diff --git a/app/services/highlighter/ai-highlighter/updater.ts b/app/services/highlighter/ai-highlighter/updater.ts
index e61630bf9737..d23048e08adc 100644
--- a/app/services/highlighter/ai-highlighter/updater.ts
+++ b/app/services/highlighter/ai-highlighter/updater.ts
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ export class AiHighlighterUpdater {
    */
   private getManifestUrl(): string {
     if (Utils.getHighlighterEnvironment() === 'staging') {
-      return 'https://cdn-highlighter-builds.streamlabs.com/staging/manifest_win_x86_64.json';
+      const cacheBuster = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+      return `https://cdn-highlighter-builds.streamlabs.com/staging/manifest_win_x86_64.json?t=${cacheBuster}`;
     } else {
-      return 'https://cdn-highlighter-builds.streamlabs.com/manifest_win_x86_64.json';
+      return 'https://cdn-highlighter-builds.streamlabs.com/production/manifest_win_x86_64.json';
     }
   }
   /**
@@ -141,7 +142,10 @@ export class AiHighlighterUpdater {
       await fs.readFile(this.manifestPath, 'utf-8'),
     ) as IAIHighlighterManifest;
 
-    if (newManifest.version !== currentManifest.version) {
+    if (
+      newManifest.version !== currentManifest.version ||
+      newManifest.timestamp > currentManifest.timestamp
+    ) {
       console.log(
         `new highlighter version available. ${currentManifest.version} -> ${newManifest.version}`,
       );
diff --git a/app/services/highlighter/index.ts b/app/services/highlighter/index.ts
index 28a93fd12ee3..7b8f337bc76a 100644
--- a/app/services/highlighter/index.ts
+++ b/app/services/highlighter/index.ts
@@ -813,6 +813,10 @@ export class HighlighterService extends PersistentStatefulService<IHighlighterSt
 
           // console.log('recording Alreadyt running?:', this.streamingService.views.isRecording);
 
+          this.usageStatisticsService.recordAnalyticsEvent('AIHighlighter', {
+            type: 'AiRecordingStarted',
+          });
+
           if (this.streamingService.views.isRecording) {
             // console.log('Recording is already running');
           } else {
diff --git a/app/services/utils.ts b/app/services/utils.ts
index 9365f21bec6e..f255af2bdb77 100644
--- a/app/services/utils.ts
+++ b/app/services/utils.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,12 @@ export default class Utils {
   static isDevMode() {
     return Utils.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
   }
+
   static getHighlighterEnvironment(): 'production' | 'staging' | 'local' {
+    if (process.argv.includes('--bundle-qa')) {
+      return 'staging';
+    }
+
     if (process.env.HIGHLIGHTER_ENV !== 'staging' && process.env.HIGHLIGHTER_ENV !== 'local') {
       return 'production';
     }