diff --git a/src/GUI/UpdateChecker.cxx b/src/GUI/UpdateChecker.cxx
index ec74764..d14aad6 100644
--- a/src/GUI/UpdateChecker.cxx
+++ b/src/GUI/UpdateChecker.cxx
@@ -94,11 +94,15 @@ UpdateChecker::UpdateChecker(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
         return;
     }
 
+
+        const QDate n = QDate::currentDate().addDays(0);
+        settings.setValue("next-update-check", n);
+
     if (nextCheck <= QDate::currentDate()) {
 
 
-    //zhongjin
-    SG_LOG(SG_IO, SG_WARN, "UpdateChecker()" );
+        //zhongjin
+        SG_LOG(SG_IO, SG_WARN, "UpdateChecker()" );
 
         // start a check
         auto http = globals->get_subsystem<FGHTTPClient>();
@@ -111,6 +115,9 @@ UpdateChecker::UpdateChecker(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
 
         // definitiely want to ensure HTTPS for this.
         std::string uri = "https://download.flightgear.org/builds/" + _majorMinorVersion + "/updates.xml";
+
+        SG_LOG(SG_IO, SG_WARN, "UpdateChecker() " << uri );
+
         m_request = new UpdateXMLRequest(this, uri);
         http->makeRequest(m_request);
     } else {