diff --git a/nextcloud_update.sh b/nextcloud_update.sh
index 2e746764..5aa73963 100644
--- a/nextcloud_update.sh
+++ b/nextcloud_update.sh
@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@ then
     print_text_in_color "$ICyan" "Optimizing Nextcloud..."
     yes | occ_command db:convert-filecache-bigint
     occ_command db:add-missing-indices
+    while [ -z "$CURRENTVERSION" ]
+    do
+        CURRENTVERSION=$(sudo -u www-data php $NCPATH/occ status | grep "versionstring" | awk '{print $3}')
+    done    
     if [ "${CURRENTVERSION%%.*}" -ge "19" ]
     then
         check_php