diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/System/InstallController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/System/InstallController.php
index 6e1e168d0a..f07f47758b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/System/InstallController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/System/InstallController.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\View\View;
 use Laravel\Passport\Passport;
 use phpseclib3\Crypt\RSA;
@@ -81,8 +82,10 @@ class InstallController extends Controller
     public function index()
     {
         app('view')->share('FF_VERSION', config('firefly.version'));
+
         // index will set FF3 version.
         FireflyConfig::set('ff3_version', (string) config('firefly.version'));
+        FireflyConfig::set('ff3_build_time', (int) config('firefly.build_time'));
 
         return view('install.index');
     }
@@ -98,18 +101,18 @@ class InstallController extends Controller
             'errorMessage'   => null,
         ];
 
-        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Will now run commands. Request index is %d', $requestIndex));
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Will now run commands. Request index is %d', $requestIndex));
         $indexes      = array_keys($this->upgradeCommands);
         if (array_key_exists($requestIndex, $indexes)) {
             $command                    = $indexes[$requestIndex];
             $parameters                 = $this->upgradeCommands[$command];
-            app('log')->debug(sprintf('Will now execute command "%s" with parameters', $command), $parameters);
+            Log::debug(sprintf('Will now execute command "%s" with parameters', $command), $parameters);
 
             try {
                 $result = $this->executeCommand($command, $parameters);
             } catch (FireflyException $e) {
-                app('log')->error($e->getMessage());
-                app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+                Log::error($e->getMessage());
+                Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
                 if (str_contains($e->getMessage(), 'open_basedir restriction in effect')) {
                     $this->lastError = self::BASEDIR_ERROR;
                 }
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ class InstallController extends Controller
      */
     private function executeCommand(string $command, array $args): bool
     {
-        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Will now call command %s with args.', $command), $args);
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Will now call command %s with args.', $command), $args);
 
         try {
             if ('generate-keys' === $command) {
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ class InstallController extends Controller
             }
             if ('generate-keys' !== $command) {
                 Artisan::call($command, $args);
-                app('log')->debug(Artisan::output());
+                Log::debug(Artisan::output());
             }
         } catch (Exception $e) { // intentional generic exception
             throw new FireflyException($e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
diff --git a/app/Support/System/IsOldVersion.php b/app/Support/System/IsOldVersion.php
index 2499debbe8..73fcf809ba 100644
--- a/app/Support/System/IsOldVersion.php
+++ b/app/Support/System/IsOldVersion.php
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ trait IsOldVersion
             return 0;
         }
 
-        $currentDate  = Carbon::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d', $currentParts[1]);
-        $latestDate   = Carbon::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d', $latestParts[1]);
+        $currentDate = Carbon::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d', $currentParts[1]);
+        $latestDate  = Carbon::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d', $latestParts[1]);
 
         if ($currentDate->lt($latestDate)) {
             Log::debug(sprintf('This current version is older, current = %s, latest version %s.', $current, $latest));
@@ -67,33 +67,15 @@ trait IsOldVersion
     protected function isOldVersionInstalled(): bool
     {
         // version compare thing.
-        $configVersion = (string)config('firefly.version');
-        $dbVersion     = (string)FireflyConfig::getFresh('ff3_version', '1.0')->data;
-        $compare       = 0;
-        // compare develop to develop
-        if (str_starts_with($configVersion, 'develop') && str_starts_with($dbVersion, 'develop')) {
-            $compare = $this->compareDevelopVersions($configVersion, $dbVersion);
-        }
-        // user has develop installed, goes to normal version.
-        if (!str_starts_with($configVersion, 'develop') && str_starts_with($dbVersion, 'develop')) {
+        $configBuildTime = (int)config('firefly.build_time');
+        $dbBuildTime     = (int)FireflyConfig::getFresh('ff3_build_time', 123)->data;
+        $configTime      = Carbon::createFromTimestamp($configBuildTime, config('app.timezone'));
+        $dbTime          = Carbon::createFromTimestamp($dbBuildTime, config('app.timezone'));
+        if ($dbBuildTime < $configBuildTime) {
+            Log::warning(sprintf('Your database was last managed by an older version of Firefly III (I see %s, I expect %s). Redirect to migrate routine.', $dbTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), $configTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),));
             return true;
         }
-
-        // user has normal, goes to develop version.
-        if (str_starts_with($configVersion, 'develop') && !str_starts_with($dbVersion, 'develop')) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // compare normal with normal.
-        if (!str_starts_with($configVersion, 'develop') && !str_starts_with($dbVersion, 'develop')) {
-            $compare = version_compare($configVersion, $dbVersion);
-        }
-        if (-1 === $compare) {
-            Log::warning(sprintf('The current configured Firefly III version (%s) is older than the required version (%s). Redirect to migrate routine.', $dbVersion, $configVersion));
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Your database is up to date (I see %s, I expect %s).', $dbTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), $configTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),));
         return false;
     }
 }