Status of the EXO-200 double beta decay search

A 200\,kg low-background liquid Xe double beta decay detector (EXO--200) has been installed underground at the WIPP facility outside Carlsbad, NM. EXO--200 has already provided the first measurement of the two-neutrino decay mode of $^{136}$Xe with a half-life of $2.11\pm0.04$(stat.)$\pm0.21$(syst.)$\times10^{21}$\,yr. While two neutrino double beta decay has already been observed by other experiments, this is the first observation using $^{136}$Xe and also the rarest. I will provide an update on the status of our experiment and the search for neutrinoless double beta decay.