diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index fc97153..df8cb20 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = mycroft-core
    pkgdesc = The Mycroft Artificial Intelligence platform.
-   pkgver = 18.8.4
-   pkgrel = 2
+   pkgver = 19.2.2
+   pkgrel = 1
    url = https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-core
    install = mycroft-core.install
    arch = i686
@@ -29,16 +29,14 @@ pkgbase = mycroft-core
    depends = pulseaudio
    depends = pulseaudio-alsa
    depends = fann
-   source = https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-core/archive/release/v18.8.4.tar.gz
+   source = https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-core/archive/release/v19.2.2.tar.gz
    source = mycroft-core.install
    source = venv_init
    source = mycroft.service
-   source = notify.patch
-   sha512sums = 8e1168779cfaf74f7e01f2d5de189e3ec528b2e2380c656724162e006caebfbcc61482421751f81c417d9423615d33413370daa58901e337cb4dedfe1ac9cb73
+   sha512sums = 846290fb680da5d07d77429071286425e890d71ba6fe7c2337b755f6dc15ddb0924c6abf73f21a21572874778f777f34dba820eb9129e9cb52f52acbe2f70847
    sha512sums = 415cc1b32933303a4e730b365b70f3310fd3bb691675f6fe31247e2e64c2e4e58d3919659f021f4195ee51424c882f7d52812c89b8a62c57b23e477586cbb04d
-   sha512sums = 2ec4d296d45c0f3c63c6253a110638b4a87835865b974460d4a592e562f2325c83d3eb18b1a0272622e088469383a0349d65779a5081b1da3d624c6e3d3be8f0
+   sha512sums = 27aa7641f394c33179a6c3ba5862f22ad81254875b08c444479d210d9eac66e0e90da26bb6d7c482939ad5b7e58ad25e709c8b81231763af8d6d1aed4d2acf97
    sha512sums = 67c228fb4a25d1ce529d1689e81703284015ab2721cecdac8264a94e1a41e629e6b6cb82566d41744ebce0d84b7e5c54156cc62c447f7b10b41e012682d0e146
-   sha512sums = 4d0793e1d9c569e586ed951b7e60f16da3fe008f39b298a4747168e294cea2d5dff3b13c188368b336e8642b4b1a08e1a275816c8e5fb386566c729e9761d372

 pkgname = mycroft-core

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 91d7b53..d9b18b1 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Maintainer: Thorben Guenther <echo YWRtaW5AeGVucm94Lm5ldAo= | base64 -d>

 pkgname=mycroft-core
-pkgver=18.8.4
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=19.2.2
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="The Mycroft Artificial Intelligence platform."
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url='https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-core'
@@ -36,17 +36,15 @@ install=mycroft-core.install
 source=("https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-core/archive/release/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
         "mycroft-core.install"
         "venv_init"
-        "mycroft.service"
-        "notify.patch")
-sha512sums=('8e1168779cfaf74f7e01f2d5de189e3ec528b2e2380c656724162e006caebfbcc61482421751f81c417d9423615d33413370daa58901e337cb4dedfe1ac9cb73'
+        "mycroft.service")
+sha512sums=('846290fb680da5d07d77429071286425e890d71ba6fe7c2337b755f6dc15ddb0924c6abf73f21a21572874778f777f34dba820eb9129e9cb52f52acbe2f70847'
             '415cc1b32933303a4e730b365b70f3310fd3bb691675f6fe31247e2e64c2e4e58d3919659f021f4195ee51424c882f7d52812c89b8a62c57b23e477586cbb04d'
-            '2ec4d296d45c0f3c63c6253a110638b4a87835865b974460d4a592e562f2325c83d3eb18b1a0272622e088469383a0349d65779a5081b1da3d624c6e3d3be8f0'
-            '67c228fb4a25d1ce529d1689e81703284015ab2721cecdac8264a94e1a41e629e6b6cb82566d41744ebce0d84b7e5c54156cc62c447f7b10b41e012682d0e146'
-            '4d0793e1d9c569e586ed951b7e60f16da3fe008f39b298a4747168e294cea2d5dff3b13c188368b336e8642b4b1a08e1a275816c8e5fb386566c729e9761d372')
+            '27aa7641f394c33179a6c3ba5862f22ad81254875b08c444479d210d9eac66e0e90da26bb6d7c482939ad5b7e58ad25e709c8b81231763af8d6d1aed4d2acf97'
+            '67c228fb4a25d1ce529d1689e81703284015ab2721cecdac8264a94e1a41e629e6b6cb82566d41744ebce0d84b7e5c54156cc62c447f7b10b41e012682d0e146')

