diff --git a/src/main.go b/src/main.go
index b0e890d..1370778 100644
--- a/src/main.go
+++ b/src/main.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Panic().Msgf("%s\n", err.Error())
 	}
 
+	media.GetInstalledVersion()
 	go startYtDlpUpdater()
 
 	// The HTTP Server
@@ -86,14 +87,14 @@ func startYtDlpUpdater() {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(12 * time.Hour)
 
 	// Do one update now
-	_, _ = media.UpdateYtDlp()
+	_ = media.UpdateYtDlp()
 
 	quit := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-ticker.C:
-				_, _ = media.UpdateYtDlp()
+				_ = media.UpdateYtDlp()
 				log.Info().Msgf("yt-dlp version: %s", media.GetInstalledVersion())
 			case <-quit:
 				ticker.Stop()
diff --git a/src/media/fetch.go b/src/media/fetch.go
index 4b918a4..2c9a256 100644
--- a/src/media/fetch.go
+++ b/src/media/fetch.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var idCharSet = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$`).MatchString
 
 func Index(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	data := map[string]string{
-		"ytDlpVersion": GetInstalledVersion(),
+		"ytDlpVersion": CachedYtDlpVersion,
 	}
 	if err := fetchIndexTmpl.Execute(w, data); err != nil {
 		log.Error().Msgf("Error rendering template: %v", err)
diff --git a/src/media/updater.go b/src/media/updater.go
index c82cf82..ccde2af 100644
--- a/src/media/updater.go
+++ b/src/media/updater.go
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
-func UpdateYtDlp() (string, error) {
+var CachedYtDlpVersion = ""
+
+func UpdateYtDlp() error {
 	log.Info().Msgf("Updateing yt-dlp")
 
 	cmd := exec.Command("yt-dlp",
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ func UpdateYtDlp() (string, error) {
 	err := cmd.Start()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Msgf("Error starting command: %v", err)
-		return "", err
+		return err
 	}
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
@@ -46,15 +48,16 @@ func UpdateYtDlp() (string, error) {
 	err = cmd.Wait()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Msgf("cmd.Run() failed with %s", err)
-		return "", err
+		return err
 	} else if errStdout != nil {
 		log.Error().Msgf("failed to capture stdout: %v", errStdout)
 	} else if errStderr != nil {
 		log.Error().Msgf("failed to capture stderr: %v", errStderr)
 	}
-	log.Info().Msgf("Done updating yt-dlp")
 
-	return "", nil
+	log.Info().Msgf("Done updating yt-dlp. Version=%s", GetInstalledVersion())
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func GetInstalledVersion() string {
@@ -69,8 +72,9 @@ func GetInstalledVersion() string {
 	}
 
 	version := strings.TrimSpace(string(s.Bytes()))
-	if version != "" {
-		return version
+	if version == "" {
+		version = "unknown"
 	}
-	return "unknown"
+	CachedYtDlpVersion = version
+	return version
 }