diff --git a/src/main/java/de/uni_hamburg/corpora/gui/GUI.java b/src/main/java/de/uni_hamburg/corpora/gui/GUI.java
index 0ba3ec31b8fbb8b175a36deb35106bbb1e16fc71..693fd4998c73300c2e5abfb12a2af8948d45adc8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/uni_hamburg/corpora/gui/GUI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/uni_hamburg/corpora/gui/GUI.java
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ public class GUI {
                     "Info",
                     JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
             try {
+                // Download jar
                 BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(new URL(FILE_URL).openStream());
                 BufferedOutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("lib/corpus-services.jar"));
                 in.transferTo(out);
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ public class GUI {
                         "Download successful. You now have to restart the application.",
                         "Success",
                         JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
+                // End application
+                System.exit(0);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 //custom title, error icon
                 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(window,