diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/clientUpdate.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/clientUpdate.js
index 8b4ea6f52..50c559751 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/clientUpdate.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/clientUpdate.js
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
       }
     }
 
-    async function runCheck(product, version, uri, size, currentVersion) {
+    function runCheck(product, version, uri, size, currentVersion) {
 
       if (app.clientUpdating) {
         logger.debug("client is already updating; skipping")
@@ -209,18 +209,18 @@
       }
 
       if(currentVersion === undefined) {
-        currentVersion = await context.jamClient.ClientUpdateVersion();
-
-        if (!forceShow && (currentVersion == null || currentVersion.indexOf("Compiled")) > -1) {
-          // this is a developer build; it doesn't make much sense to do an packaged update, so skip
-          logger.debug("skipping client update check because this is a development build ('" + currentVersion + "')")
-          return;
-        }
-
-        // # strange client oddity: remove quotes, if found, from start and finish of version.
-        if (currentVersion.indexOf('"') == 0 && currentVersion.lastIndexOf('"') == currentVersion.length - 1) {
-          currentVersion = currentVersion.substring(1, currentVersion.length - 1);
-        }
+        context.jamClient.ClientUpdateVersion().then(function(currentVersion){
+          if (!forceShow && (currentVersion == null || currentVersion.indexOf("Compiled")) > -1) {
+            // this is a developer build; it doesn't make much sense to do an packaged update, so skip
+            logger.debug("skipping client update check because this is a development build ('" + currentVersion + "')")
+            return;
+          }
+  
+          // # strange client oddity: remove quotes, if found, from start and finish of version.
+          if (currentVersion.indexOf('"') == 0 && currentVersion.lastIndexOf('"') == currentVersion.length - 1) {
+            currentVersion = currentVersion.substring(1, currentVersion.length - 1);
+          }
+        });
       }
 
       logger.debug("our client version: " + currentVersion + ", server client version: " + version);
@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@
         type: "GET",
         url: "/api/versioncheck?product=" + product + "&os=" + os,
         success: function (response) {
-          runCheck(product, response.version, response.uri, response.size, currentVersion);
+          if(JSON.stringify(response) !== "{}"){
+            runCheck(product, response.version, response.uri, response.size, currentVersion);
+          }
         },
         error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
           logger.error("Unable to do a client update check against /api/versioncheck");
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/everywhere/everywhere.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/everywhere/everywhere.js
index 1791751ef..68a19c991 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/everywhere/everywhere.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/everywhere/everywhere.js
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     if(!app) throw "app not found";
     
     // makes window.jamClient / context.jamClient set to something non-null very early on
-    console.log("____DEBUG everywhere", context.jamClient)
     context.JK.initJamClient(app);
 
     updateScoringIntervals();