diff --git a/app/classes/web/panel_handler.py b/app/classes/web/panel_handler.py
index d592f627..b5a07eb3 100644
--- a/app/classes/web/panel_handler.py
+++ b/app/classes/web/panel_handler.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class PanelHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         page_data: t.Dict[str, t.Any] = {
             # todo: make this actually pull and compare version data
-            "update_available": False,
+            "update_available": self.helper.update_available,
             "serverTZ": tz,
             "version_data": self.helper.get_version_string(),
             "user_data": exec_user,
diff --git a/app/classes/web/server_handler.py b/app/classes/web/server_handler.py
index d7bd054d..df4ba684 100644
--- a/app/classes/web/server_handler.py
+++ b/app/classes/web/server_handler.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class ServerHandler(BaseHandler):
         template = "public/404.html"
 
         page_data = {
+            "update_available": self.helper.update_available,
             "version_data": self.helper.get_version_string(),
             "user_data": exec_user,
             "user_role": exec_user_role,
diff --git a/app/frontend/templates/footer.html b/app/frontend/templates/footer.html
index fec76eba..98d10a57 100644
--- a/app/frontend/templates/footer.html
+++ b/app/frontend/templates/footer.html
@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
 <!-- partial:partials/_footer.html -->
   <footer class="footer">
     <div class="container-fluid ">
-
-<span class="text-muted d-block text-center text-sm-left d-sm-inline-block">{{ translate('footer', 'copyright', data['lang']) }} © 2021 - <span x-data x-text="new Date().getFullYear()"></span> <a href="https://craftycontrol.com/" target="_blank">Crafty Controller</a>. {{ translate('footer', 'allRightsReserved', data['lang']) }}.</span>
-
-<span class="float-none float-sm-right d-block mt-1 mt-sm-0 text-center">{{ translate('footer', 'version', data['lang']) }}: {{ data['version_data'] }}
-      </span>
+      <span class="text-muted d-block text-center text-sm-left d-sm-inline-block">{{ translate('footer', 'copyright', data['lang']) }} © 2021 - <span x-data x-text="new Date().getFullYear()"></span> <a href="https://craftycontrol.com/" target="_blank">Crafty Controller</a>. {{ translate('footer', 'allRightsReserved', data['lang']) }}.</span>
+      <span class="float-none float-sm-right d-block mt-1 mt-sm-0">&nbsp;&nbsp;{{ translate('footer', 'version', data['lang']) }}: {{ data['version_data'] }}</span>
+      {% if data['update_available'] %}
+        <span class="float-none float-sm-right d-block mt-1 mt-sm-0"><a class="blink-text" href="https://gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-4/-/releases">Update Available!</a></span>
+      {% end %}
     </div>
-
+    <style>
+      a:hover {
+        text-decoration: none;
+      }
+      .blink-text{
+        color: #000;
+        font-weight: bold;
+        font-size: 2rem;
+        animation: blinkingText 2s infinite;
+	    }
+      @keyframes blinkingText{
+        0%		{ color: grey;}
+        50%   { color: red;}
+        100%	{ color: grey;}
+      }
+    </style>
   </footer>
 <!-- partial -->