Major clean up and alpha.1 release.

src/main/util/checkForAppUpdates.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater";
-import { setReleaseChannel } from "../ipc/ipcMainHandler.user";
+import store from "../store/store";
 
 let continuousUpdatesTriggered = false;
 
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ async function checkForAppUpdatesContinuously(): Promise<void> {
     );
   }
 }
-async function checkForAppUpdates(): Promise<void> {
-  await setReleaseChannel();
+async function checkForAppUpdates(channel?: string | null): Promise<void> {
+  if (channel) {
+    autoUpdater.channel = channel;
+    //Persist to store
+    store.set("app.channel", channel);
+  }
+
   autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
 }