diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeCheckout.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeCheckout.sh
index 8c4c6db3..cf57800c 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeCheckout.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeCheckout.sh
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ warning1() {
     esac
 }
 
-updateCheckFunc() {
-    /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh
-    /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh x remote
-}
-
 checkout() {
     local corebranches
     local webbranches
@@ -169,8 +164,8 @@ checkout() {
             exit 1
         fi
         checkout_pull_branch "${webInterfaceDir}" "${2}"
-        # Force an update of the updatechecker
-        updateCheckFunc
+        # Update local and remote versions via updatechecker
+        /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh
     elif [[ "${1}" == "ftl" ]] ; then
         local path
         local oldbranch
@@ -185,8 +180,8 @@ checkout() {
             FTLinstall "${binary}"
             restart_service pihole-FTL
             enable_service pihole-FTL
-            # Force an update of the updatechecker
-            updateCheckFunc
+            # Update local and remote versions via updatechecker
+            /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh
         else
             echo "  ${CROSS} Requested branch \"${2}\" is not available"
             ftlbranches=( $(git ls-remote https://github.com/pi-hole/ftl | grep 'heads' | sed 's/refs\/heads\///;s/ //g' | awk '{print $2}') )
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/update.sh b/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
index 609a054b..c41c9232 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
@@ -216,9 +216,8 @@ main() {
     fi
 
     if [[ "${FTL_update}" == true || "${core_update}" == true || "${web_update}" == true ]]; then
-        # Force an update of the updatechecker
+        # Update local and remote versions via updatechecker
         /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh
-        /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh x remote
         echo -e "  ${INFO} Local version file information updated."
     fi
 
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh b/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh
index a9d7523e..938be6cd 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh
@@ -15,16 +15,30 @@ function get_local_branch() {
 }
 
 function get_local_version() {
-    # Return active branch
+    # Return active version
     cd "${1}" 2> /dev/null || return 1
     git describe --long --dirty --tags 2> /dev/null || return 1
 }
 
+function get_local_hash() {
+    cd "${1}" 2> /dev/null || return 1
+    git rev-parse --short HEAD || return 1
+}
+
+function get_remote_version() {
+    curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/${1}/releases/latest" 2> /dev/null | jq --raw-output .tag_name || return 1
+}
+
+
+function get_remote_hash(){
+    git ls-remote "https://github.com/pi-hole/${1}" --tags "${2}" | awk '{print substr($0, 0,9);}' || return 1
+}
+
 # Source the setupvars config file
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 . /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf
 
-# Source the utils file
+# Source the utils file for addOrEditKeyValPair()
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 . /opt/pihole/utils.sh
 
@@ -46,54 +60,74 @@ if [[ ! "${DOCKER_TAG}" =~ $regex ]]; then
   unset DOCKER_TAG
 fi
 
-if [[ "$2" == "remote" ]]; then
-
-    if [[ "$3" == "reboot" ]]; then
+# used in cronjob
+if [[ "$1" == "reboot" ]]; then
         sleep 30
-    fi
+fi
 
-    GITHUB_CORE_VERSION="$(curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases/latest' 2> /dev/null | jq --raw-output .tag_name)"
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_CORE_VERSION" "${GITHUB_CORE_VERSION}"
 
-    if [[ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" == true ]]; then
-        GITHUB_WEB_VERSION="$(curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/AdminLTE/releases/latest' 2> /dev/null | jq --raw-output .tag_name)"
-        addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_WEB_VERSION" "${GITHUB_WEB_VERSION}"
-    fi
+# get Core versions
 
-    GITHUB_FTL_VERSION="$(curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/FTL/releases/latest' 2> /dev/null | jq --raw-output .tag_name)"
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_FTL_VERSION" "${GITHUB_FTL_VERSION}"
+CORE_VERSION="$(get_local_version /etc/.pihole)"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "CORE_VERSION" "${CORE_VERSION}"
 
