diff --git a/interface/src/app/settings/Version.tsx b/interface/src/app/settings/Version.tsx
index c6aaa5827..9b9f8d79f 100644
--- a/interface/src/app/settings/Version.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/app/settings/Version.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ const Version = () => {
     // uncomment next 2 lines for testing, uses https://github.com/emsesp/EMS-ESP32/releases/download/v3.6.5/EMS-ESP-3_6_5-ESP32-16MB+.bin
     // immediate: false,
     // initialData: '3.6.5'
+  }).onSuccess((event) => {
+    if (!useDev) {
+      void sendCheckUpgrade(event.data);
+    }
   });
 
   // called immediately to get the latest version, on page load, then check for upgrade (works for both dev and stable)
@@ -67,7 +71,9 @@ const Version = () => {
     // immediate: false,
     // initialData: '3.7.0-dev.32'
   }).onSuccess((event) => {
-    void sendCheckUpgrade(event.data);
+    if (useDev) {
+      void sendCheckUpgrade(event.data);
+    }
   });
 
   const STABLE_URL = 'https://github.com/emsesp/EMS-ESP32/releases/download/';
diff --git a/src/web/WebStatusService.cpp b/src/web/WebStatusService.cpp
index 8e46907e2..4c15f0227 100644
--- a/src/web/WebStatusService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebStatusService.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ bool WebStatusService::checkUpgrade(JsonObject root, std::string & latest_versio
 
     if (!latest_version.empty()) {
 #if defined(EMSESP_DEBUG)
-        emsesp::EMSESP::logger().debug("Checking for upgrade: %s > %s", EMSESP_APP_VERSION, latest_version.c_str());
+        emsesp::EMSESP::logger().debug("Checking for upgrade: %s < %s", EMSESP_APP_VERSION, latest_version.c_str());
 #endif
 
         version::Semver200_version settings_version(EMSESP_APP_VERSION);