diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 198735e08..559bc8bc2 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -3064,7 +3064,7 @@
       origin = e.origin, data = e.data;
       if (origin === 'http://sys.4chan.org') {
         return qr.message(data);
-      } else if (data.version !== VERSION && confirm('An updated version of 4chan X is available, would you like to install it now?')) {
+      } else if (data.version && data.version !== VERSION && confirm('An updated version of 4chan X is available, would you like to install it now?')) {
         return window.location = "https://raw.github.com/mayhemydg/4chan-x/" + data.version + "/4chan_x.user.js";
       }
     },
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index e8c3ed852..41da7637e 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 master
+- mayhem
+  fix obscure and continuous prompts to auto update
 
 2.22.1
 - mayhem
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index ee553972f..ab0e97dd4 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ Main =
     {origin, data} = e
     if origin is 'http://sys.4chan.org'
       qr.message data
-    else if data.version isnt VERSION and confirm 'An updated version of 4chan X is available, would you like to install it now?'
+    else if data.version and data.version isnt VERSION and confirm 'An updated version of 4chan X is available, would you like to install it now?'
       window.location = "https://raw.github.com/mayhemydg/4chan-x/#{data.version}/4chan_x.user.js"
 
   node: (e) ->