diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 7db4e05..0e93ef6 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ param_ports:
 # optional container parameters
 opt_param_usage_include_env: true
 opt_param_env_vars:
-  - {env_var: "AUTO_UPDATE", env_value: "true", desc: "Allow Jackett to update inside of the container (currently recommended by Jackett and enabled by default)"}
+  - {env_var: "AUTO_UPDATE", env_value: "true", desc: "Allow Jackett to update inside of the container."}
   - {env_var: "RUN_OPTS", env_value: "", desc: "Optionally specify additional arguments to be passed."}
 readonly_supported: true
 readonly_message: |
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-jackett-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-jackett-config/run
index 2187562..c342df0 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-jackett-config/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-jackett-config/run
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 
 mkdir -p /run/jackett-temp
 
-
 if [[ -z ${LSIO_NON_ROOT_USER} ]]; then
-    if [[ "${AUTO_UPDATE}" == "true" ]]; then
+    if [[ "${AUTO_UPDATE,,}" == "true" ]]; then
         lsiown -R abc:abc \
             /app/Jackett
     fi
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jackett/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jackett/run
index b1c46f0..a175a3a 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jackett/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jackett/run
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 
-if [[ "${AUTO_UPDATE}" == "true" ]]; then
+if [[ "${AUTO_UPDATE,,}" == "true" ]] && [[ -z ${LSIO_NON_ROOT_USER} ]]; then
     COMMAND="/app/Jackett/jackett_launcher.sh"
 else
     COMMAND="/app/Jackett/jackett --NoUpdates"