diff --git a/app/Helper/UpdateHelper.php b/app/Helper/UpdateHelper.php
index cb80dab0..70f57659 100644
--- a/app/Helper/UpdateHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helper/UpdateHelper.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class UpdateHelper
      */
     public static function checkForUpdates()
     {
-        $currentVersion = config('linkace.version');
+        $currentVersion = getVersionFromPackage();
         $latestVersion = self::getCurrentVersionFromAPI();
 
         if ($latestVersion === null) {
diff --git a/app/Helper/functions.php b/app/Helper/functions.php
index f1d3579e..4be825f9 100644
--- a/app/Helper/functions.php
+++ b/app/Helper/functions.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use App\Models\Link;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 
 /**
  * Shorthand for the current user settings
@@ -196,3 +197,19 @@ function linkTarget(): string
 {
     return usersettings('links_new_tab') ? 'target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"' : '';
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get the current version from the package.json file
+ *
+ * @return string|null
+ */
+function getVersionFromPackage(): ?string
+{
+    try {
+        $package = json_decode(Storage::disk('root')->get('package.json'), false);
+    } catch (\Exception $e) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    return isset($package->version) ? 'v' . $package->version : null;
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/App/SystemSettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/App/SystemSettingsController.php
index 7a491f8f..3dfe4d34 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/App/SystemSettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/App/SystemSettingsController.php
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@ class SystemSettingsController extends Controller
      */
     public function getSystemSettings(): View
     {
-        $packageInfo = json_decode(File::get(base_path('package.json')));
-        $linkaceVersion = 'v' . $packageInfo->version;
-
         return view('actions.settings.system', [
-            'linkaceVersion' => $linkaceVersion,
+            'linkaceVersion' => getVersionFromPackage(),
         ]);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/FetchController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/FetchController.php
index 738bdeb2..c09b8934 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/FetchController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/FetchController.php
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ class FetchController extends Controller
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns the HTML for a given URL to prevent CORS issues in the frontend
+     * implementation.
+     *
      * @param Request $request
      * @return Response
      */
diff --git a/config/filesystems.php b/config/filesystems.php
index f839aad7..2b6ef55b 100644
--- a/config/filesystems.php
+++ b/config/filesystems.php
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ return [
 
     'disks' => [
 
+        'root' => [
+            'driver' => 'local',
+            'root' => base_path(),
+        ],
+
         'local' => [
             'driver' => 'local',
             'root' => storage_path('app'),
diff --git a/resources/assets/js/components/UpdateCheck.js b/resources/assets/js/components/UpdateCheck.js
index be8c27be..2ddfa2e6 100644
--- a/resources/assets/js/components/UpdateCheck.js
+++ b/resources/assets/js/components/UpdateCheck.js
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ export default class UpdateCheck {
     this.$running.classList.add('d-none');
 
     if (typeof this.result === 'string') {
-      if (this.currentVersion === this.result) {
-        this.$success.classList.remove('d-none');
-        return;
-      }
-
       this.$versionFound.innerText = this.$versionFound.innerText.replace('#VERSION#', this.result);
       this.$versionFound.classList.remove('d-none');
     } else if (this.result === true) {
diff --git a/tests/Helper/HelperFunctionsTest.php b/tests/Helper/HelperFunctionsTest.php
index 81e0639a..ae4342c8 100644
--- a/tests/Helper/HelperFunctionsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Helper/HelperFunctionsTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use App\Models\Link;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseMigrations;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Tests\TestCase;
 
 class HelperFunctionsTest extends TestCase
@@ -132,4 +133,31 @@ class HelperFunctionsTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->assertNull($link);
     }
+
+    public function testVersionFromPackage(): void
+    {
+        Storage::fake('root')->put('package.json', '{"version":"0.0.39"}');
+
+        $version = getVersionFromPackage();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('v0.0.39', $version);
+    }
+
+    public function testVersionFromPackageWithInvalidFile(): void
+    {
+        Storage::fake('root')->put('package.json', '{"foo":"bar"}');
+
+        $version = getVersionFromPackage(); // should now return null because there is no version field
+
+        $this->assertNull($version);
+    }
+
+    public function testVersionFromPackageWithMissingFile(): void
+    {
+        Storage::fake('root');
+
+        $version = getVersionFromPackage(); // should now return null because there is no package.json
+
+        $this->assertNull($version);
+    }
 }