diff --git a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js
index 83fbf9229e..399b8d4637 100644
--- a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js
+++ b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const UpdateNotification = {
     },
     shouldShow () {
       return !this.$store.state.instance.disableUpdateNotification &&
-        this.$store.state.currentUser &&
+        this.$store.state.users.currentUser &&
         this.$store.state.serverSideStorage.flagStorage.updateCounter < CURRENT_UPDATE_COUNTER &&
         !this.$store.state.serverSideStorage.flagStorage.dontShowUpdateNotifs
     }
diff --git a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.scss b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.scss
index c55bb1925c..43a82f1622 100644
--- a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.scss
+++ b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.scss
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     position: relative;
     shape-margin: 0.5em;
     filter: drop-shadow(5px 5px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.5));
+    pointer-events: none;
   }
 
   .spacer-top {
diff --git a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.vue b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.vue
index 8cae3de9c4..75ac742c0f 100644
--- a/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.vue
+++ b/src/components/update_notification/update_notification.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <template>
   <Modal
-    v-if="shouldShow"
     :is-open="!!shouldShow"
     class="UpdateNotification"
     :no-background="true"
@@ -22,14 +21,18 @@
             <p>
                 {{ $t('update.big_update_content') }}
             </p>
-            <p class="extra-info">
-                {{ $t('update.update_bugs') }}
-            </p>
-            <p class="extra-info">
-                {{ $t('update.update_changelog') }}
-            </p>
-            </div>
-            <div class="spacer-bottom"/>
+            <i18n-t keypath="update.update_bugs" tag="p" class="extra-info">
+              <template #pleromaGitlab>
+                <a target="_blank" href="https://git.pleroma.social/">{{ $t('update.update_bugs_gitlab') }}</a>
+              </template>
+            </i18n-t>
+            <i18n-t keypath="update.update_changelog" tag="p" class="extra-info">
+              <template #theFullChangelog>
+                <a target="_blank" href="https://pleroma.social/announcements/">{{ $t('update.update_changelog_here') }}</a>
+              </template>
+            </i18n-t>
+          </div>
+          <div class="spacer-bottom"/>
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="panel-footer">
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 3945e6f999..77bd8cf2b2 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@
     "big_update_content": "We haven't had a release in a while, so things might look and feel different than what you're used to.",
     "update_bugs": "Please report any issues and bugs on {pleromaGitlab}, as we have changed a lot, and although we test thoroughly and use development versions ourselves, we may have missed some things. We welcome your feedback and suggestions on issues you might encounter, or how to improve Pleroma and Pleroma-FE.",
     "update_bugs_gitlab": "Pleroma GitLab",
-    "update_changelog": "For more details on what's changed, see {theFullChangelog}",
-    "update_changelog_here": "here"
+    "update_changelog": "For more details on what's changed, see {theFullChangelog}.",
+    "update_changelog_here": "the full changelog"
   }
 }