diff --git a/ui/src/app/modals/os-welcome/os-welcome.page.ts b/ui/src/app/modals/os-welcome/os-welcome.page.ts
index 8418d04b8..d00a01e85 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/modals/os-welcome/os-welcome.page.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/modals/os-welcome/os-welcome.page.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core'
 import { ModalController } from '@ionic/angular'
 import { ServerModel } from 'src/app/models/server-model'
 import { ApiService } from 'src/app/services/api/api.service'
-import { LoaderService } from 'src/app/services/loader.service'
-import { pauseFor } from 'src/app/util/misc.util'
+import { ConfigService } from 'src/app/services/config.service'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'os-welcome',
@@ -19,12 +18,15 @@ export class OSWelcomePage {
     private readonly modalCtrl: ModalController,
     private readonly apiService: ApiService,
     private readonly serverModel: ServerModel,
+    private readonly config: ConfigService,
   ) { }
 
+  // autoCheckUpdates default must be false when upgrading to 0.2.8
   async dismiss () {
     this.apiService
         .patchServerConfig('autoCheckUpdates', this.autoCheckUpdates)
         .then(() => this.serverModel.update({ autoCheckUpdates: this.autoCheckUpdates }))
+        .then(() => this.apiService.acknowledgeOSWelcome(this.config.version))
         .catch(console.error),
 
     this.modalCtrl.dismiss({ autoCheckUpdates: this.autoCheckUpdates })
diff --git a/ui/src/app/services/startup-alerts.notifier.ts b/ui/src/app/services/startup-alerts.notifier.ts
index cbe808879..b5e9f1821 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/services/startup-alerts.notifier.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/services/startup-alerts.notifier.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export class StartupAlertsNotifier {
 
   displayedWelcomeMessage = false
   checkedForUpdates = false
-  welcomeSetAutoUpdateCheck = false
 
   async handleSpecial (server: Readonly<S9Server>): Promise<void> {
     this.handleOSWelcome(server)
@@ -44,17 +43,11 @@ export class StartupAlertsNotifier {
       },
     })
 
-    modal.onDidDismiss().then(res => {
-      this.welcomeSetAutoUpdateCheck = res.data.autoCheckUpdates
-      this.apiService.acknowledgeOSWelcome(this.config.version)
-      this.handleUpdateCheck(server)
-    })
     await modal.present()
   }
 
   private async handleUpdateCheck (server: Readonly<S9Server>) {
-    if (this.displayedWelcomeMessage && !this.welcomeSetAutoUpdateCheck) return
-    if (!this.displayedWelcomeMessage && (!server.autoCheckUpdates || this.checkedForUpdates)) return
+    if (!server.autoCheckUpdates || this.checkedForUpdates) return
 
     this.checkedForUpdates = true
     if (this.osUpdateService.updateIsAvailable(server.versionInstalled, server.versionLatest)) {
diff --git a/ui/use-mocks.json b/ui/use-mocks.json
index 2caee7215..3425efc8a 100644
--- a/ui/use-mocks.json
+++ b/ui/use-mocks.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "useMocks": true
+  "useMocks": false
 }