diff --git a/moonraker/components/update_manager/app_deploy.py b/moonraker/components/update_manager/app_deploy.py
index a689061..77896f2 100644
--- a/moonraker/components/update_manager/app_deploy.py
+++ b/moonraker/components/update_manager/app_deploy.py
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 SUPPORTED_CHANNELS = {
     AppType.WEB: [Channel.STABLE, Channel.BETA],
     AppType.ZIP: [Channel.STABLE, Channel.BETA],
-    AppType.GIT_REPO: list(Channel)
+    AppType.GIT_REPO: list(Channel),
+    AppType.PYTHON: list(Channel)
 }
 TYPE_TO_CHANNEL = {
     AppType.WEB: Channel.STABLE,
     AppType.ZIP: Channel.STABLE,
-    AppType.GIT_REPO: Channel.DEV
+    AppType.GIT_REPO: Channel.DEV,
+    AppType.PYTHON: Channel.STABLE
 }
 
 DISTRO_ALIASES = [distro.id()]
diff --git a/moonraker/components/update_manager/common.py b/moonraker/components/update_manager/common.py
index 4498ef1..7221af6 100644
--- a/moonraker/components/update_manager/common.py
+++ b/moonraker/components/update_manager/common.py
@@ -52,25 +52,30 @@ class AppType(ExtendedEnum):
     WEB = 2
     GIT_REPO = 3
     ZIP = 4
+    PYTHON = 5
+
+    @classmethod
+    def detect(cls, app_path: Union[str, pathlib.Path, None] = None):
+        # If app path is None, detect Moonraker
+        if isinstance(app_path, str):
+            app_path = pathlib.Path(app_path).expanduser()
+        if source_info.is_git_repo(app_path):
+            return AppType.GIT_REPO
+        elif app_path is None and source_info.is_vitualenv_project():
+            return AppType.PYTHON
+        else:
+            return AppType.NONE
+
 
 class Channel(ExtendedEnum):
     STABLE = 1
     BETA = 2
     DEV = 3
 
-def get_app_type(app_path: Union[str, pathlib.Path]) -> AppType:
-    if isinstance(app_path, str):
-        app_path = pathlib.Path(app_path).expanduser()
-    # None type will perform checks on Moonraker
-    if source_info.is_git_repo(app_path):
-        return AppType.GIT_REPO
-    else:
-        return AppType.NONE
-
 def get_base_configuration(config: ConfigHelper) -> ConfigHelper:
     server = config.get_server()
     base_cfg = copy.deepcopy(BASE_CONFIG)
-    base_cfg["moonraker"]["type"] = str(get_app_type(source_info.source_path()))
+    base_cfg["moonraker"]["type"] = str(AppType.detect())
     db: MoonrakerDatabase = server.lookup_component('database')
     base_cfg["klipper"]["path"] = db.get_item(
         "moonraker", "update_manager.klipper_path", KLIPPER_DEFAULT_PATH
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ def get_base_configuration(config: ConfigHelper) -> ConfigHelper:
     base_cfg["klipper"]["env"] = db.get_item(
         "moonraker", "update_manager.klipper_exec", KLIPPER_DEFAULT_EXEC
     ).result()
-    base_cfg["klipper"]["type"] = str(get_app_type(base_cfg["klipper"]["path"]))
+    base_cfg["klipper"]["type"] = str(AppType.detect(base_cfg["klipper"]["path"]))
     channel = config.get("channel", "dev")
     base_cfg["moonraker"]["channel"] = channel
     base_cfg["klipper"]["channel"] = channel
diff --git a/moonraker/components/update_manager/update_manager.py b/moonraker/components/update_manager/update_manager.py
index b934cc4..0458322 100644
--- a/moonraker/components/update_manager/update_manager.py
+++ b/moonraker/components/update_manager/update_manager.py
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import logging
 import time
 import tempfile
 import pathlib
-from .common import AppType, get_base_configuration, get_app_type
+from .common import AppType, get_base_configuration
 from .base_deploy import BaseDeploy
 from .app_deploy import AppDeploy
 from .git_deploy import GitDeploy
 from .zip_deploy import ZipDeploy
+from .python_deploy import PythonDeploy
 from .system_deploy import PackageDeploy
 from ...common import RequestType
 from ...utils.filelock import AsyncExclusiveFileLock, LockTimeout
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ def get_deploy_class(
     _deployers = {
         AppType.WEB: ZipDeploy,
         AppType.GIT_REPO: GitDeploy,
-        AppType.ZIP: ZipDeploy
+        AppType.ZIP: ZipDeploy,
+        AppType.PYTHON: PythonDeploy
     }
     return _deployers.get(key, default)
 
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ class UpdateManager:
         kpath: str = kinfo['klipper_path']
         executable: str = kinfo['python_path']
         kupdater = self.updaters.get('klipper')
-        app_type = get_app_type(kpath)
+        app_type = AppType.detect(kpath)
         if (
             (isinstance(kupdater, AppDeploy) and
              kupdater.check_same_paths(kpath, executable)) or