diff --git a/src/main/updater.js b/src/main/updater.js
index 4ee55f3..6d4deed 100644
--- a/src/main/updater.js
+++ b/src/main/updater.js
@@ -64,12 +64,20 @@ class Updater {
     const allowPre = this.store.get().settings.updatePrerelease;
     const rel = (await res.json()).find((r) => !r.draft && (allowPre || !r.prerelease));
     const current = app.getVersion();
-    if (!rel) return { current, available: false };
+    // Version im Quellcode (Standard-Branch) – zeigt an, wenn Code neuer ist als das letzte Release
+    let repoVersion = null;
+    try {
+      const pj = await fetch(`${base}/api/v1/repos/${owner}/${repo}/raw/package.json`, { headers: this.headers() });
+      if (pj.ok) repoVersion = (await pj.json()).version || null;
+    } catch { /* optional */ }
+    const newerInRepo = repoVersion && cmpVersion(repoVersion, current) > 0 && (!rel || cmpVersion(repoVersion, rel.tag_name) > 0) ? repoVersion : null;
+    if (!rel) return { current, available: false, noRelease: true, repoVersion: newerInRepo };
     const kind = installKind();
     const asset = pickAsset(rel.assets || [], kind);
     this.latest = { version: rel.tag_name.replace(/^v/i, ''), notes: rel.body || '', url: rel.html_url, asset, kind };
     return {
       current,
+      repoVersion: newerInRepo,
       available: cmpVersion(rel.tag_name, current) > 0,
       version: this.latest.version,
       notes: this.latest.notes,
diff --git a/src/renderer/app.js b/src/renderer/app.js
index ea94f6f..fb1b484 100644
--- a/src/renderer/app.js
+++ b/src/renderer/app.js
@@ -731,7 +731,10 @@ async function viewSettings(page) {
   const chk = h(`<button class="btn">${ICONS.refresh}Jetzt nach Updates suchen</button>`);
   chk.onclick = async () => {
     chk.disabled = true;
-    try { await save(formValues(updFields)); const r = await call('update:check'); if (r.available) showUpdate(r); else toast(`MrTerm ist aktuell (${r.current}).`, 'ok'); } catch {}
+    try { await save(formValues(updFields)); const r = await call('update:check'); if (r.available) showUpdate(r);
+      else if (r.repoVersion) toast(`Im Repository liegt Version ${r.repoVersion}, aber dafür gibt es noch kein Release mit Installationspaketen. Installiert: ${r.current}.`, 'error');
+      else if (r.noRelease) toast('Im Repository gibt es noch keine Releases.', 'error');
+      else toast(`MrTerm ist aktuell (${r.current}).`, 'ok'); } catch {}
     chk.disabled = false;
   };
   updCard.append(updFields, chk);