diff --git a/moonraker/components/update_manager/app_deploy.py b/moonraker/components/update_manager/app_deploy.py
index 07ae346..334ed2a 100644
--- a/moonraker/components/update_manager/app_deploy.py
+++ b/moonraker/components/update_manager/app_deploy.py
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .update_manager import CommandHelper
     from ..machine import Machine
 
-CHANNEL_TO_TYPE = {
-    "stable": "zip",
-    "beta": "git_repo",
-    "dev": "git_repo"
+SUPPORTED_CHANNELS = {
+    "zip": ["stable", "beta"],
+    "git_repo": ["dev", "beta"]
 }
 TYPE_TO_CHANNEL = {
     "zip": "stable",
@@ -41,17 +40,30 @@ class AppDeploy(BaseDeploy):
         super().__init__(config, cmd_helper, prefix="Application")
         self.config = config
         self.debug = self.cmd_helper.is_debug_enabled()
-        self.type = config.get('type')
+        type_choices = list(TYPE_TO_CHANNEL.keys())
+        self.type = config.get('type').lower()
+        if self.type not in type_choices:
+            raise config.error(
+                f"Config Error: Section [{config.get_name()}], Option "
+                f"'type: {self.type}': value must be one "
+                f"of the following choices: {type_choices}"
+            )
         self.channel = config.get(
             "channel", TYPE_TO_CHANNEL[self.type]
         )
+        if self.type == "zip_beta":
+            self.server.add_warning(
+                f"Config Section [{config.get_name()}], Option 'type: "
+                "zip_beta', value 'zip_beta' is deprecated.  Set 'type' "
+                "to zip and 'channel' to 'beta'")
+            self.type = "zip"
         self.path = pathlib.Path(
             config.get('path')).expanduser().resolve()
         executable = config.get('env', None)
-        if self.channel not in CHANNEL_TO_TYPE.keys():
+        if self.channel not in SUPPORTED_CHANNELS[self.type]:
             raise config.error(
                 f"Invalid Channel '{self.channel}' for config "
-                f"section [{config.get_name()}]")
+                f"section [{config.get_name()}], type: {self.type}")
         self._verify_path(config, 'path', self.path)
         self.executable: Optional[pathlib.Path] = None
         self.pip_exe: Optional[pathlib.Path] = None
diff --git a/moonraker/components/update_manager/zip_deploy.py b/moonraker/components/update_manager/zip_deploy.py
index b173f48..2960c0f 100644
--- a/moonraker/components/update_manager/zip_deploy.py
+++ b/moonraker/components/update_manager/zip_deploy.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ RINFO_KEYS = [
 class ZipDeploy(AppDeploy):
     def __init__(self, config: ConfigHelper, cmd_helper: CommandHelper) -> None:
         super().__init__(config, cmd_helper)
+        self.need_channel_update = self.type != "zip"
         self.official_repo: str = "?"
         self.owner: str = "?"
         # Extract repo from origin for validation
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ class ZipDeploy(AppDeploy):
 
     async def initialize(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         storage = await super().initialize()
-        self.detected_type: str = storage.get('detected_type', "?")
         self.source_checksum: str = storage.get("source_checksum", "?")
         self.pristine = storage.get('pristine', False)
         self.verified = storage.get('verified', False)
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class ZipDeploy(AppDeploy):
     def get_persistent_data(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         storage = super().get_persistent_data()
         storage.update({
-            'detected_type': self.detected_type,
             'source_checksum': self.source_checksum,
             'pristine': self.pristine,
             'verified': self.verified,
@@ -135,15 +134,10 @@ class ZipDeploy(AppDeploy):
         for key in RINFO_KEYS:
             if key not in release_info:
                 self._add_error(f"Missing release info item: {key}")
-        self.detected_type = "?"
-        self.need_channel_update = self.channel == "dev"
         if 'channel' in release_info:
             local_channel = release_info['channel']
             if self.channel == "stable" and local_channel == "beta":
                 self.need_channel_update = True
-            self.detected_type = "zip"
-            if local_channel == "beta":
-                self.detected_type = "zip_beta"
         self.full_version = release_info.get('long_version', "?")
         self.short_version = self._get_tag_version(
             release_info.get('git_version', ""))
@@ -419,7 +413,7 @@ class ZipDeploy(AppDeploy):
         # client functionality.  In the future it would be
         # good to report values that are specifc
         status.update({
-            'detected_type': self.detected_type,
+            'detected_type': "zip",
             'remote_alias': "origin",
             'branch': "master",
             'owner': self.owner,