diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9cb5f0b7a..a7785eb87 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ frontend/config.json: $(GIT_HASH_FILE) frontend/config-sample.json
 	npm --prefix frontend run-script build-config
 
 frontend/patchdb-ui-seed.json: frontend/package.json
-	jq '."ack-welcome" = "$(shell yq '.version' frontend/package.json)"' frontend/patchdb-ui-seed.json > ui-seed.tmp
+	jq '."ack-welcome" = $(shell yq '.version' frontend/package.json)' frontend/patchdb-ui-seed.json > ui-seed.tmp
 	mv ui-seed.tmp frontend/patchdb-ui-seed.json
 
 patch-db/client/node_modules: patch-db/client/package.json
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/toast-container/refresh-alert/refresh-alert.component.html b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/toast-container/refresh-alert/refresh-alert.component.html
index c63060f12..a8dd08107 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/toast-container/refresh-alert/refresh-alert.component.html
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/toast-container/refresh-alert/refresh-alert.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<div *ngIf="!onPwa; else pwa">
-  <alert *ngIf="show$ | async" header="Refresh Needed" (dismiss)="onDismiss()">
+<alert *ngIf="show$ | async" header="Refresh Needed" (dismiss)="onDismiss()">
+  <ng-container *ngIf="!onPwa; else pwa">
     Your user interface is cached and out of date. Hard refresh the page to get
     the latest UI.
     <ul>
@@ -16,17 +16,13 @@
         : Browser specific, typically a refresh button in the browser menu.
       </li>
     </ul>
-    <a alertButton class="enter-click" role="cancel">Ok</a>
-  </alert>
-</div>
-
-<ng-template #pwa>
-  <alert *ngIf="show$ | async" header="Refresh Needed" (dismiss)="onDismiss()">
-    Your user interface is cached and out of date.
-    <br />
-    <br />
-    Attempt to reload the PWA using the button below. If you continue to see
-    this message, uninstall and reinstall the PWA.
-    <a alertButton (click)="pwaReload()" role="cancel">Reload</a>
-  </alert>
-</ng-template>
+  </ng-container>
+  <ng-template #pwa>
+    Your user interface is cached and out of date. Attempt to reload the PWA
+    using the button below. If you continue to see this message, uninstall and
+    reinstall the PWA.
+  </ng-template>
+  <!-- alertButton needs to be a direct child of alert element for ionic styling -->
+  <a *ngIf="!onPwa" alertButton class="enter-click" role="cancel">Ok</a>
+  <a *ngIf="onPwa" alertButton (click)="pwaReload()" role="cancel">Reload</a>
+</alert>