-    if [[ "${DOCKER_TAG}" ]]; then
-        GITHUB_DOCKER_VERSION="$(curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/releases/latest' 2> /dev/null | jq --raw-output .tag_name)"
-        addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_DOCKER_VERSION" "${GITHUB_DOCKER_VERSION}"
-    fi
+CORE_BRANCH="$(get_local_branch /etc/.pihole)"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "CORE_BRANCH" "${CORE_BRANCH}"
 
-else
+CORE_HASH="$(get_local_hash /etc/.pihole)"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "CORE_HASH" "${CORE_HASH}"
 
-    CORE_BRANCH="$(get_local_branch /etc/.pihole)"
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "CORE_BRANCH" "${CORE_BRANCH}"
+GITHUB_CORE_VERSION="$(get_remote_version pi-hole)"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_CORE_VERSION" "${GITHUB_CORE_VERSION}"
 
-    if [[ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" == true ]]; then
-        WEB_BRANCH="$(get_local_branch /var/www/html/admin)"
-        addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "WEB_BRANCH" "${WEB_BRANCH}"
-    fi
+GITHUB_CORE_HASH="$(get_remote_hash pi-hole "${CORE_BRANCH}")"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_CORE_HASH" "${GITHUB_CORE_HASH}"
 
-    FTL_BRANCH="$(pihole-FTL branch)"
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "FTL_BRANCH" "${FTL_BRANCH}"
 
-    CORE_VERSION="$(get_local_version /etc/.pihole)"
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "CORE_VERSION" "${CORE_VERSION}"
+# get Web versions
 
-    if [[ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" == true ]]; then
-        WEB_VERSION="$(get_local_version /var/www/html/admin)"
-        addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "WEB_VERSION" "${WEB_VERSION}"
-    fi
+if [[ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" == true ]]; then
 
-    FTL_VERSION="$(pihole-FTL version)"
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "FTL_VERSION" "${FTL_VERSION}"
+    WEB_VERSION="$(get_local_version /var/www/html/admin)"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "WEB_VERSION" "${WEB_VERSION}"
 
-    if [[ "${DOCKER_TAG}" ]]; then
-        addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "DOCKER_VERSION" "${DOCKER_TAG}"
-    fi
+    WEB_BRANCH="$(get_local_branch /var/www/html/admin)"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "WEB_BRANCH" "${WEB_BRANCH}"
+
+    WEB_HASH="$(get_local_hash /var/www/html/admin)"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "WEB_HASH" "${WEB_HASH}"
+
+    GITHUB_WEB_VERSION="$(get_remote_version AdminLTE)"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_WEB_VERSION" "${GITHUB_WEB_VERSION}"
+
+    GITHUB_WEB_HASH="$(get_remote_hash AdminLTE "${WEB_BRANCH}")"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_WEB_HASH" "${GITHUB_WEB_HASH}"
 
 fi
+
+# get FTL versions
+
+FTL_VERSION="$(pihole-FTL version)"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "FTL_VERSION" "${FTL_VERSION}"
+
+FTL_BRANCH="$(pihole-FTL branch)"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "FTL_BRANCH" "${FTL_BRANCH}"
+
+FTL_HASH="$(pihole-FTL -v | cut -d "-" -f2)"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "FTL_HASH" "${FTL_HASH}"
+
+GITHUB_FTL_VERSION="$(get_remote_version FTL)"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_FTL_VERSION" "${GITHUB_FTL_VERSION}"
+
+GITHUB_FTL_HASH="$(get_remote_hash FTL "${FTL_BRANCH}")"
+addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_FTL_HASH" "${GITHUB_FTL_HASH}"
+
+
+# get Docker versions
+
+if [[ "${DOCKER_TAG}" ]]; then
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "DOCKER_VERSION" "${DOCKER_TAG}"
+
+    GITHUB_DOCKER_VERSION="$(get_remote_version docker-pi-hole)"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${VERSION_FILE}" "GITHUB_DOCKER_VERSION" "${GITHUB_DOCKER_VERSION}"
+fi
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/version.sh b/advanced/Scripts/version.sh
index 7f44d35e..5c74fa05 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/version.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
 # Network-wide ad blocking via your own hardware.
@@ -8,179 +8,95 @@
 # This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
 # Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
 
