diff --git a/Northstar.Client/mod.json b/Northstar.Client/mod.json
index 29473991b6..17a2307aa0 100644
--- a/Northstar.Client/mod.json
+++ b/Northstar.Client/mod.json
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@
 			}
 		},
 		{
+			"Path": "ui/_atlas_announcements.nut",
+			"RunOn": "UI"
+    },
+    {
 			"Path": "ui/ns_client_mod_settings.gnut",
 			"RunOn": "UI",
 			"UICallback":{
diff --git a/Northstar.Client/mod/scripts/vscripts/ui/_atlas_announcements.nut b/Northstar.Client/mod/scripts/vscripts/ui/_atlas_announcements.nut
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af179811ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Northstar.Client/mod/scripts/vscripts/ui/_atlas_announcements.nut
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+untyped
+
+global function GetAtlasAnnouncement_Threaded
+
+const string ATLAS_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUFFIX = "/client/announcements"
+
+void function GetAtlasAnnouncement_Threaded()
+{
+	// TODO: All Northstar.Client files are loaded before Northstar.Custom currently, so these have to be lambdas because this file is loaded
+	// before sh_northstar_http_requests so the types used as function parameters cause compile errors.
+	// A weird quirk of the squirrel compiler seems to be that it gathers global defs first, and compiles them after? So by the time it's compiling the innards of
+	// GetAtlasAnnouncement_Threaded it knows about the types from sh_northstar_http_requests.
+	// Anyway a solution to this would be to have sh_northstar_http_requests belong to some
+	// sort of Northstar.Core or Northstar.Shared. (Same with other APIs such as file IO)
+	void functionref( HttpRequestResponse ) onRequestSuccess = void function( HttpRequestResponse response )
+	{
+		if ( response.statusCode != 200 )
+		{
+			printt( format( "Failed to get announcement data! (Code: %i)\nReceived response: %s", response.statusCode, response.body ) )
+			return
+		}
+
+		string announcement
+		string announcementVersion
+
+		table responseBody = DecodeJSON( response.body )
+
+		if ( "announcement" in responseBody && typeof ( responseBody[ "announcement" ] ) == "string" )
+		{
+			announcement = expect string( responseBody[ "announcement" ] )
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			printt( "Failed to parse announcement data! Couldnt parse \"announcement\" field,\n", response.body )
+			return
+		}
+
+		if ( "announcementVersion" in responseBody && typeof ( responseBody[ "announcementVersion" ] ) == "string" )
+		{
+			announcementVersion = expect string( responseBody[ "announcementVersion" ] )
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			printt( "Failed to parse announcement data! Couldnt parse \"announcementVersion\" field,\n", response.body )
+			return
+		}
+
+		// empty announcement
+		if ( announcement == "" || announcementVersion == "" )
+		{
+			printt( "Found empty announcement data." )
+			return
+		}
+
+		printt( "Successfully got announcement data!" )
+		SetConVarString( "announcement", announcement )
+		SetConVarString( "announcementVersion", announcementVersion )
+	}
+
+	void functionref( HttpRequestFailure ) onRequestFailure = void function( HttpRequestFailure response )
+	{
+		printt( format( "Failed to get announcement data! (Code: %i)\nReceived response: %s", response.errorCode, response.errorMessage ) )
+	}
+
+	while ( true )
+	{
+		string url = format( "%s%s", GetConVarString( "ns_masterserver_hostname" ), ATLAS_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUFFIX )
+		// printt( format( "Getting announcement data from %s", url ) )
+
+		if ( !NSHttpGet( url, {}, onRequestSuccess, onRequestFailure ) )
+			printt( "Failed to get announcement data! (request failed to start)" )
+
+		wait 300 // check for a new announcement every 5 minutes, why not
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Northstar.Client/mod/scripts/vscripts/ui/_menus.nut b/Northstar.Client/mod/scripts/vscripts/ui/_menus.nut
index 202967ca5f..83431221f3 100644
--- a/Northstar.Client/mod/scripts/vscripts/ui/_menus.nut
+++ b/Northstar.Client/mod/scripts/vscripts/ui/_menus.nut
@@ -810,6 +810,11 @@ void function UpdateMenusOnConnect( string levelname )
 			}
 
 			thread UpdateAnnouncementDialog()
+			#if !VANILLA
+				// this ends up messing with announcementVersionSeen in persistence,
+				// so we should avoid doing that in vanilla
+				thread GetAtlasAnnouncement_Threaded()
+			#endif
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/Northstar.CustomServers/mod/cfg/autoexec_ns_server.cfg b/Northstar.CustomServers/mod/cfg/autoexec_ns_server.cfg
index bd42278350..002e4e801b 100644
--- a/Northstar.CustomServers/mod/cfg/autoexec_ns_server.cfg
+++ b/Northstar.CustomServers/mod/cfg/autoexec_ns_server.cfg
@@ -22,6 +22,3 @@ sv_minupdaterate 20 // unsure if this actually works, but if it does, should set
 sv_max_snapshots_multiplayer 300 // this needs to be updaterate * 15, or clients will dc in killreplay
 net_data_block_enabled 0 // not really sure on this, have heard datablock could have security issues? doesn't seem to have any adverse effects being disabled
 host_skip_client_dll_crc  1 // allow people to run modded client dlls, this is mainly so people running pilot visor colour mods can keep those, since they use a client.dll edit
-
-announcementVersion 1
-announcement #PROGRESSION_ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY
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