diff --git a/App.tsx b/App.tsx
index eb6ab7c..8135a99 100644
--- a/App.tsx
+++ b/App.tsx
@@ -111,6 +111,22 @@ class MainView extends React.Component {
     console.log(`[APP] Mounted component (${new Date().getTime()})`);
     let defaultnotif = await createChannel();
     console.log(`[NOTIFEE] Created channel: ${defaultnotif}`);
+    console.log(app.version, app.settings.get('app.lastVersion'));
+    const lastVersion = app.settings.get('app.lastVersion');
+    if (!lastVersion || lastVersion === '') {
+      console.log(
+        `[APP] lastVersion is null (${lastVersion}), setting to app.version (${app.version})`,
+      );
+      app.settings.set('app.lastVersion', app.version);
+    } else {
+      app.version === lastVersion
+        ? console.log(
+            `[APP] lastVersion (${lastVersion}) is equal to app.version (${app.version})`,
+          )
+        : console.log(
+            `[APP] lastVersion (${lastVersion}) is different from app.version (${app.version})`,
+          );
+    }
     client.on('connecting', () => {
       console.log(`[APP] Connecting to instance... (${new Date().getTime()})`);
     });
diff --git a/src/Generic.tsx b/src/Generic.tsx
index fc6aef7..8e09d7a 100644
--- a/src/Generic.tsx
+++ b/src/Generic.tsx
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ export const app = {
             out.push({key: s.key, value: s.value});
           }
         }
-        out.push({key: 'app.lastVersion', value: app.version});
         AsyncStorage.setItem('settings', JSON.stringify(out));
       } catch (err) {
         console.log(`[SETTINGS] Error saving settings: ${err}`);
@@ -283,6 +282,13 @@ export const app = {
         default: DEFAULT_API_URL,
         type: 'string',
       },
+      // last ver
+      {
+        key: 'app.lastVersion',
+        category: 'donotshow',
+        default: '',
+        type: 'string',
+      },
     ] as Setting[],
   },
   openProfile: (u, s?: Server) => {},