diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
index a9002fda2..c9ebc976c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
@@ -210,8 +210,7 @@ public class App extends Application {
         mNotificationManager.createNotificationChannel(mChannel);
 
         // Set up notification channel for app update only if it's a github apk.
-
-        if (!BuildConfig.FLAVOR.equals(getString(R.string.app_flavor_github))) {
+        if (BuildConfig.FLAVOR.equals(getString(R.string.app_flavor_github))) {
 
             final String appUpdateId
                     = getString(R.string.app_update_notification_channel_id);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/CheckForNewAppVersionTask.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/CheckForNewAppVersionTask.java
index b6b269bb5..b53ef1794 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/CheckForNewAppVersionTask.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/CheckForNewAppVersionTask.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.AsyncTask;
 import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
 import android.support.v4.app.NotificationManagerCompat;
+import android.util.Log;
 
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public class CheckForNewAppVersionTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {
     protected void onPreExecute() {
         // Continue with version check only if the build variant is of type "github".
         if (!BuildConfig.FLAVOR.equals(app.getString(R.string.app_flavor_github))) {
-            this.cancel(true);
+            // this.cancel(true);
         }
     }
 
@@ -102,6 +103,8 @@ public class CheckForNewAppVersionTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {
     @Override
     protected void onPostExecute(String response) {
 
+        Log.i("Response--", response);
+
         // Parse the json from the response.
         if (response != null) {