diff --git a/manager/javascripts/dcsinstance.js b/manager/javascripts/dcsinstance.js
index 21f67f13..09dc577d 100644
--- a/manager/javascripts/dcsinstance.js
+++ b/manager/javascripts/dcsinstance.js
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class DCSInstance {
         } catch (err) {
             logger.log(`An error occurred during editing: ${err}`);
             getManager().getActiveInstance().error = true;
-
+            
             showErrorPopup(`<div class='main-message'>A critical error occurred! </div><div class='sub-message'> Check ${getManager().getLogLocation()} for more info. </div>`)
             getManager().getMode() === "basic"? getManager().settingsPage.show(): getManager().instancesPage.show();
         }
@@ -599,7 +599,10 @@ class DCSInstance {
                     getManager().instancesPage.show();
                 return true;
             } catch (err) {
-                logger.error(err)
+                logger.error(err);
+
+                /* Nested popup calls need to wait for animation to complete */
+                await sleep(300);
                 showErrorPopup(`<div class='main-message'>An error has occurred while uninstalling the Olympus instance. </div><div class='sub-message'> Make sure Olympus and DCS are not running. </div><div class='sub-message'>You can find more info in ${path.join(__dirname, "..", "manager.log")} </div>`, () => {
                     if (getManager().getMode() === 'basic') 
                         getManager().settingsPage.show();
diff --git a/manager/javascripts/manager.js b/manager/javascripts/manager.js
index e3f85ffb..3037a5ae 100644
--- a/manager/javascripts/manager.js
+++ b/manager/javascripts/manager.js
@@ -116,11 +116,15 @@ class Manager {
                 /* Ask the user for confirmation */
                 showConfirmPopup("<div class='main-message'> One or more of your Olympus instances are not up to date! </div><div class='sub-message'> If you have just updated Olympus this is normal.<br><br> Press <b>Accept</b> and the Manager will update your instances for you. <br> Press <b>Close</b> to update your instances manually using the Installation Wizard</div>", async () => {
                     try {
+                        /* Nested popup calls need to wait for animation to complete */
                         await sleep(300);
+
                         await DCSInstance.fixInstances();
                         location.reload();
                     } catch (err) {
                         logger.error(err);
+
+                        /* Nested popup calls need to wait for animation to complete */
                         await sleep(300);
                         showErrorPopup(`<div class='main-message'>An error occurred while trying to fix your installations. Please reinstall Olympus manually. </div><div class='sub-message'> You can find more info in ${this.options.logLocation} </div>`);
                     }
diff --git a/manager/javascripts/preload.js b/manager/javascripts/preload.js
index 1261e297..3dfedad7 100644
--- a/manager/javascripts/preload.js
+++ b/manager/javascripts/preload.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const AdmZip = require("adm-zip");
 const { Octokit } = require('octokit');
 const { logger } = require("./filesystem");
 const { getManager } = require('./managerfactory');
+const { sleep } = require('./utils');
 
 const VERSION = "{{OLYMPUS_VERSION_NUMBER}}";
 logger.log(`Running in ${__dirname}`);
@@ -71,7 +72,10 @@ async function updateOlympusBeta() {
     const date1 = new Date(artifact.updated_at);
     const date2 = fs.statSync(".").mtime;
     if (date1 > date2) {
-        showConfirmPopup(`<div class='main-message'> Looks like you are running a beta version of Olympus!</div><div class='sub-message'> Latest beta artifact timestamp of: <b style="color: orange">${date1.toLocaleString()}</b> <br> Your installation timestamp: <b style="color: orange">${date2.toLocaleString()}</b> <br><br> Do you want to update to the newest beta version?</div>`, () => {
+        showConfirmPopup(`<div class='main-message'> Looks like you are running a beta version of Olympus!</div><div class='sub-message'> Latest beta artifact timestamp of: <b style="color: orange">${date1.toLocaleString()}</b> <br> Your installation timestamp: <b style="color: orange">${date2.toLocaleString()}</b> <br><br> Do you want to update to the newest beta version?</div>`, async () => {
+            /* Nested popup calls need to wait for animation to complete */
+            await sleep(300);
+
             /* Run the browser and download the artifact */ //TODO: try and directly download the file from code rather than using the browser 
             exec(`start https://github.com/Pax1601/DCSOlympus/actions/runs/${artifact.workflow_run.id}/artifacts/${artifact.id}`)
             showConfirmPopup(`<div class='main-message'> A browser window was opened to download the beta artifact. </div><div class='sub-message'> Please wait for the download to complete, then press "Accept" and select the downloaded beta artifact.</div>`,
@@ -222,8 +226,7 @@ const ipc = {
         /* From main to render. */
         'receive': [
             'event:maximized',
-            'event:unmaximized',
-            'check-version'
+            'event:unmaximized'
         ],
         /* From render to main and back again. */
         'sendReceive': []
@@ -262,6 +265,7 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld(
 window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
     document.getElementById("loader").classList.remove("hide");
     await getManager().start();
+    await checkVersion();
 })
 
 window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
@@ -291,8 +295,3 @@ function computePagesHeight() {
         pages[i].style.height = (window.innerHeight - (titleBar.clientHeight + header.clientHeight)) + "px";
     }
 }
-
-ipcRenderer.on("check-version", () => {
-    /* Check if a new version is available */
-    checkVersion();
-})
diff --git a/manager/main.js b/manager/main.js
index 4ba70946..4319a3ff 100644
--- a/manager/main.js
+++ b/manager/main.js
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ function createWindow() {
 
 electronApp.on('ready', () => {
     window = createWindow();
-    window.webContents.send('check-version')
 });
 
 electronApp.on('window-all-closed', () => {