-# Variables
-DEFAULT="-1"
-COREGITDIR="/etc/.pihole/"
-WEBGITDIR="/var/www/html/admin/"
-
 # Source the setupvars config file
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-source /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf
+. /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf
+
+# Source the versions file poupulated by updatechecker.sh
+cachedVersions="/etc/pihole/versions"
+
+if [ -f ${cachedVersions} ]; then
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+    . "$cachedVersions"
+else
+    echo "Could not find /etc/pihole/versions. Running update now."
+    pihole updatechecker
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+    . "$cachedVersions"
+fi
 
 getLocalVersion() {
-    # FTL requires a different method
-    if [[ "$1" == "FTL" ]]; then
-        pihole-FTL version
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    # Get the tagged version of the local repository
-    local directory="${1}"
-    local version
-
-    cd "${directory}" 2> /dev/null || { echo "${DEFAULT}"; return 1; }
-    version=$(git describe --tags --always || echo "$DEFAULT")
-    if [[ "${version}" =~ ^v ]]; then
-        echo "${version}"
-    elif [[ "${version}" == "${DEFAULT}" ]]; then
-        echo "ERROR"
-        return 1
-    else
-        echo "Untagged"
-    fi
-    return 0
+    case ${1} in
+        "Pi-hole"   )  echo "${CORE_VERSION:=N/A}";;
+        "AdminLTE"  )  [ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" = true ] && echo "${WEB_VERSION:=N/A}";;
+        "FTL"       )  echo "${FTL_VERSION:=N/A}";;
+    esac
 }
 
 getLocalHash() {
-    # Local FTL hash does not exist on filesystem
-    if [[ "$1" == "FTL" ]]; then
-        echo "N/A"
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    # Get the short hash of the local repository
-    local directory="${1}"
-    local hash
-
-    cd "${directory}" 2> /dev/null || { echo "${DEFAULT}"; return 1; }
-    hash=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo "$DEFAULT")
-    if [[ "${hash}" == "${DEFAULT}" ]]; then
-        echo "ERROR"
-        return 1
-    else
-        echo "${hash}"
-    fi
-    return 0
+    case ${1} in
+        "Pi-hole"   )  echo "${CORE_HASH:=N/A}";;
+        "AdminLTE"  )  [ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" = true ] && echo "${WEB_HASH:=N/A}";;
+        "FTL"       )  echo "${FTL_HASH:=N/A}";;
+    esac
 }
 
 getRemoteHash(){
-    # Remote FTL hash is not applicable
-    if [[ "$1" == "FTL" ]]; then
-        echo "N/A"
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    local daemon="${1}"
-    local branch="${2}"
-
-    hash=$(git ls-remote --heads "https://github.com/pi-hole/${daemon}" | \
-        awk -v bra="$branch" '$0~bra {print substr($0,0,8);exit}')
-    if [[ -n "$hash" ]]; then
-        echo "$hash"
-    else
-        echo "ERROR"
-        return 1
-    fi
-    return 0
+    case ${1} in
+        "Pi-hole"   )  echo "${GITHUB_CORE_HASH:=N/A}";;
+        "AdminLTE"  )  [ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" = true ] && echo "${GITHUB_WEB_HASH:=N/A}";;
+        "FTL"       )  echo "${GITHUB_FTL_HASH:=N/A}";;
+    esac
 }
 
