diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/CheckUpdates.php b/app/Console/Commands/CheckUpdates.php
index 4b3d8ba..8e54350 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/CheckUpdates.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/CheckUpdates.php
@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@ class CheckUpdates extends Command
         $updateBin   = '/usr/local/sbin/mailwolt-update';
         $fetchHelper = '/usr/local/sbin/mailwolt-fetch-tags';
 
+        // Beide versuchen — --check-only schreibt version_remote, fetch-tags als Fallback
+        $fetched = false;
         if (file_exists($updateBin) && str_contains((string) @file_get_contents($updateBin), '--check-only')) {
-            shell_exec('sudo -n ' . escapeshellarg($updateBin) . ' --check-only 2>/dev/null');
-        } elseif (file_exists($fetchHelper)) {
-            shell_exec('sudo -n ' . escapeshellarg($fetchHelper) . ' 2>/dev/null');
+            $result = @shell_exec('sudo -n ' . escapeshellarg($updateBin) . ' --check-only 2>/dev/null');
+            $fetched = ($result !== null);
+        }
+        if (!$fetched && file_exists($fetchHelper)) {
+            @shell_exec('sudo -n ' . escapeshellarg($fetchHelper) . ' 2>/dev/null');
         }
 
         // Version_remote wurde von einem der Helfer geschrieben; frisch genug wenn < 2h alt
diff --git a/scripts/update.sh b/scripts/update.sh
index 2863513..a266423 100644
--- a/scripts/update.sh
+++ b/scripts/update.sh
@@ -166,8 +166,17 @@ ensure_system(){
   # Sudoers-Regeln nachrüsten
   for f in /etc/sudoers.d/mailwolt-certbot /etc/sudoers.d/mailwolt-dkim; do
     _sudoers_add "$f" 'www-data ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/mailwolt-fetch-tags'
+    _sudoers_add "$f" 'www-data ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/mailwolt-update --check-only'
     _sudoers_add "$f" 'www-data ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/openssl x509 -enddate -noout -in /etc/letsencrypt/live/*/fullchain.pem'
   done
+  # Laravel Scheduler cron (schedule:run muss jede Minute laufen)
+  local cron_file="/etc/cron.d/mailwolt"
+  local cron_line="* * * * * www-data php ${APP_DIR}/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1"
+  if ! grep -qF "artisan schedule:run" "${cron_file}" 2>/dev/null; then
+    printf '%s\n' "${cron_line}" > "${cron_file}"
+    chmod 644 "${cron_file}"
+    echo "[✓] Laravel Scheduler cron installiert."
+  fi
 }
 
 # -------- Guards --------------------------------------------------------------