diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3e24f4d0..841b2b79 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "version": "0.5.3-7",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
     "scripts": {
         "dev": "node scripts/setup_assets.js --check && vite",
         "pull": "node scripts/setup_assets.js",
diff --git a/src/lib/eventEmitter.ts b/src/lib/eventEmitter.ts
index 1ad13148..c54460a9 100644
--- a/src/lib/eventEmitter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/eventEmitter.ts
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ export function internalEmit(ns: string, event: string, ...args: unknown[]) {
 // - PWA/update
 // - NewMessages/hide
 // - NewMessages/mark
+// - System/alert
diff --git a/src/pages/RevoltApp.tsx b/src/pages/RevoltApp.tsx
index 82711ef6..76535ad3 100644
--- a/src/pages/RevoltApp.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/RevoltApp.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@ import { Docked, OverlappingPanels, ShowIf } from "react-overlapping-panels";
 import { Switch, Route, useLocation, Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import styled, { css } from "styled-components/macro";
 
-import { useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 
 import ContextMenus from "../lib/ContextMenus";
 import { isTouchscreenDevice } from "../lib/isTouchscreenDevice";
 
-import { useApplicationState } from "../mobx/State";
-import { SIDEBAR_CHANNELS } from "../mobx/stores/Layout";
-
 import Popovers from "../context/intermediate/Popovers";
 import Notifications from "../context/revoltjs/Notifications";
 import StateMonitor from "../context/revoltjs/StateMonitor";
@@ -18,6 +15,7 @@ import { Titlebar } from "../components/native/Titlebar";
 import BottomNavigation from "../components/navigation/BottomNavigation";
 import LeftSidebar from "../components/navigation/LeftSidebar";
 import RightSidebar from "../components/navigation/RightSidebar";
+import { useSystemAlert } from "../updateWorker";
 import Open from "./Open";
 import Channel from "./channels/Channel";
 import Developer from "./developer/Developer";
@@ -112,22 +110,35 @@ export default function App() {
         path.startsWith("/invite") ||
         path.includes("/settings");
 
+    const alert = useSystemAlert();
     const [statusBar, setStatusBar] = useState(false);
+    useEffect(() => setStatusBar(true), [alert]);
 
     return (
         <>
-            {statusBar && (
+            {alert && statusBar && (
                 <StatusBar>
-                    <div className="title">Partial outage: CDN</div>
+                    <div className="title">{alert.text}</div>
                     <div className="actions">
-                        <Link to="/invite/Testers">
-                            <a>
-                                <div className="button">Updates</div>
+                        {alert.actions?.map((action) =>
+                            action.type === "internal" ? (
+                                <Link to={action.href}>
+                                    <div className="button">{action.text}</div>
+                                </Link>
+                            ) : action.type === "external" ? (
+                                <a
+                                    href={action.href}
+                                    target="_blank"
+                                    rel="noreferrer">
+                                    <div className="button">{action.text}</div>{" "}
+                                </a>
+                            ) : null,
+                        )}
+                        {alert.dismissable !== false && (
+                            <a onClick={() => setStatusBar(false)}>
+                                <div className="button">Dismiss</div>
                             </a>
-                        </Link>
-                        <a onClick={() => setStatusBar(false)}>
-                            <div className="button">Dismiss</div>
-                        </a>
+                        )}
                     </div>
                 </StatusBar>
             )}
diff --git a/src/updateWorker.ts b/src/updateWorker.ts
index b86d52e3..770a2a90 100644
--- a/src/updateWorker.ts
+++ b/src/updateWorker.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import isEqual from "lodash.isequal";
 import semver from "semver";
 import { ulid } from "ulid";
 import { registerSW } from "virtual:pwa-register";
 
-import { internalEmit } from "./lib/eventEmitter";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+
+import { internalEmit, internalSubscribe } from "./lib/eventEmitter";
 
 import { modalController } from "./context/modals";
 
@@ -33,15 +36,67 @@ export const updateSW = registerSW({
     },
 });
 
+let currentPollRate: number;
+let scheduledTask: number;
+
+/**
+ * Schedule version checker
+ * @param poll_rate Set poll rate in milliseconds
+ */
+function schedule(poll_rate = INTERVAL_HOUR) {
+    if (poll_rate !== currentPollRate) {
+        currentPollRate = poll_rate;
+        clearInterval(scheduledTask);
+        scheduledTask = setInterval(
+            checkVersion,
+            poll_rate,
+        ) as unknown as number;
+    }
+}
+
+let currentAlert: SystemAlert | undefined;
+type SystemAlert = {
+    text: string;
+    dismissable?: boolean;
+    actions?: {
+        text: string;
+        type: "internal" | "external";
+        href: string;
+    }[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Get the current system alert
+ */
+export function useSystemAlert() {
+    const [alert, setAlert] = useState(currentAlert);
+    useEffect(() => internalSubscribe("System", "alert", setAlert as any), []);
+    return alert;
+}
+
 /**
  * Check whether the client is out of date
  */
 async function checkVersion() {
-    const { version } = (await fetch("https://api.revolt.chat/release").then(
-        (res) => res.json(),
-    )) as { version: string };
+    const { version, poll_rate, alert } = (await fetch(
+        "https://api.revolt.chat/release",
+    ).then((res) => res.json())) as {
+        version: string;
+        poll_rate?: number;
+        alert?: SystemAlert;
+    };
 
-    if (!semver.satisfies(APP_VERSION, version) && APP_VERSION !== version) {
+    // Re-schedule if necessary
+    schedule(poll_rate);
+
+    // Apply any active alerts
+    if (!isEqual(alert, currentAlert)) {
+        currentAlert = alert;
+        internalEmit("System", "alert", alert);
+    }
+
+    // Check if we need to update
+    if (version !== "0.5.3-7" && !semver.satisfies(APP_VERSION, version)) {
         // Let the worker know we should immediately refresh
         forceUpdate = true;
 
@@ -59,6 +114,6 @@ async function checkVersion() {
 
 if (import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL === "https://api.revolt.chat") {
     // Check for critical updates hourly
+    schedule();
     checkVersion();
-    setInterval(checkVersion, INTERVAL_HOUR);
 }