diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e87ff4d..64eab7e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ deemix
 webview
 config
 commit.txt
+version.txt
diff --git a/deemix-pyweb.spec b/deemix-pyweb.spec
index 2537b58..318c51c 100644
--- a/deemix-pyweb.spec
+++ b/deemix-pyweb.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
 import sys
+from datetime import date
+import subprocess
+
+today = date.today().strftime("%Y.%m.%d")
+commit = str(subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'])[:10])
+version = f"{today}-{commit}"
+with open('version.txt', 'w') as f:
+    f.write(version)
 
 block_cipher = None
 
@@ -7,7 +15,7 @@ sys.modules['FixTk'] = None
 
 a = Analysis(['deemix-pyweb.py'],
              binaries=[],
-             datas=[('webui/public', 'webui'), ('icon.ico', '.')],
+             datas=[('webui/public', 'webui'), ('icon.ico', '.'), ('version.txt', '.')],
              hiddenimports=['engineio.async_drivers.threading', 'pkg_resources.py2_warn'],
              hookspath=[],
              runtime_hooks=[],
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 11a56fc..06e3d7c 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import sys
 import subprocess
 from os import path
 import json
+
 import requests
 from urllib.request import urlopen
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, session, redirect, copy_current_request_context
 from flask_socketio import SocketIO, emit
@@ -80,20 +82,38 @@ logging.getLogger('engineio').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 #server.logger.disabled = True
 
 firstConnection = True
-appDir = path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__))
 
-currentCommit = None
-latestCommit = None
+currentVersion = None
+latestVersion = None
 updateAvailable = False
 
+def compare_versions(currentVersion, latestVersion):
+    (currentDate, currentCommit) = tuple(currentVersion.split('-'))
+    (latestDate, latestCommit) = tuple(latestVersion.split('-'))
+    currentDate = currentDate.split('.')
+    latestDate = latestDate.split('.')
+    current = datetime(int(currentDate[0]), int(currentDate[1]), int(currentDate[2]))
+    latest = datetime(int(latestDate[0]), int(latestDate[1]), int(latestDate[2]))
+    if latest > current:
+        return True
+    elif latest == current:
+        return latestCommit != currentCommit
+    else:
+         return False
+
 def check_for_updates():
-    global currentCommit, latestCommit, updateAvailable
-    if path.isfile(path.join(appDir, 'commit.txt')):
+    global currentVersion, latestVersion, updateAvailable
+    commitFile = resource_path('version.txt')
+    if path.isfile(commitFile):
         print("Checking for updates...")
-        with open(path.join(appDir, 'commit.txt'), 'r') as f:
-            currentCommit = f.read().strip()
-        latestCommit = requests.get("https://deemix.app/pyweb/latest").text.strip()
-        updateAvailable = currentCommit != latestCommit
+        with open(commitFile, 'r') as f:
+            currentVersion = f.read().strip()
+        try:
+            latestVersion = requests.get("https://deemix.app/pyweb/latest").text.strip()
+        except:
+            latestVersion = None
+        if currentVersion and latestVersion:
+            updateAvailable = compare_versions(currentVersion, latestVersion)
         if updateAvailable:
             print("Update available! Commit: "+latestCommit)
         else:
diff --git a/server.spec b/server.spec
index 54deb1c..34fe8ca 100644
--- a/server.spec
+++ b/server.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
 import sys
+from datetime import date
+import subprocess
+
+today = date.today().strftime("%Y.%m.%d")
+commit = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'])[:10].decode("utf-8")
+version = f"{today}-{commit}"
+with open('version.txt', 'w') as f:
+    f.write(version)
 
 block_cipher = None
 
@@ -7,7 +15,7 @@ sys.modules['FixTk'] = None
 
 a = Analysis(['server.py'],
              binaries=[],
-             datas=[('webui/public', 'webui'), ('icon.ico', '.')],
+             datas=[('webui/public', 'webui'), ('icon.ico', '.'), ('version.txt', '.')],
              hiddenimports=['engineio.async_drivers.threading', 'pkg_resources.py2_warn'],
              hookspath=[],
              runtime_hooks=[],