diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 95c8662..ab17734 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build:
 	go build -o portal ./cmd/portal/
 
 build-production:
-	CGO=0 go build  -ldflags=${LINKER_FLAGS} -o portal ./cmd/portal
+	CGO=0 go build -ldflags=${LINKER_FLAGS} -o portal ./cmd/portal
 
 build-wasm:
 	GOOS=js GOARCH=wasm go build -o portal.wasm ./cmd/wasm/main.go
diff --git a/cmd/portal/main.go b/cmd/portal/main.go
index 5cafe18..2b83544 100644
--- a/cmd/portal/main.go
+++ b/cmd/portal/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // version represents the version of portal.
+// injected at link time using -ldflags.
 var version string
 
 // rootCmd is the top level `portal` command on which the other subcommands are attached to.
diff --git a/ui/sender/sender.go b/ui/sender/sender.go
index 7a1f970..cef754b 100644
--- a/ui/sender/sender.go
+++ b/ui/sender/sender.go
@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@ func New(filenames []string, addr string, opts ...Option) *tea.Program {
 }
 
 func (m model) Init() tea.Cmd {
-	if m.version == nil {
-		return tea.Batch(m.spinner.Tick, readFilesCmd(m.fileNames), connectCmd(m.rendezvousAddr))
+	var versionCmd tea.Cmd
+	if m.version != nil {
+		versionCmd = ui.VersionCmd(*m.version)
 	}
-	return ui.VersionCmd(*m.version)
+	return tea.Sequence(versionCmd, tea.Batch(m.spinner.Tick, readFilesCmd(m.fileNames), connectCmd(m.rendezvousAddr)))
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------- Update ------------------------------------------------------
@@ -129,18 +130,18 @@ func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		case semver.CompareNewMajor,
 			semver.CompareNewMinor,
 			semver.CompareNewPatch:
+			//lint:ignore ST1005 error string displayed in UI
 			return m, ui.ErrorCmd(fmt.Errorf("Your version is (%s) is incompatible with the latest version (%s)", m.version, msg.Latest))
 		case semver.CompareOldMajor:
-			return m, ui.ErrorCmd(fmt.Errorf("New major version available (%s -> %s)", m.version, msg.Latest))
+			message = ui.WarningText(fmt.Sprintf("New major version available (%s -> %s)", m.version, msg.Latest))
 		case semver.CompareOldMinor:
 			message = ui.WarningText(fmt.Sprintf("New minor version available (%s -> %s)", m.version, msg.Latest))
 		case semver.CompareOldPatch:
 			message = ui.WarningText(fmt.Sprintf("New patch available (%s -> %s)", m.version, msg.Latest))
 		case semver.CompareEqual:
-			message = ui.CheckText(fmt.Sprintf("You have the latest version (%s)", m.version))
-		default:
-			return m, ui.TaskCmd(message, tea.Batch(m.spinner.Tick, readFilesCmd(m.fileNames), connectCmd(m.rendezvousAddr)))
+			message = ui.CheckText(fmt.Sprintf("On latest version (%s)", m.version))
 		}
+		return m, ui.TaskCmd(message, nil)
 
 	case fileReadMsg:
 		m.uncompressedSize = msg.size
diff --git a/ui/transferprogress/transferprogress.go b/ui/transferprogress/transferprogress.go
index 9b67055..b3b6370 100644
--- a/ui/transferprogress/transferprogress.go
+++ b/ui/transferprogress/transferprogress.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			bytesRemaining := m.PayloadSize - m.bytesTransferred
 			linearRemainingSeconds := float64(bytesRemaining) * secondsSpent / float64(m.bytesTransferred)
 			if remainingDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(fmt.Sprintf("%fs", linearRemainingSeconds)); err != nil {
-				return m, ui.ErrorCmd(errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse duration of estimated remaining transfer time"))
+				return m, ui.ErrorCmd(errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse duration of transfer ETA"))
 			} else {
 				m.estimatedRemainingDuration = remainingDuration
 			}
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index 03d2841..1199b84 100644
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -135,8 +135,5 @@ func VersionCmd(version semver.Version) tea.Cmd {
 }
 
 func ErrorCmd(err error) tea.Cmd {
-	cmd := func() tea.Msg {
-		return ErrorMsg(err)
-	}
-	return TaskCmd(ErrorText(err.Error()), cmd)
+	return TaskCmd(ErrorText(err.Error()), QuitCmd())
 }