diff --git a/applets/comic/comicupdater.cpp b/applets/comic/comicupdater.cpp
index 106ef979c..971f6cb1d 100644
--- a/applets/comic/comicupdater.cpp
+++ b/applets/comic/comicupdater.cpp
@@ -1,103 +1,104 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2007 by Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>                   *
  *   Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Matthias Fuchs <mat69@gmx.net>                *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
  *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
  *                                                                         *
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  *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
  *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA .        *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "comicupdater.h"
 #include "comicmodel.h"
 
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 
 #include <KConfigDialog>
 #include <KNS3/DownloadDialog>
 #include <KNSCore/DownloadManager>
 
 ComicUpdater::ComicUpdater( QObject *parent )
   : QObject( parent ),
     mDownloadManager(nullptr),
     mUpdateIntervall( 3 ),
     m_updateTimer(nullptr)
 {
 }
 
 ComicUpdater::~ComicUpdater()
 {
 }
 
 void ComicUpdater::init(const KConfigGroup &group)
 {
     mGroup = group;
 }
 
 void ComicUpdater::load()
 {
     //check when the last update happened and update if necessary
     mUpdateIntervall = mGroup.readEntry( "updateInterval", 3 );
     if ( mUpdateIntervall ) {
         mLastUpdate = mGroup.readEntry( "lastUpdate", QDateTime() );
         checkForUpdate();
     }
 }
 
 void ComicUpdater::save()
 {
     mGroup.writeEntry( "updateInterval", mUpdateIntervall );
 }
 
 void ComicUpdater::setInterval( int interval )
 {
     mUpdateIntervall = interval;
 }
 
 int ComicUpdater::interval() const
 {
     return mUpdateIntervall;
 }
 
 void ComicUpdater::checkForUpdate()
 {
     //start a timer to check each hour, if KNS3 should look for updates
     if ( !m_updateTimer ) {
         m_updateTimer = new QTimer(this);
         connect(m_updateTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &ComicUpdater::checkForUpdate);
         m_updateTimer->start( 1 * 60 * 60 * 1000 );
     }
 
     if ( !mLastUpdate.isValid() || ( mLastUpdate.addDays( mUpdateIntervall ) < QDateTime::currentDateTime() ) ) {
-        mGroup.writeEntry( "lastUpdate", QDateTime::currentDateTime() );
+        mLastUpdate = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+        mGroup.writeEntry( "lastUpdate", mLastUpdate );
         downloadManager()->checkForUpdates();
     }
 }
 
 void ComicUpdater::slotUpdatesFound(const KNSCore::EntryInternal::List& entries)
 {
     for ( int i = 0; i < entries.count(); ++i ) {
         downloadManager()->installEntry( entries[ i ] );
     }
 }
 
 KNSCore::DownloadManager *ComicUpdater::downloadManager()
 {
     if ( !mDownloadManager ) {
         mDownloadManager = new KNSCore::DownloadManager(QStringLiteral("comic.knsrc"), this );
         connect(mDownloadManager, &KNSCore::DownloadManager::searchResult, this, &ComicUpdater::slotUpdatesFound);
     }
 
     return mDownloadManager;
 }