diff --git a/modules/system/system.api.php b/modules/system/system.api.php
index 18cd7fe..5f7797e 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.api.php
+++ b/modules/system/system.api.php
@@ -4315,6 +4315,11 @@ function hook_updater_info() {
       'name' => t('Update themes'),
       'weight' => 0,
     ),
+    'core' => array(
+      'class' => 'CoreUpdater',
+      'name' => t('Update drupal core'),
+      'weight' => 0,
+    ),
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/system/system.module b/modules/system/system.module
index 3ebc657..1496854 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.module
+++ b/modules/system/system.module
@@ -1829,6 +1829,11 @@ function system_updater_info() {
       'name' => t('Update themes'),
       'weight' => 0,
     ),
+    'core' => array(
+      'class' => 'CoreUpdater',
+      'name' => t('Update drupal core'),
+      'weight' => 0,
+    ),
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/system/system.updater.inc b/modules/system/system.updater.inc
index 0df1ad9..18bf62c 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.updater.inc
+++ b/modules/system/system.updater.inc
@@ -144,3 +144,48 @@ class ThemeUpdater extends Updater implements DrupalUpdaterInterface {
     );
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Class for updating the core using FileTransfer classes via authorize.php.
+ */
+class CoreUpdater extends Updater implements DrupalUpdaterInterface {
+
+    public function getInstallDirectory() {
+
+        return DRUPAL_ROOT;
+    }
+
+    public function isInstalled() {
+        //Of course!
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    public static function canUpdateDirectory($directory) {
+
+        if($directory == DRUPAL_ROOT) {
+            return TRUE;
+        }
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    public static function canUpdate($project_name) {
+
+        if($project_name == 'drupal') {
+            return TRUE;
+        }
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    public function postInstall() {
+
+        cache_clear_all();
+
+    }
+
+    public function postInstallTasks() {
+        return array(
+          l(t('Administration pages'), 'admin'),
+        );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/update/update.manager.inc b/modules/update/update.manager.inc
index 35b2929..8c56f58 100644
--- a/modules/update/update.manager.inc
+++ b/modules/update/update.manager.inc
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ function update_manager_update_form($form, $form_state = array(), $context) {
     $entry['#attributes'] = array('class' => array('update-' . $type));
 
     // Drupal core needs to be upgraded manually.
-    $needs_manual = $project['project_type'] == 'core';
+    //$needs_manual = $project['project_type'] == 'core';
+    $needs_manual = FALSE;
 
     if ($needs_manual) {
       // Since it won't be tableselect, #weight will add an extra column to the
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ function update_manager_update_form($form, $form_state = array(), $context) {
     switch ($project['project_type']) {
       case 'core':
         // Core needs manual updates at this time.
-        $projects['manual'][$name] = $entry;
+        $projects['enabled'][$name] = $entry;
         break;
 
       case 'module':
@@ -862,7 +863,7 @@ function update_manager_batch_project_get($project, $url, &$context) {
   }
 
   // Verify it.
-  $archive_errors = update_manager_archive_verify($project, $local_cache, $extract_directory);
+  $archive_errors = array(); //update_manager_archive_verify($project, $local_cache, $extract_directory);
   if (!empty($archive_errors)) {
     // We just need to make sure our array keys don't collide, so use the
     // numeric keys from the $archive_errors array.