diff --git a/src/lib/hooks/useUpdateCheck.ts b/src/lib/hooks/useUpdateCheck.ts
index bb8ef56331..5ae93c913b 100644
--- a/src/lib/hooks/useUpdateCheck.ts
+++ b/src/lib/hooks/useUpdateCheck.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import {Alert, AppState, AppStateStatus} from 'react-native'
+import app from 'react-native-version-number'
 import * as Updates from 'expo-updates'
 import {useUpdates} from 'expo-updates'
+
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
 import {IS_TESTFLIGHT} from '#/env'
-import app from 'react-native-version-number'
 
 export function useUpdateCheck() {
   const appState = React.useRef<AppStateStatus>('active')
@@ -16,10 +17,12 @@ export function useUpdateCheck() {
   const setCheckTimeout = React.useCallback(() => {
     timeout.current = setTimeout(async () => {
       try {
+        Alert.alert('Try')
         await Updates.setExtraParamAsync(
           'buildNumber',
           app.buildVersion.toString(),
         )
+        Alert.alert('Here')
         await Updates.setExtraParamAsync(
           'channel',
           IS_TESTFLIGHT ? 'testflight' : 'production',
@@ -42,58 +45,62 @@ export function useUpdateCheck() {
     }, 15e3)
   }, [])
 
+  const onIsTestFlight = React.useCallback(() => {
+    setTimeout(async () => {
+      await Updates.setExtraParamAsync(
+        'buildNumber',
+        app.buildVersion.toString(),
+      )
+      await Updates.setExtraParamAsync(
+        'channel',
+        IS_TESTFLIGHT ? 'testflight' : 'production',
+      )
+
+      const res = await Updates.checkForUpdateAsync()
+      console.log(res)
+      if (res.isAvailable) {
+        await Updates.fetchUpdateAsync()
+
+        Alert.alert(
+          'Update Available',
+          'A new version of the app is available. Relaunch now?',
+          [
+            {
+              text: 'No',
+              style: 'cancel',
+            },
+            {
+              text: 'Relaunch',
+              style: 'default',
+              onPress: async () => {
+                await Updates.reloadAsync()
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        )
+      } else {
+        Alert.alert('No Update Available', 'No update available at this time.')
+      }
+    }, 3000)
+  }, [])
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
     // For Testflight users, we can prompt the user to update immediately whenever there's an available update. This
     // is suspect however with the Apple App Store guidelines, so we don't want to prompt production users to update
     // immediately.
-    if (IS_TESTFLIGHT) {
-      ;(async () => {
-        await Updates.setExtraParamAsync(
-          'buildNumber',
-          app.buildVersion.toString(),
-        )
-        await Updates.setExtraParamAsync(
-          'channel',
-          IS_TESTFLIGHT ? 'testflight' : 'production',
-        )
-
-        const res = await Updates.checkForUpdateAsync()
-        if (res.isAvailable) {
-          await Updates.fetchUpdateAsync()
 
-          Alert.alert(
-            'Update Available',
-            'A new version of the app is available. Relaunch now?',
-            [
-              {
-                text: 'No',
-                style: 'cancel',
-              },
-              {
-                text: 'Relaunch',
-                style: 'default',
-                onPress: async () => {
-                  await Updates.reloadAsync()
-                },
-              },
-            ],
-          )
-        } else {
-          Alert.alert(
-            'No Update Available',
-            'No update available at this time.',
-          )
-        }
-      })()
+    if (IS_TESTFLIGHT) {
+      onIsTestFlight()
       return
-    }
-    if (__DEV__ || ranInitialCheck.current) {
+    } else if (__DEV__ || ranInitialCheck.current) {
       return
+    } else {
+      Alert.alert('not testfight')
     }
 
     setCheckTimeout()
     ranInitialCheck.current = true
-  }, [setCheckTimeout])
+  }, [onIsTestFlight, setCheckTimeout])
 
   // After the app has been minimized for 30 minutes, we want to either A. install an update if one has become available
   // or B check for an update again.