diff --git a/src/net/theprogrammersworld/herobrine/HerobrineAI.java b/src/net/theprogrammersworld/herobrine/HerobrineAI.java
index 154a21c..fbc85ab 100644
--- a/src/net/theprogrammersworld/herobrine/HerobrineAI.java
+++ b/src/net/theprogrammersworld/herobrine/HerobrineAI.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package net.theprogrammersworld.herobrine;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ import org.bukkit.Location;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.WorldCreator;
 import org.bukkit.WorldType;
+import org.bukkit.command.ConsoleCommandSender;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.metadata.FixedMetadataValue;
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ public class HerobrineAI extends JavaPlugin implements Listener {
 
 	public Location hbSpawnData = null;
 	public boolean removeHBNextTick = false;
+	public String pluginVersionCount = "5";
 
 	@Override
 	public void onEnable() {
@@ -74,6 +79,20 @@ public class HerobrineAI extends JavaPlugin implements Listener {
 		getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new PlayerListener(), this);
 		getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new WorldListener(), this);
 		initHerobrine();
+		
+		// Check if the user is running the latest version of the plugin and display
+		// a message in the server console if they are not.
+		try {
+			ConsoleCommandSender console = Bukkit.getServer().getConsoleSender();
+			URL versionCheckURL = new URL("https://www.theprogrammersworld.net/Herobrine/latestVersion.html");
+			BufferedReader remoteNumberReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(versionCheckURL.openStream()));
+			String remoteVersionNumber = remoteNumberReader.readLine();
+			if(!remoteVersionNumber.equals(pluginVersionCount))
+				console.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "A new version of Herobrine is available.\nTo get it, " +
+						"go to www.theprogrammersworld.net/Herobrine and click \"Download\".");
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
 	}
 
 	private void initHerobrine() {