diff --git a/ct/mealie.sh b/ct/mealie.sh
index 30efdb20..7a40596c 100644
--- a/ct/mealie.sh
+++ b/ct/mealie.sh
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ function update_script() {
     exit
   fi
 
-  RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/mealie-recipes/mealie/releases/latest | grep -oP '"tag_name":\s*"\K[^"]+' | sed 's/^v//')
-  if [[ "${RELEASE}" != "$(cat ~/.mealie 2>/dev/null)" ]] || [[ ! -f ~/.mealie ]]; then
+  VERSION=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/mealie-recipes/mealie/releases/latest | grep -oP '"tag_name":\s*"\K[^"]+' | sed 's/^v//')
+  if [[ "${VERSION}" != "$(cat ~/.mealie 2>/dev/null)" ]] || [[ ! -f ~/.mealie ]]; then
 
     PYTHON_VERSION="3.12" setup_uv
     NODE_MODULE="yarn" NODE_VERSION="20" setup_nodejs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function update_script() {
 
     msg_ok "Update to $RELEASE Successful"
   else
-    msg_ok "No update required. ${APP} is already at v${RELEASE}"
+    msg_ok "No update required. ${APP} is already at v${VERSION}"
   fi
   exit
 }