 getRemoteVersion(){
-    # Get the version from the remote origin
-    local daemon="${1}"
-    local version
-    local cachedVersions
-    cachedVersions="/etc/pihole/versions"
-
-    #If the above file exists, then we can read from that. Prevents overuse of GitHub API
-    if [[ -f "$cachedVersions" ]]; then
-
-        # shellcheck disable=SC1090
-        . "$cachedVersions"
-
-        case $daemon in
-            "pi-hole"   )  echo "${GITHUB_CORE_VERSION}";;
-            "AdminLTE"  )  [[ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" == true ]] && echo "${GITHUB_WEB_VERSION}";;
-            "FTL"       )  echo "${GITHUB_FTL_VERSION}";;
-        esac
-
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    version=$(curl --silent --fail "https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/${daemon}/releases/latest" | \
-        awk -F: '$1 ~/tag_name/ { print $2 }' | \
-        tr -cd '[[:alnum:]]._-')
-    if [[ "${version}" =~ ^v ]]; then
-        echo "${version}"
-    else
-        echo "ERROR"
-        return 1
-    fi
-    return 0
+    case ${1} in
+        "Pi-hole"   )  echo "${GITHUB_CORE_VERSION:=N/A}";;
+        "AdminLTE"  )  [ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" = true ] && echo "${GITHUB_WEB_VERSION:=N/A}";;
+        "FTL"       )  echo "${GITHUB_FTL_VERSION:=N/A}";;
+    esac
 }
 
 getLocalBranch(){
-    # Get the checked out branch of the local directory
-    local directory="${1}"
-    local branch
-
-    # Local FTL btranch is stored in /etc/pihole/ftlbranch
-    if [[ "$1" == "FTL" ]]; then
-        branch="$(pihole-FTL branch)"
-    else
-        cd "${directory}" 2> /dev/null || { echo "${DEFAULT}"; return 1; }
-        branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD || echo "$DEFAULT")
-    fi
-    if [[ ! "${branch}" =~ ^v ]]; then
-        if [[ "${branch}" == "master" ]]; then
-            echo ""
-        elif [[ "${branch}" == "HEAD" ]]; then
-            echo "in detached HEAD state at "
-        else
-            echo "${branch} "
-        fi
-    else
-        # Branch started in "v"
-        echo "release "
-    fi
-    return 0
+    case ${1} in
+        "Pi-hole"   )  echo "${CORE_BRANCH:=N/A}";;
+        "AdminLTE"  )  [ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" = true ] && echo "${WEB_BRANCH:=N/A}";;
+        "FTL"       )  echo "${FTL_BRANCH:=N/A}";;
+    esac
 }
 
 versionOutput() {
-    if [[ "$1" == "AdminLTE" && "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" != true ]]; then
+    if [ "$1" = "AdminLTE" ] && [ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" != true ]; then
         echo "  WebAdmin not installed"
         return 1
     fi
 
