diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleAbout.cs b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleAbout.cs
index 991c6069..8097944a 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleAbout.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleAbout.cs
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
                 InvokeOnMainThread (delegate {
                     UpdatesTextField.StringValue = "You are running the latest version.";
                     UpdatesTextField.TextColor   =
-                        NSColor.FromCalibratedRgba (0.45f, 0.82f, 0.09f, 1.0f); // Tango Chameleon #2
+                        NSColor.FromCalibratedRgba (0.31f, 0.60f, 0.02f, 1.0f); // Tango Chameleon #3
                 });
             };
+
+            SparkleShare.Controller.CheckForNewVersion ();
         }
 
 
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleAbout.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleAbout.cs
index 149db34e..7fffcb15 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleAbout.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleAbout.cs
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
 		public SparkleAbout () : base ("")
 		{
-
-			DefaultSize = new Gdk.Size (360, 260);
-
+			DefaultSize    = new Gdk.Size (360, 260);
 			BorderWidth    = 0;
 			IconName       = "folder-sparkleshare";
 			WindowPosition = WindowPosition.Center;
@@ -50,29 +48,22 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			Resizable      = false;
 
             CreateAbout ();
-            SparkleShare.Controller.CheckForNewVersion ();
 
             SparkleShare.Controller.NewVersionAvailable += delegate (string new_version) {
-
                 Application.Invoke (delegate {
                     Version.Markup = "<small><span fgcolor='#f57900'>A newer version (" + new_version + ") is available!</span></small>";
                     Version.ShowAll ();
                 });
-
             };
 
-
             SparkleShare.Controller.VersionUpToDate += delegate {
-
                 Application.Invoke (delegate {
-
-                    Version.Markup = "<small><span fgcolor='#73d216'>You are running the latest version.</span></small>";
+                    Version.Markup = "<small><span fgcolor='#4e9a06'>You are running the latest version.</span></small>";
                     Version.ShowAll ();
-
                 });
-
             };
 
+            SparkleShare.Controller.CheckForNewVersion ();
 		}
 
 
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
index f9425394..c30a2e9b 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleController.cs
@@ -1293,9 +1293,8 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 		}
 
 
-        private void CheckForNewVersion ()
+        public void CheckForNewVersion ()
         {
-
             string new_version_file_path = System.IO.Path.Combine (SparklePaths.SparkleTmpPath,
                 "version");
 
@@ -1308,22 +1307,18 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
             web_client.DownloadFileCompleted += delegate {
 
                 if (new FileInfo (new_version_file_path).Length > 0) {
-
                     StreamReader reader = new StreamReader (new_version_file_path);
                     string downloaded_version_number = reader.ReadToEnd ().Trim ();
 
-                    if (!Defines.VERSION.Equals (downloaded_version_number)) {
-
-                        if (NewVersionAvailable != null)
-                            NewVersionAvailable (downloaded_version_number);
-
-                    } else {
+                    if (Defines.VERSION.Equals (downloaded_version_number)) {
 
                         if (VersionUpToDate != null)
                             VersionUpToDate ();
+                    } else {
 
+                        if (NewVersionAvailable != null)
+                            NewVersionAvailable (downloaded_version_number);
                     }
-
                 }
 
             };