diff --git a/front/php/templates/language/en_us.json b/front/php/templates/language/en_us.json
index 5d37cbde..3cb8b7a3 100755
--- a/front/php/templates/language/en_us.json
+++ b/front/php/templates/language/en_us.json
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@
     "UI_PRESENCE_name": "Show in presence chart",
     "UI_REFRESH_description": "Enter number of seconds after which the UI reloads. Set to <code>0</code> to disable.",
     "UI_REFRESH_name": "Auto-refresh UI",
-    "VERSION_description": "Version timestamp helper value to check if app was upgarded.",
-    "VERSION_name": "Version timestamp",
+    "VERSION_description": "Version or timestamp helper value to check if app was upgraded.",
+    "VERSION_name": "Version or timestamp",
     "devices_old": "Refreshing...",
     "general_event_description": "The event you have triggered might take a while until background processes finish. The execution ended once the below execution queue empties (Check the <a href='/maintenance.php#tab_Logging'>error log</a> if you encounter issues). <br/> <br/> Execution queue:",
     "general_event_title": "Executing an ad-hoc event",
diff --git a/server/initialise.py b/server/initialise.py
index 0ddfd5e0..b55b95ca 100755
--- a/server/initialise.py
+++ b/server/initialise.py
@@ -298,14 +298,17 @@ def importConfigs (db, all_plugins):
     # -----------------
     # Plugins END
   
-    # manage upgrade
+    # Check if app was upgraded
     with open(applicationPath + '/front/buildtimestamp.txt', 'r') as f:
         buildTimestamp = int(f.read().strip())
         
-        if conf.VERSION != buildTimestamp:
+        if str(conf.VERSION) != str(buildTimestamp):
+            
+            mylog('none', ['[Config] App upgraded 🎉'])           
+            
             conf.VERSION = ccd('VERSION', buildTimestamp , c_d, 'Version', '{"dataType":"string", "elements": [{"elementType" : "input", "elementOptions" : [{ "readonly": "true" }] ,"transformers": []}]}', '', 'General')
             
-            write_notification(f'[Upgrade] : App upgarded, please clear cache.', 'interrupt', timeNowTZ())
+            write_notification(f'[Upgrade] : App upgraded 🎉. Please clear app cache with the 🔄 button in the header and clear the browser cache (shift + browser refresh button).', 'interrupt', timeNowTZ())
 
 
     # Insert settings into the DB