-    [[ "$1" == "pi-hole" ]] && GITDIR=$COREGITDIR
-    [[ "$1" == "AdminLTE" ]] && GITDIR=$WEBGITDIR
-    [[ "$1" == "FTL" ]] && GITDIR="FTL"
-
-    [[ "$2" == "-c" ]] || [[ "$2" == "--current" ]] || [[ -z "$2" ]] && current=$(getLocalVersion $GITDIR) && branch=$(getLocalBranch $GITDIR)
-    [[ "$2" == "-l" ]] || [[ "$2" == "--latest" ]] || [[ -z "$2" ]] && latest=$(getRemoteVersion "$1")
-    if [[ "$2" == "-h" ]] || [[ "$2" == "--hash" ]]; then
-        [[ "$3" == "-c" ]] || [[ "$3" == "--current" ]] || [[ -z "$3" ]] && curHash=$(getLocalHash "$GITDIR") && branch=$(getLocalBranch $GITDIR)
-        [[ "$3" == "-l" ]] || [[ "$3" == "--latest" ]] || [[ -z "$3" ]] && latHash=$(getRemoteHash "$1" "$(cd "$GITDIR" 2> /dev/null && git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)")
+    [ "$2" = "-c" ] || [ "$2" = "--current" ] || [ -z "$2" ] && current=$(getLocalVersion "${1}") && branch=$(getLocalBranch "${1}")
+    [ "$2" = "-l" ] || [ "$2" = "--latest" ] || [ -z "$2" ] && latest=$(getRemoteVersion "${1}")
+    if [ "$2" = "--hash" ]; then
+        [ "$3" = "-c" ] || [ "$3" = "--current" ] || [ -z "$3" ] && curHash=$(getLocalHash "${1}") && branch=$(getLocalBranch "${1}")
+        [ "$3" = "-l" ] || [ "$3" = "--latest" ] || [ -z "$3" ] && latHash=$(getRemoteHash "${1}") && branch=$(getLocalBranch "${1}")
     fi
-    if [[ -n "$current" ]] && [[ -n "$latest" ]]; then
-        output="${1^} version is $branch$current (Latest: $latest)"
-    elif [[ -n "$current" ]] && [[ -z "$latest" ]]; then
-        output="Current ${1^} version is $branch$current"
-    elif [[ -z "$current" ]] && [[ -n "$latest" ]]; then
-        output="Latest ${1^} version is $latest"
-    elif [[ "$curHash" == "N/A" ]] || [[ "$latHash" == "N/A" ]]; then
-        output="${1^} hash is not applicable"
-    elif [[ -n "$curHash" ]] && [[ -n "$latHash" ]]; then
-        output="${1^} hash is $curHash (Latest: $latHash)"
-    elif [[ -n "$curHash" ]] && [[ -z "$latHash" ]]; then
-        output="Current ${1^} hash is $curHash"
-    elif [[ -z "$curHash" ]] && [[ -n "$latHash" ]]; then
-        output="Latest ${1^} hash is $latHash"
+    if [ -n "$current" ] && [ -n "$latest" ]; then
+        output="${1} version is $branch $current (Latest: $latest)"
+    elif [ -n "$current" ] && [ -z "$latest" ]; then
+        output="Current ${1} version is $branch $current"
+    elif [ -z "$current" ] && [ -n "$latest" ]; then
+        output="Latest ${1} version is $latest"
+    elif [ -n "$curHash" ] && [ -n "$latHash" ]; then
+        output="Local ${1} hash of branch $branch is $curHash (Remote: $latHash)"
+    elif [ -n "$curHash" ] && [ -z "$latHash" ]; then
+        output="Current local ${1} hash of branch $branch is $curHash"
+    elif [ -z "$curHash" ] && [ -n "$latHash" ]; then
+        output="Latest remote ${1} hash of branch $branch is $latHash"
+    elif [ -z "$curHash" ] && [ -z "$latHash" ]; then
+        output="Hashes for ${1} not available"
     else
         errorOutput
         return 1
     fi
 
-    [[ -n "$output" ]] && echo "  $output"
+    [ -n "$output" ] && echo "  $output"
 }
 
 errorOutput() {
@@ -189,9 +105,9 @@ errorOutput() {
 }
 
 defaultOutput() {
-    versionOutput "pi-hole" "$@"
+    versionOutput "Pi-hole" "$@"
 
-    if [[ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" == true ]]; then
+    if [ "${INSTALL_WEB_INTERFACE}" = true ]; then
         versionOutput "AdminLTE" "$@"
     fi
 
@@ -217,7 +133,7 @@ Options:
 }
 
 case "${1}" in
-    "-p" | "--pihole"    ) shift; versionOutput "pi-hole" "$@";;
+    "-p" | "--pihole"    ) shift; versionOutput "Pi-hole" "$@";;
     "-a" | "--admin"     ) shift; versionOutput "AdminLTE" "$@";;
     "-f" | "--ftl"       ) shift; versionOutput "FTL" "$@";;
     "-h" | "--help"      ) helpFunc;;
diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole.cron b/advanced/Templates/pihole.cron
index 336a66fe..c62d31ab 100644
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole.cron
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole.cron
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
 
 @reboot root /usr/sbin/logrotate --state /var/lib/logrotate/pihole /etc/pihole/logrotate
 
-# Pi-hole: Grab remote version every 24 hours
-59 17  * * *   root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker remote
-@reboot root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker remote reboot
+# Pi-hole: Grab remote and local version every 24 hours
+59 17  * * *   root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker
+@reboot root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker reboot
diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 8edd4936..aeeb4507 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -2696,9 +2696,8 @@ main() {
     # Download and compile the aggregated block list
     runGravity
 
-    # Force an update of the updatechecker
+    # Update local and remote versions via updatechecker
     /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh
-    /opt/pihole/updatecheck.sh x remote
 
     if [[ "${useUpdateVars}" == false ]]; then
         displayFinalMessage "${pw}"