diff --git a/classes/rpc.php b/classes/rpc.php
index 61212fe8b..eb6fd4895 100755
--- a/classes/rpc.php
+++ b/classes/rpc.php
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		if ($reply['error']['code'] == 0) {
 			$reply['init-params'] = make_init_params();
-			$reply['runtime-info'] = make_runtime_info(true);
+			$reply['runtime-info'] = make_runtime_info();
 		}
 
 		print json_encode($reply);
@@ -597,4 +597,27 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 		}
 
 	}
+
+	function checkforupdates() {
+		$rv = [];
+
+		if (CHECK_FOR_UPDATES && defined("GIT_VERSION_TIMESTAMP")) {
+			$content = @fetch_file_contents(["url" => "https://tt-rss.org/version.json"]);
+
+			if ($content) {
+				$content = json_decode($content, true);
+
+				if ($content && isset($content["changeset"])) {
+					if ((int)GIT_VERSION_TIMESTAMP < (int)$content["changeset"]["timestamp"] &&
+						GIT_VERSION_HEAD != $content["changeset"]["id"]) {
+
+						$rv = $content["changeset"];
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		print json_encode($rv);
+	}
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index d5095b071..1d83a41da 100755
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -679,8 +679,6 @@
 				$_SESSION["user_agent"] = sha1($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
 				$_SESSION["pwd_hash"] = $row["pwd_hash"];
 
-				$_SESSION["last_version_check"] = time();
-
 				initialize_user_prefs($_SESSION["uid"]);
 
 				return true;
@@ -1068,6 +1066,7 @@
 			$params[strtolower($param)] = (int) get_pref($param);
 		}
 
+		$params["check_for_updates"] = CHECK_FOR_UPDATES;
 		$params["icons_url"] = ICONS_URL;
 		$params["cookie_lifetime"] = SESSION_COOKIE_LIFETIME;
 		$params["default_view_mode"] = get_pref("_DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE");
@@ -1270,27 +1269,7 @@
 		return array($prefixes, $hotkeys);
 	}
 
-	function check_for_update() {
-		if (defined("GIT_VERSION_TIMESTAMP")) {
-			$content = @fetch_file_contents(array("url" => "http://tt-rss.org/version.json", "timeout" => 5));
-
-			if ($content) {
-				$content = json_decode($content, true);
-
-				if ($content && isset($content["changeset"])) {
-					if ((int)GIT_VERSION_TIMESTAMP < (int)$content["changeset"]["timestamp"] &&
-						GIT_VERSION_HEAD != $content["changeset"]["id"]) {
-
-						return $content["changeset"]["id"];
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		return "";
-	}
-
-	function make_runtime_info($disable_update_check = false) {
+	function make_runtime_info() {
 		$data = array();
 
 		$pdo = Db::pdo();
@@ -1323,14 +1302,6 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (CHECK_FOR_UPDATES && !$disable_update_check && $_SESSION["last_version_check"] + 86400 + rand(-1000, 1000) < time()) {
-			$update_result = @check_for_update();
-
-			$data["update_result"] = $update_result;
-
-			$_SESSION["last_version_check"] = time();
-		}
-
 		if (file_exists(LOCK_DIRECTORY . "/update_daemon.lock")) {
 
 			$data['daemon_is_running'] = (int) file_is_locked("update_daemon.lock");
diff --git a/js/AppBase.js b/js/AppBase.js
index bb2c3cbcc..121b7aa85 100644
--- a/js/AppBase.js
+++ b/js/AppBase.js
@@ -262,14 +262,6 @@ define(["dojo/_base/declare"], function (declare) {
 						return;
 					}
 
-					if (k == "update_result") {
-						if (v) {
-							Element.show("updates-available");
-						} else {
-							Element.hide("updates-available");
-						}
-					}
-
 					if (k == "recent_log_events") {
 						const alert = $$(".log-alert")[0];
 
diff --git a/js/tt-rss.js b/js/tt-rss.js
index 7635e3a83..99b44549b 100644
--- a/js/tt-rss.js
+++ b/js/tt-rss.js
@@ -163,11 +163,31 @@ require(["dojo/_base/kernel",
 						window.setInterval(() => { Feeds.updateRandom() }, 30 * 1000);
 					}
 
+					if (App.getInitParam('check_for_updates')) {
+						window.setInterval(() => {
+							App.checkForUpdates();
+						}, 3600 * 1000);
+					}
+
 					console.log("second stage ok");
 
 					PluginHost.run(PluginHost.HOOK_INIT_COMPLETE, null);
 
 				},
+				checkForUpdates: function() {
+					console.log('checking for updates...');
+
+					xhrJson("backend.php", {op: 'rpc', method: 'checkforupdates'})
+						.then((reply) => {
+							console.log('update reply', reply);
+
+							if (reply.id) {
+								$("updates-available").show();
+							} else {
+								$("updates-available").hide();
+							}
+						});
+				},
 				updateTitle: function() {
 					let tmp = "Tiny Tiny RSS";