diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4829186..274e6839 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "betterdiscord",
-    "version": "1.9.7",
+    "version": "1.9.8",
     "description": "Enhances Discord by adding functionality and themes.",
     "main": "src/index.js",
     "scripts": {
diff --git a/preload/src/api/electron.js b/preload/src/api/electron.js
index 246535f9..f8c91558 100644
--- a/preload/src/api/electron.js
+++ b/preload/src/api/electron.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {ipcRenderer as IPC, shell} from "electron";
 export const ipcRenderer = {
     send: IPC.send.bind(IPC),
     sendToHost: IPC.sendToHost.bind(IPC),
-    sendTo: IPC.sendTo.bind(IPC),
     sendSync: IPC.sendSync.bind(IPC),
     invoke: IPC.invoke.bind(IPC),
     on: IPC.on.bind(IPC),
diff --git a/renderer/src/data/changelog.js b/renderer/src/data/changelog.js
index 7d8489d6..bb6ce368 100644
--- a/renderer/src/data/changelog.js
+++ b/renderer/src/data/changelog.js
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 // fixed, improved, added, progress
 export default {
-    description: "This is a small but very important update to fix some key issues!",
+    description: "There is a big update coming soon, but we needed these important fixes in place first!",
     changes: [
         {
             title: "What's Fixed?",
             type: "fixed",
             items: [
-                "Spanish (LATAM) is now properly supported.",
-                "Future cases of unrecognized locales as well as locale fallback now works as intended and shouldn't cause loading issues.",
-                "Updated translations for Vietnamese locale.",
-                "Fixed an issue where certain actions (such as favoriting GIFs) caused unexpected lag.",
-                "Fixed some issues with general client lag."
+                "BetterDiscord is now be working on Canary and PTB once again!",
+                "Core version numbers will now be handled correctly in the updater; this is very important for future updates."
             ]
         }
     ]
diff --git a/renderer/src/modules/updater.js b/renderer/src/modules/updater.js
index acecf287..79a9d5ff 100644
--- a/renderer/src/modules/updater.js
+++ b/renderer/src/modules/updater.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class CoreUpdater {
         const data = await resp.json();
         this.apiData = data;
         const remoteVersion = data.tag_name.startsWith("v") ? data.tag_name.slice(1) : data.tag_name;
-        this.hasUpdate = remoteVersion > Config.version;
+        this.hasUpdate = semverComparator(Config.version, remoteVersion) > 0;
         this.remoteVersion = remoteVersion;
         if (!this.hasUpdate || !showNotice) return;