diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/Migrations.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/Migrations.kt
index f7e1ac4c99..0877ef7b67 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/Migrations.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/Migrations.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ object Migrations {
                 if (BuildConfig.INCLUDE_UPDATER && preferences.automaticUpdates()) {
                     UpdaterJob.setupTask()
                 }
+                ExtensionUpdateJob.setupTask()
                 return BuildConfig.DEBUG
             }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/preference/PreferencesHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/preference/PreferencesHelper.kt
index 2fdf9dfe53..43024c38ac 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/preference/PreferencesHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/preference/PreferencesHelper.kt
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class PreferencesHelper(val context: Context) {
 
     fun automaticUpdates() = prefs.getBoolean(Keys.automaticUpdates, true)
 
-    fun automaticExtUpdates() = rxPrefs.getBoolean(Keys.automaticExtUpdates, false)
+    fun automaticExtUpdates() = rxPrefs.getBoolean(Keys.automaticExtUpdates, true)
 
     fun collapsedCategories() = rxPrefs.getStringSet("collapsed_categories", mutableSetOf())