diff --git a/src/app/app.vue b/src/app/app.vue
index a8f0a0f7..636ca56d 100644
--- a/src/app/app.vue
+++ b/src/app/app.vue
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 const globalStore = useGlobalStore();
 globalStore.fetchFeatures();
 globalStore.fetchRelease();
+globalStore.setLanguage();
 useHead({
   bodyAttrs: {
     class: 'bg-gray-50 dark:bg-neutral-800',
diff --git a/src/app/layouts/Footer.vue b/src/app/layouts/Footer.vue
index 3a3108b9..7d9fbbd2 100644
--- a/src/app/layouts/Footer.vue
+++ b/src/app/layouts/Footer.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         href="https://github.com/wg-easy/wg-easy"
         >WireGuard Easy</a
       >
-      © 2021-2024 by
+      ({{ globalStore.currentRelease }}) © 2021-2024 by
       <a
         class="hover:underline"
         target="_blank"
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@
   </footer>
 </template>
 
-<script setup lang="ts"></script>
+<script setup lang="ts">
+const globalStore = useGlobalStore();
+</script>
diff --git a/src/app/layouts/Header.vue b/src/app/layouts/Header.vue
index 5023a8ca..3ea58a0d 100644
--- a/src/app/layouts/Header.vue
+++ b/src/app/layouts/Header.vue
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="text-sm text-gray-400 dark:text-neutral-400 mb-5" />
     <div
-      v-if="globalStore.latestRelease"
+      v-if="globalStore.updateAvailable && globalStore.latestRelease"
       class="bg-red-800 dark:bg-red-100 p-4 text-white dark:text-red-600 text-sm font-small mb-10 rounded-md shadow-lg"
       :title="`v${globalStore.currentRelease} → v${globalStore.latestRelease.version}`"
     >
diff --git a/src/app/stores/global.ts b/src/app/stores/global.ts
index 598b406f..7dc21848 100644
--- a/src/app/stores/global.ts
+++ b/src/app/stores/global.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const useGlobalStore = defineStore('Global', () => {
   const latestRelease = ref<null | { version: string; changelog: string }>(
     null
   );
+  const updateAvailable = ref(false);
   const features = ref({
     trafficStats: {
       enabled: false,
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export const useGlobalStore = defineStore('Global', () => {
 
   const { availableLocales, locale } = useI18n();
 
-  async function fetchRelease() {
+  async function setLanguage() {
     const { data: lang } = await api.getLang();
     if (
       lang.value !== getItem('lang') &&
@@ -34,19 +35,18 @@ export const useGlobalStore = defineStore('Global', () => {
       setItem('lang', lang.value!);
       locale.value = lang.value!;
     }
+  }
 
+  async function fetchRelease() {
     const { data: release } = await api.getRelease();
 
     if (!release.value) {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (!release.value.updateAvailable) {
-      return;
-    }
-
     currentRelease.value = release.value.currentRelease;
     latestRelease.value = release.value.latestRelease;
+    updateAvailable.value = release.value.updateAvailable;
   }
 
   async function fetchFeatures() {
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ export const useGlobalStore = defineStore('Global', () => {
     features,
     currentRelease,
     latestRelease,
+    updateAvailable,
     fetchRelease,
     fetchFeatures,
+    setLanguage,
   };
 });
diff --git a/src/server/api/release.get.ts b/src/server/api/release.get.ts
index daf40ba7..8a6fa12f 100644
--- a/src/server/api/release.get.ts
+++ b/src/server/api/release.get.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { gt } from 'semver';
 
 export default defineEventHandler(async () => {
-  // TODO: cache this
-  const latestRelease = await fetchLatestRelease();
+  const latestRelease = await cachedFetchLatestRelease();
   const updateAvailable = gt(latestRelease.version, RELEASE);
   return {
     currentRelease: RELEASE,
diff --git a/src/server/utils/config.ts b/src/server/utils/config.ts
index a3630bcb..65f4da3b 100644
--- a/src/server/utils/config.ts
+++ b/src/server/utils/config.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { Database } from '~~/services/database/repositories/database';
 import { parseCidr } from 'cidr-tools';
 import { stringifyIp } from 'ip-bigint';
 
-export const RELEASE = packageJson.version;
+export const RELEASE = 'v' + packageJson.version;
 
 export const SERVER_DEBUG = debug('Server');
 
diff --git a/src/server/utils/release.ts b/src/server/utils/release.ts
index b76b66ba..c23cae64 100644
--- a/src/server/utils/release.ts
+++ b/src/server/utils/release.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,30 @@ type GithubRelease = {
   body: string;
 };
 
-export async function fetchLatestRelease() {
+/**
+ * Cache function for 1 hour
+ */
+function cacheFunction<T>(fn: () => T): () => T {
+  let cache: { value: T; expiry: number } | null = null;
+
+  return (): T => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+
+    if (cache && cache.expiry > now) {
+      return cache.value;
+    }
+
+    const result = fn();
+    cache = {
+      value: result,
+      expiry: now + 3600000,
+    };
+
+    return result;
+  };
+}
+
+async function fetchLatestRelease() {
   try {
     const response = await $fetch<GithubRelease>(
       'https://api.github.com/repos/wg-easy/wg-easy/releases/latest',
@@ -25,3 +48,5 @@ export async function fetchLatestRelease() {
     });
   }
 }
+
+export const cachedFetchLatestRelease = cacheFunction(fetchLatestRelease);