 prepare() {
   cd $srcdir/$pkgname-release-v$pkgver
-  patch -N -i "${srcdir}/notify.patch"
+  sed -i 's/^check-dependencies$/#check-dependencies/g' start-mycroft.sh
 }

 package() {
diff --git a/notify.patch b/notify.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d8b2485..0000000
--- a/notify.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- start-mycroft.sh   2018-10-15 15:34:39.869047990 +0200
-+++ start_ew   2018-10-15 15:35:34.687065663 +0200
-@@ -150,17 +150,6 @@
-         else
-             auto_update="false"
-         fi
--
--        if [ "$auto_update" == "true" ] ; then
--            bash dev_setup.sh
--        else
--            echo "Please update dependencies by running ./dev_setup.sh again."
--            if command -v notify-send >/dev/null ; then
--                # Generate a desktop notification (ArchLinux)
--                notify-send "Mycroft Dependencies Outdated" "Run ./dev_setup.sh again"
--            fi
--            exit 1
--        fi
-     fi
- }
-
diff --git a/venv_init b/venv_init
index 216be45..fbb1829 100755
--- a/venv_init
+++ b/venv_init
@@ -2,31 +2,33 @@
 # Virtualenv initialization
 TOP=/usr/share/mycroft-core
 VIRTUALENV_ROOT=${VIRTUALENV_ROOT:-"${TOP}/.venv"}
-install_venv() {
-   python -m venv "${VIRTUALENV_ROOT}/" --without-pip
-   curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | "${VIRTUALENV_ROOT}/bin/python" - 'pip==18.0.0'
+function install_venv() {
+    /usr/bin/python -m venv "${VIRTUALENV_ROOT}/" --without-pip
+    curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/3.3/get-pip.py | "${VIRTUALENV_ROOT}/bin/python" - 'pip==18.0.0'
 }

-if [ ! -x "${VIRTUALENV_ROOT}/bin/activate" ]; then
-   install_venv
+if [ ! -x "${VIRTUALENV_ROOT}/bin/activate" ] ; then
+    install_venv
 fi

 source "${VIRTUALENV_ROOT}/bin/activate"
+cd "${TOP}"
+
 PYTHON=$( python -c "import sys;print('python{}.{}'.format(sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1]))" )
 VENV_PATH_FILE="${VIRTUALENV_ROOT}/lib/$PYTHON/site-packages/_virtualenv_path_extensions.pth"
 if [ ! -f "$VENV_PATH_FILE" ] ; then
     echo "import sys; sys.__plen = len(sys.path)" > "$VENV_PATH_FILE" || return 1
     echo "import sys; new=sys.path[sys.__plen:]; del sys.path[sys.__plen:]; p=getattr(sys,'__egginsert',0); sys.path[p:p]=new; sys.__egginsert = p+len(new)" >> "$VENV_PATH_FILE" || return 1
 fi
-if ! grep -q "$TOP" $VENV_PATH_FILE; then
-   echo "Adding mycroft-core to virtualenv path"
-   sed -i.tmp '1 a\
+if ! grep -q "$TOP" $VENV_PATH_FILE ; then
+    echo "Adding mycroft-core to virtualenv path"
+    sed -i.tmp '1 a\
 '"$TOP"'
 ' "${VENV_PATH_FILE}"
 fi

 # install required python modules
-if ! pip install -r /usr/share/mycroft-core/requirements.txt; then
+if ! pip install -r requirements.txt ; then
     echo "Warning: Failed to install all requirements. Continue? y/N"
     read -n1 continue
     if [[ "$continue" != "y" ]] ; then