diff --git a/src/splash/index.js b/src/splash/index.js
index 57ce38d..6a89f35 100644
--- a/src/splash/index.js
+++ b/src/splash/index.js
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ exports.initSplash = (startMin = false) => {
 
   launchSplash(startMin);
 
-  if (newUpdater != null) {
-    updateUntilCurrent();
-  } else {
-    moduleUpdater.installPendingUpdates();
-  }
+  if (newUpdater != null) updateUntilCurrent();
 
   if (process.env.OPENASAR_QUICKSTART || oaConfig.quickstart) setTimeout(() => {
     destroySplash();
@@ -253,7 +249,6 @@ const initModuleUpdater = () => { // "Old" (not v2 / new, win32 only)
   add('installed-module', segmentCallback(installs));
 
   add('installing-modules-finished', callbackCheck);
-  add('no-pending-updates', callbackCheck);
 
   const progressCallback = (tracker) => ({ name, cur, total }) => tracker.record(name, '', cur, total);
 
@@ -267,6 +262,8 @@ const initModuleUpdater = () => { // "Old" (not v2 / new, win32 only)
   });
 
   sendState(CHECKING_FOR_UPDATES);
+
+  callbackCheck();
 };
 
 const scheduleNextUpdate = (callback = moduleUpdater.checkForUpdates) => { // Used by v1 and v2, default to v1 as used more widely in it
diff --git a/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js b/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js
index ac121c7..60f1c83 100644
--- a/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js
+++ b/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ const request = require('./request');
 const events = exports.events = new (require('events').EventEmitter)();
 exports.INSTALLED_MODULE = 'installed-module'; // Fixes DiscordNative ensureModule as it uses export
 
-let bootstrapping,
-  skipHost, skipModule,
+let skipHost, skipModule,
   remote = {},
   installed = {},
   downloading, installing,
@@ -49,8 +48,10 @@ exports.init = (endpoint, { releaseChannel, version }) => {
 
   try {
     installed = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(manifestPath));
-  } catch (e) {
-    bootstrapping = true;
+  } catch {
+    for (const m in JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(join(paths.getResources(), 'bootstrap', 'manifest.json')))) { // Read [resources]/bootstrap/manifest.json, with "moduleName": version (always 0)
+      installed[m] = { installedVersion: 0 }; // Set initial version as 0
+    }
   }
 
 
@@ -339,8 +340,6 @@ const finishInstall = (name, ver, success) => {
     });
   
     resetTracking();
-
-    bootstrapping = false;
   }
 };
 
@@ -392,18 +391,4 @@ exports.install = (name, def, { version } = {}) => {
   }
 
   downloadModule(name, version ?? remote[name] ?? 0);
-};
-
-exports.installPendingUpdates = () => {
-  if (bootstrapping) {
-    log('Modules', 'Bootstrapping...');
-
-    for (const m in JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(join(paths.getResources(), 'bootstrap', 'manifest.json')))) { // Read [resources]/bootstrap/manifest.json, with "moduleName": version (always 0)
-      installed[m] = { installedVersion: 0 }; // Set initial version as 0
-    }
-
-    return exports.checkForUpdates();
-  }
-
-  events.emit('no-pending-updates');
 };
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