diff --git a/ui/src/hooks/useVersionChecker.ts b/ui/src/hooks/useVersionChecker.ts
index e737b6de9..c5573b506 100644
--- a/ui/src/hooks/useVersionChecker.ts
+++ b/ui/src/hooks/useVersionChecker.ts
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ const useVersionChecker = () => {
 
       if (releases[nIdx]) {
         localStorage.setItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY, releases[nIdx].name);
+        return compareVersions(releases[nIdx].name, APP_VERSION) === 1;
       } else {
         localStorage.removeItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY);
+        return false;
       }
-
-      return !!releases[nIdx];
     },
     {
       manual: true,
diff --git a/ui/vite.config.ts b/ui/vite.config.ts
index 824ac9836..84f0d4c86 100644
--- a/ui/vite.config.ts
+++ b/ui/vite.config.ts
@@ -33,13 +33,16 @@ const preserveFilesPlugin = (filesToPreserve: string[]): Plugin => {
   };
 };
 
-export default defineConfig(() => {
+export default defineConfig(({ command }) => {
   let appVersion = undefined;
   try {
     const content = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "../internal/app/app.go"), "utf-8");
     const matches = content.match(/AppVersion\s+=\s+"(.+?)"/);
     if (matches) {
       appVersion = matches[1];
+      if (command === "serve") {
+        appVersion += "-dev";
+      }
       console.info("[certimate] AppVersion is " + appVersion);
     } else {
       throw new Error("AppVersion not found in '/internal/app/app.go'");