diff --git a/app/js/renderer.js b/app/js/renderer.js
index b38a943..4f8322a 100644
--- a/app/js/renderer.js
+++ b/app/js/renderer.js
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@ function urlInputFieldOnFocus () {
 * @param {booean} [silent] - Boolean with default value. Shows a feedback in case of no available updates If 'silent' = false. Special handling for manually triggered update search
 */
 function searchUpdate (silent = true) {
+
+    var semver = require('semver')
+
     ui.windowMainApplicationStateSet('Searching media-dupes updates')
 
     // check if pre-releases should be included or not
@@ -529,7 +532,9 @@ function searchUpdate (silent = true) {
         utils.writeConsoleMsg('info', 'searchUpdate ::: Latest media-dupes version: ' + remoteAppVersionLatest)
 
         // If a stable (not a prelease) update is available - see #73
-        if (localAppVersion < remoteAppVersionLatest) {
+
+        //if (localAppVersion < remoteAppVersionLatest) {
+        if(semver.lt(localAppVersion, remoteAppVersionLatest)) {
             utils.writeConsoleMsg('info', 'searchUpdate ::: Found update, notify user')
 
             // prepare the message for the user - depending on the fact if it is a pre-release or not
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index efa4a3f..67b0897 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ The following categories are used:
 
 ***
 
-### media-dupes 0.10.0 (2020xxyy) - DEV
+### media-dupes 0.10.0 (20200607)
 #### `Added`
 * Added todo-list-protection to ensure items of the list arent removed while media-dupes is processing the list. See [#127](https://github.com/yafp/media-dupes/issues/127)
 * Added a warning dialog about consequences of not updating media-dupes. See [#129](https://github.com/yafp/media-dupes/issues/129)
 
 #### `Changed`
+* Improved update check - using semver for version comparison.
 * Updated dependencies:
   * Updated `about-window` from `1.13.2` to `1.13.4`
   * Updated `datatables.net-dt` from `1.10.20` to `1.10.21`
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f487de6..3522f20 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "media-dupes",
-  "version": "0.9.20200607",
+  "version": "0.10.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -6217,11 +6217,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "semver": {
-      "version": "7.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ekM0zfiA9SCBlsKa2X1hxyxiI4L3B6EbVJkkdgQXnSEEaHlGdvyodMruTiulSRWMMB4NeIuYNMC9rTKTz97GxA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "optional": true
+      "version": "7.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-OrOb32TeeambH6UrhtShmF7CRDqhL6/5XpPNp2DuRH6+9QLw/orhp72j87v8Qa1ScDkvrrBNpZcDejAirJmfXQ=="
     },
     "semver-compare": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b5cd505..41cf388 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "media-dupes",
   "productName": "media-dupes",
   "desktopName": "media-dupes.desktop",
-  "version": "0.9.20200607",
+  "version": "0.10.0",
   "description": "a minimal content duplicator for common media services like youtube",
   "main": "main.js",
   "repository": {
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
     "metascraper-youtube": "^5.11.21",
     "noty": "^3.2.0-beta",
     "popper.js": "^1.16.1",
+    "semver": "^7.3.2",
     "time-stamp": "^2.2.0",
     "v8-compile-cache": "^2.1.1",
     "yargs": "^15.3.1",