diff --git a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
index d0eed649c..096b4e1dd 100644
--- a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ class VersionThread(QtCore.QThread):
         app_version = get_application_version()
         version = check_latest_version(app_version)
         log.debug("Versions %s and %s " % (LooseVersion(str(version)), LooseVersion(str(app_version['full']))))
-        #if LooseVersion(str(version)) > LooseVersion(str(app_version['full'])):
-        self.main_window.emit(QtCore.SIGNAL('openlp_version_check'), '%s' % version)
+        if LooseVersion(str(version)) > LooseVersion(str(app_version['full'])):
+            self.main_window.emit(QtCore.SIGNAL('openlp_version_check'), '%s' % version)
 
 
 class HTTPRedirectHandlerFixed(urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
@@ -227,8 +227,6 @@ def check_latest_version(current_version):
     this_test = str(datetime.now().date())
     settings.setValue('last version test', this_test)
     settings.endGroup()
-    # Tell the main window whether there will ever be data to display
-    Registry().get('main_window').version_update_running = last_test != this_test
     if last_test != this_test:
         if current_version['build']:
             req = urllib.request.Request('http://www.openlp.org/files/nightly_version.txt')
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_core_utils/test_init.py b/tests/functional/openlp_core_utils/test_init.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0931014ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/openlp_core_utils/test_init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=120 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
+
+###############################################################################
+# OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection                                      #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Copyright (c) 2008-2014 Raoul Snyman                                        #
+# Portions copyright (c) 2008-2014 Tim Bentley, Gerald Britton, Jonathan      #
+# Corwin, Samuel Findlay, Michael Gorven, Scott Guerrieri, Matthias Hub,      #
+# Meinert Jordan, Armin Köhler, Erik Lundin, Edwin Lunando, Brian T. Meyer.   #
+# Joshua Miller, Stevan Pettit, Andreas Preikschat, Mattias Põldaru,          #
+# Christian Richter, Philip Ridout, Simon Scudder, Jeffrey Smith,             #
+# Maikel Stuivenberg, Martin Thompson, Jon Tibble, Dave Warnock,              #
+# Frode Woldsund, Martin Zibricky, Patrick Zimmermann                         #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it     #
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free  #
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.                              #
+#                                                                             #
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT #
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or       #
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for    #
+# more details.                                                               #
+#                                                                             #
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along     #
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59  #
+# Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA                          #
+###############################################################################
+"""
+Package to test the openlp.core.utils.actions package.
+"""
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
+from openlp.core.utils import VersionThread, get_application_version
+from tests.functional import MagicMock, patch
+from tests.helpers.testmixin import TestMixin
+
+
+class TestInitFunctions(TestMixin, TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Create an instance and a few example actions.
+        """
+        self.build_settings()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        """
+        Clean up
+        """
+        self.destroy_settings()
+
+    def version_thread_triggered_test(self):
+        """
+        Test the version thread call does not trigger UI
+        :return:
+        """
+        # GIVEN: a equal version setup and the data is not today.
+        mocked_main_window = MagicMock()
+        Settings().setValue('core/last version test', '1950-04-01')
+        # WHEN: We check to see if the version is different .
+        with patch('PyQt4.QtCore.QThread'),\
+                patch('openlp.core.utils.get_application_version') as mocked_get_application_version:
+            mocked_get_application_version.return_value = \
+                {'version': '1.0.0', 'build': '', 'full': '2.0.4'}
+            version_thread = VersionThread(mocked_main_window)
+            version_thread.run()
+        # THEN: If the version has changed the main window is notified
+        self.assertTrue(mocked_main_window.emit.called, 'The main windows should have been notified')