg of check-for-update"));
+    mProgressBar->setRange(0, 1);
+    mProgressBar->setValue(1);
+    mDownloadButton->setEnabled(false);
+}
+
+void CheckUpdatesDialog::invalidReleaseXml()
+{
+    mTitleLabel->setText(tr("<b>An error occurred while checking for updates</b>", "error msg of check-for-update"));
+    mDetailLabel->setText(tr("Couldn't retrieve the version information", "error msg of check-for-update"));
+    mProgressBar->setRange(0, 1);
+    mProgressBar->setValue(1);
+    mDownloadButton->setEnabled(false);
+}
+
 void CheckUpdatesDialog::networkRequestFinished(QNetworkReply* reply)
 {
     reply->deleteLater();
@@ -122,9 +140,18 @@ void CheckUpdatesDialog::networkRequestFinished(QNetworkReply* reply)
     }
 
     auto releasesAtom = QString::fromUtf8(reply->readAll()).trimmed();
-    //qDebug() << releasesAtom;
+    if (releasesAtom.isEmpty())
+    {
+        networkResponseIsEmpty();
+        return;
+    }
 
     QString latestVersionString = getVersionNumberFromXml(releasesAtom);
+    if (latestVersionString == "0.0.1")
+    {
+        invalidReleaseXml();
+        return;
+    }
 
     bool isNewVersionAvailable = compareVersion(APP_VERSION, latestVersionString);
     if (isNewVersionAvailable)
@@ -153,7 +180,7 @@ bool CheckUpdatesDialog::compareVersion(QString currentVersion, QString latestVe
 
 QString CheckUpdatesDialog::getVersionNumberFromXml(QString xml)
 {
-    // XML source: http://github.com/pencil2d/pencil/releases.atom
+    // XML source: https://github.com/pencil2d/pencil/releases.atom
 
     QXmlStreamReader xmlReader(xml);
 
diff --git a/app/src/checkupdatesdialog.h b/app/src/checkupdatesdialog.h
index 5380dc4be..f89e05b5d 100644
--- a/app/src/checkupdatesdialog.h
+++ b/app/src/checkupdatesdialog.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#ifndef CHECKUPDATESDIALOG_H
+#ifndef CHECKUPDATESDIALOG_H
 #define CHECKUPDATESDIALOG_H
 
 #include <QDialog>
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class CheckUpdatesDialog : public QDialog
     void regularBuildCheck();
     void nightlyBuildCheck();
     void networkErrorHappened();
+    void networkResponseIsEmpty();
+    void invalidReleaseXml();
 
     void networkRequestFinished(QNetworkReply* reply);
     bool compareVersion(QString currentVersion, QString latestVersion);
diff --git a/util/after-build.ps1 b/util/after-build.ps1
index 586e031c2..f46ac10b0 100644
--- a/util/after-build.ps1
+++ b/util/after-build.ps1
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ $arch = switch ($platform) {
   default {"Unknown"; break}
 }
 
+$libcrypto = switch ($platform) {
+  "x86"   {"C:\OpenSSL-v111-Win32\bin\libcrypto-1_1.dll"; break}
+  "amd64" {"C:\OpenSSL-v111-Win64\bin\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll"; break}
+  default {""; break}
+}
+
+$libssl = switch ($platform) {
+  "x86"   {"C:\OpenSSL-v111-Win32\bin\libssl-1_1.dll"; break}
+  "amd64" {"C:\OpenSSL-v111-Win64\bin\libssl-1_1-x64.dll"; break}
+  default {""; break}
+}
+
 [string]$ffmpegFileName = "ffmpeg-4.1.1-$arch-static"
 [string]$ffmpegUrl = "https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/$arch/static/$ffmpegFileName.zip"
 
@@ -43,15 +55,19 @@ Remove-Item -Path "./$ffmpegFileName" -Recurse
 
 Remove-Item -Path "./Pencil2D" -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 Copy-Item -Path "./bin" -Destination "./Pencil2D" -Recurse
+Remove-Item -Path "./Pencil2D/*.pdb"
+Remove-Item -Path "./Pencil2D/*.ilk"
 
 echo ">>> Deploying Qt libraries"
 
 & "windeployqt" @("Pencil2D/pencil2d.exe")
 
+echo ">>> Copy OpenSSL DLLs"
+Copy-Item $libcrypto -Destination "./Pencil2D"
+Copy-Item $libssl -Destination "./Pencil2D"
+
 echo ">>> Zipping bin folder"
 
-Remove-Item -Path "./Pencil2D/*.pdb"
-Remove-Item -Path "./Pencil2D/*.ilk"
 Compress-Archive -Path "./Pencil2D" -DestinationPath "./Pencil2D.zip"
 
 $today = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd"