diff --git a/cmd/config.go b/cmd/config.go
index 4237066..aeabfa2 100644
--- a/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config.go
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	path    string
-	subPath string
+	path       string
+	subPath    string
+	autoUpdate string
 
 	cmdConfig = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "config",
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ func init() {
 	cmdConfig.Flags().StringVarP(&subPath, "subpath", "s", "", "sub directory map in this format subdirectoryName:.ext1,.ext2. e.g: video:.mp4,.mkv")
 	cmdConfig.Flags().IntVarP(&concurrent, "concurrent", "c", 0, "number of concurrent process will be running, default: 5")
 	cmdConfig.Flags().BoolVarP(&debug, "debug", "d", false, "display configuration")
+	cmdConfig.Flags().StringVarP(&autoUpdate, "auto-update", "a", "", "enable/disable auto-update. e.g: -a true, -a false")
 	cmdDL.AddCommand(cmdConfig)
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +43,14 @@ func setConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		path = dir
 	}
 
+	oldCfg := config.DefaultConfig()
 	newCfg := config.Config{Directory: path, Concurrency: uint(concurrent)}
+	newCfg.AutoUpdate = oldCfg.AutoUpdate
+	if autoUpdate == "true" {
+		newCfg.AutoUpdate = true
+	} else if autoUpdate == "false" {
+		newCfg.AutoUpdate = false
+	}
 
 	if subPath != "" {
 		newCfg.SubDirMap = config.DefaultConfig().SubDirMap // assign old config
diff --git a/cmd/dl.go b/cmd/dl.go
index 2c21dc2..1d7f1c5 100644
--- a/cmd/dl.go
+++ b/cmd/dl.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func initConfig() {
 func startDownload(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
 
-	if cfg.AudoUpdate {
+	if cfg.AutoUpdate {
 		err := update.SelfUpdate(context.Background(), BuildDate, Version)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println("Error: failed to update dl:", err) //this error can be skipped
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 201d82f..4b2429d 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var (
 
 // Config represent configurations for the download manager
 type Config struct {
-	AudoUpdate  bool                     `json:"auto_update"`
+	AutoUpdate  bool                     `json:"auto_update"`
 	Directory   string                   `json:"directory"`
 	Concurrency uint                     `json:"concurrency"`
 	SubDirMap   values.MapStrSliceString `json:"sub_dir_map"`
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func LoadDefaultConfig() error {
 			".odt", ".pdf", ".rtf", ".tex", ".txt", ".wpd", ".md"}
 
 		CreateConfig(Config{
-			AudoUpdate:  true,
+			AutoUpdate:  true,
 			Concurrency: 5,
 			Directory:   "",
 			SubDirMap:   subDir,
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ func SetConfig(c Config) error {
 		oldCfg.Directory = c.Directory
 	}
 
+	oldCfg.AutoUpdate = c.AutoUpdate
+
 	for k, extensions := range c.SubDirMap {
 		for _, e := range extensions {
 			oldCfg.SubDirMap.Add(k, e)