diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/app.component.ts b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/app.component.ts
index 419622c8e..808072db1 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export class AppComponent {
   }
 
   private checkForEosUpdate(ui: UIData): void {
-    if (ui['auto-check-updates']) {
+    if (ui['auto-check-updates'] !== false) {
       this.eosService.getEOS()
     }
   }
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/preferences/preferences.page.html b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/preferences/preferences.page.html
index 85af3bb34..8900117c2 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/preferences/preferences.page.html
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/pages/server-routes/preferences/preferences.page.html
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
     <ion-item-divider>Marketplace</ion-item-divider>
     <ion-item
       button
-      (click)="serverConfig.presentAlert('auto-check-updates', patch.data.ui['auto-check-updates'])"
+      (click)="serverConfig.presentAlert('auto-check-updates', patch.data.ui['auto-check-updates'] !== false)"
     >
       <ion-label>Auto Check for Updates</ion-label>
       <ion-note slot="end"
-        >{{ patch.data.ui['auto-check-updates'] ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'
-        }}</ion-note
+        >{{ patch.data.ui['auto-check-updates'] !== false ? 'Enabled' :
+        'Disabled' }}</ion-note
       >
     </ion-item>
   </ion-item-group>
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-patch.ts b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-patch.ts
index 06c548334..1ef6b9624 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-patch.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/mock-patch.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 export const mockPatchData: DataModel = {
   ui: {
     name: `Matt's Embassy`,
-    'auto-check-updates': true,
+    'auto-check-updates': undefined,
     'pkg-order': [],
     'ack-welcome': '1.0.0',
     marketplace: undefined,