diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/fxapp/UpdateChecker.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/fxapp/UpdateChecker.java
index b5c8579ba..6a957936b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/fxapp/UpdateChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/fxapp/UpdateChecker.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class UpdateChecker {
 				LOG.debug("Update progess is at percentage: {} and has status: {}", progress.getProgress(), progress.getStatus());
 
 				if (progress.getStatus() == 0 || progress.getStatus() == 2) {
-					controller.flatpakProgressProperty().set(progress.getProgress() / 100.0);
+					Platform.runLater(() -> controller.flatpakProgressProperty().set(progress.getProgress() / 100.0));
 				}
 
 				if (progress.getStatus() == 2 && progress.getProgress() == 100) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/preferences/UpdatesPreferencesController.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/preferences/UpdatesPreferencesController.java
index 19ab9ea1c..c0e9a1489 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/preferences/UpdatesPreferencesController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/preferences/UpdatesPreferencesController.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import javafx.fxml.FXML;
 import javafx.scene.control.Button;
 import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox;
 import javafx.scene.control.ContentDisplay;
+import javafx.scene.control.Label;
 import javafx.scene.control.ProgressBar;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -74,8 +75,7 @@ public class UpdatesPreferencesController implements FxController {
 
 	/* FXML */
 	public CheckBox checkForUpdatesCheckbox;
-	@FXML
-	public Button flatpakUpdateButton;
+	public Label flatpakButtonLabel;
 
 	@Inject
 	UpdatesPreferencesController(Application application, Environment environment, ResourceBundle resourceBundle, Settings settings, UpdateChecker updateChecker, AppUpdateChecker appUpdateChecker, Environment env) {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class UpdatesPreferencesController implements FxController {
 	public void initialize() {
 		checkForUpdatesCheckbox.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(settings.checkForUpdates);
 		switch (env.getBuildNumber().get()) {
-			case "flatpak-1" -> flatpakUpdateButton.setText(appUpdateChecker.getServiceForChannel(DistributionChannel.Value.LINUX_FLATPAK).getDisplayName());
+			case "flatpak-1" -> flatpakButtonLabel.setText(appUpdateChecker.getServiceForChannel(DistributionChannel.Value.LINUX_FLATPAK).getDisplayName());
 			default -> LOG.error("Unexpected value 'buildNumber': {}", env.getBuildNumber().get());
 		}
 
@@ -243,4 +243,8 @@ public class UpdatesPreferencesController implements FxController {
 	public DoubleProperty flatpakProgressProperty() {
 		return flatpakProgress;
 	}
+
+	public double getFlatpakProgress() {
+		return flatpakProgress.get();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/preferences_updates.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/preferences_updates.fxml
index 96b40b82b..9f334bcfa 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/preferences_updates.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/preferences_updates.fxml
@@ -53,16 +53,19 @@
 			</graphic>
 		</Label>
 		<Hyperlink text="${linkLabel.value}" onAction="#visitDownloadsPage" textAlignment="CENTER" wrapText="true" styleClass="hyperlink-underline" visible="${controller.updateAvailable}" managed="${controller.updateAvailable}"/>
-		<Button fx:id="flatpakUpdateButton"
-				onAction="#updateFlatpakNow"
+		<Button onAction="#updateFlatpakNow"
 				visible="${controller.appUpdateAvailable}">
+			<graphic>
+				<VBox spacing="5" alignment="CENTER">
+					<Label fx:id="flatpakButtonLabel"/>
+					<ProgressBar maxWidth="200"
+								 maxHeight="12"
+								 visible="${controller.updatingFlatpak}"
+								 managed="${controller.updatingFlatpak}"
+								 progress="${controller.flatpakProgress}"/>
+				</VBox>
+			</graphic>
 		</Button>
 
-		<ProgressBar fx:id="flatpakProgressBar"
-					 maxWidth="200"
-					 maxHeight="12"
-					 visible="${controller.updatingFlatpak}"
-					 managed="${controller.updatingFlatpak}"
-					 progress="${controller.flatpakProgress}"/>
 	</VBox>
 </VBox>