diff --git a/Winget-AutoUpdate/winget-upgrade.ps1 b/Winget-AutoUpdate/winget-upgrade.ps1
index b4bb3bc..95ceb1c 100644
--- a/Winget-AutoUpdate/winget-upgrade.ps1
+++ b/Winget-AutoUpdate/winget-upgrade.ps1
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ function Start-WAUUpdateCheck{
     [xml]$UpdateStatus = Get-Content "$WorkingDir\config\config.xml" -Encoding UTF8 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     $AutoUpdateStatus = $UpdateStatus.app.WAUautoupdate
     
+    #Get current installed version
+    [xml]$About = Get-Content "$WorkingDir\config\about.xml" -Encoding UTF8 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    [version]$CurrentVersion = $About.app.version
+    
     #Check if AutoUpdate is enabled
     if ($AutoUpdateStatus -eq $false){
         Write-Log "WAU Current version: $CurrentVersion. AutoUpdate is disabled." "Cyan"
@@ -245,10 +249,6 @@ function Start-WAUUpdateCheck{
         $LatestVersion = (Invoke-WebRequest $WAUurl | ConvertFrom-Json)[0].tag_name
         [version]$AvailableVersion = $LatestVersion.Replace("v","")
 
-        #Get current installed version
-        [xml]$About = Get-Content "$WorkingDir\config\about.xml" -Encoding UTF8 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-        [version]$CurrentVersion = $About.app.version
-
         #If newer version is avalable, return $True
         if ($AvailableVersion -gt $CurrentVersion){
             Write-Log "WAU Current version: $CurrentVersion. Version $AvailableVersion is available." "Yellow"