diff --git a/NPMK/NPMKverChecker.m b/NPMK/NPMKverChecker.m
index a812717..56f4552 100644
--- a/NPMK/NPMKverChecker.m
+++ b/NPMK/NPMKverChecker.m
@@ -24,20 +24,72 @@ function NPMKverChecker()
 % 1.0.2.0: January 10, 2018
 %   - Added a clickable URL to the prompt.
 %
-
+persistent new_version
 gitHubURL = 'https://github.com/BlackrockMicrosystems/NPMK/releases/latest';
 
-%% Check for the latest version fo NPMK
-try
-    FIDv = fopen('Versions.txt');
-    verFile = fscanf(FIDv, '%s'); 
-    fclose(FIDv);
-    latestVersion = verFile(findstr('LATEST', verFile)+7:findstr('LATEST', verFile)+13);
-    gitHubPage = urlread(gitHubURL);
-    newVersionAvailable = findstr(latestVersion, gitHubPage);
-    if isempty(newVersionAvailable)
-        disp('A new version of NPMK may be available.');
-        fprintf('Please visit <a href="%s">GitHub NPMK Page</a> to get the latest version.\n', gitHubURL)
+if isempty(new_version)
+    %% Check for the latest version fo NPMK
+    try
+        % Local copy
+        FIDv = fopen('Versions.txt');
+        verFile = fscanf(FIDv, '%s');
+        fclose(FIDv);
+        latestVersion = verFile(findstr('LATEST', verFile)+7:findstr('LATEST', verFile)+13);
+
+        % Remote copy
+        gitHubPage = urlread(gitHubURL);
+        gitVersion = regexp(gitHubPage, '\<title\>.*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+).*\</title\>', 'tokens');
+        gitVersion = gitVersion{1}{1};
+   
+        new_version = compare_semver(gitVersion, latestVersion) == -1;
+    catch
+    end
+end
+
+if new_version
+    disp('A new version of NPMK may be available.');
+    fprintf('Please visit <a href="%s">GitHub NPMK Page</a> to get the latest version.\n', gitHubURL)
+end
+end
+
+function cmp = compare_semver(a, b)
+%% COMPARE_SEMVAR: Compare two "semantic version" strings
+% INPUT:
+% - a, b: Semantic version strings (as char arrays)
+% OUTPUT:
+% - cmp: Comparison value (like C's strcmp)
+%    -1 if a is more recent than b
+%    0  if a and b are the same
+%    1  if b is more recent than a
+% NOTES:
+% - In brief, semantic versions are MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH (etc). These are
+% slightly different from "regular" decimals, in that version 1.2 is
+% newer than 1.1, but 17 minor releases older than 1.19
+% - This doesn't yet handle pre-release or other metadata stuff
+
+a = strsplit(a, '.');
+b = strsplit(b, '.');
+
+if length(b) > length(a)
+    tmp = a;
+    a=b;
+    b=tmp;
+end
+
+while length(a) > length(b)
+    b{end+1} = 0;
+end
+a = str2double(a);
+b = str2double(b);
+
+for ii=1:length(a)
+    if a(ii) > b(ii)
+        cmp = -1;
+        return
+    elseif a(ii) < b(ii)
+        cmp = 1;
+        return;
     end
-catch
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+cmp = 0;
+end