diff --git a/app/src/unstable/java/com/evsuite/abrp/OtaUpdater.java b/app/src/unstable/java/com/evsuite/abrp/OtaUpdater.java
index 9d09aa7..f77c44d 100644
--- a/app/src/unstable/java/com/evsuite/abrp/OtaUpdater.java
+++ b/app/src/unstable/java/com/evsuite/abrp/OtaUpdater.java
@@ -62,9 +62,14 @@ final class OtaUpdater {
      * signed with a different key, and Android refuses to install over a platform-signed
      * build with anything but the same signature. Pointing here means the check finds
      * nothing until this repository publishes a release, which is the intended quiet.
+     *
+     * Disabled for now: the .invalid TLD (RFC 2606) never resolves, so every check fails
+     * with "Update check failed" instead of offering upstream's builds over this one. To
+     * re-enable, point this at a fork's releases API, e.g.
+     * "https://api.github.com/repos/<owner>/<repo>/releases".
      */
     private static final String RELEASES_API =
-            "https://api.github.com/repos/fatihdonmezdev/FatihsMG4/releases";
+            "https://updates.invalid/repos/fatihdonmezdev/FatihsMG4/releases";
 
     /**
      * Hosts an update may come from. The githubusercontent entries are the CDNs GitHub