diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bf7fda7..d795590d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Geode Changelog
 
+## v2.0.0-beta.10
+ * 
+
 ## v2.0.0-beta.9
  * Make the index population async as well (3b3e174)
  * Run Android file callbacks on main thread (79d9184)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5bcf5c85..14f76e81 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.0-beta.9
\ No newline at end of file
+2.0.0-beta.10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/loader/src/loader/Index.cpp b/loader/src/loader/Index.cpp
index 520a2cc9..e0b6c68e 100644
--- a/loader/src/loader/Index.cpp
+++ b/loader/src/loader/Index.cpp
@@ -403,7 +403,9 @@ void Index::Impl::checkForUpdates() {
                 // make sure the downloaded local copy actually exists
                 ghc::filesystem::exists(dirs::getIndexDir() / "v0" / "config.json")
             ) {
-                this->updateFromLocalTree();
+                std::thread([this](){
+                    this->updateFromLocalTree();
+                }).detach();
             }
             // otherwise save hash and download source
             else {