diff --git a/contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg b/contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg
index 5162aa1a..b067a124 100644
--- a/contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg
+++ b/contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg
@@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ def_global_signal-topic = %haprefix/binary_sensor/%TOPIC/config
 def_global_signal-payload = %global_prefix,
   "device_class":"connectivity"%global_boolean_suffix
 
+def_global_updatecheck-topic = %haprefix/update/%TOPIC/config
 def_global_updatecheck-payload = %global_prefix,
-  "state_class":"measurement",
-  "value_template":"{{value_json|truncate(255)}}"
+  "value_template":"{%% set my_vernum = value_json|truncate(255)|regex_replace(find=',.*| available|revision v|version v',replace='') %%}{%% set my_ver = {'installed_version':'%version','latest_version':my_vernum,'entity_picture':'https://ebusd.eu/logo-32x32.png','release_url':'https://github.com/john30/ebusd/releases/latest'} %%}{%% if my_vernum == '' %%}{%% set my_ver.latest_version = '%version' %%}{%% endif %%}{{ my_ver | tojson }}"
  }
 
 # the topic and payload to listen to in order to republish all config messages.