diff --git a/src/includes/functions.inc.php b/src/includes/functions.inc.php
index aa4cb4f0..ed948d2e 100644
--- a/src/includes/functions.inc.php
+++ b/src/includes/functions.inc.php
@@ -479,14 +479,14 @@ function psm_update_available() {
 		// extract latest version from Github.
 		preg_match('/"tag_name":"[v](([\d][.][\d][.][\d])(-?\w*))"/', $latest, $latest);
 		// add latest version to database
-		if ($latest[2] !== false && strlen($latest[2]) < 15) {
+		if (!empty($latest) && strlen($latest[2]) < 15) {
 			psm_update_conf('version_update_check', $latest[2]);
 		}
 	} else {
 		$latest[2] = psm_get_conf('version_update_check');
 	}
 
-	if ($latest[2] !== false) {
+	if (!empty($latest)) {
 		$current = psm_get_conf('version');
 		return version_compare($latest[2], $current, '>');
 	} else {