diff --git a/eos-settings-i3wm/PKGBUILD b/eos-settings-i3wm/PKGBUILD
index 53ec4a0d..a1915e95 100644
--- a/eos-settings-i3wm/PKGBUILD
+++ b/eos-settings-i3wm/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,19 +3,16 @@
 _pkgname=endeavouros-i3wm-setup
 pkgname=eos-settings-i3wm
 pkgver=1.3
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="pre user creation skel setup for i3-wm under EndeavourOS"
-arch=('any')
-groups=('EndeavourOS')
+arch=("any")
+groups=("EndeavourOS")
 url="https://github.com/endeavouros-team/${_pkgname}"
-license=('GPL')
-conflics=('endeavouros-skel-xfce4'
-          'endeavouros-skel-default'
-          'endeavouros-skel-i3wm')
-makedepends=('git')
-depends=()
+license=("GPL")
+conflics=("endeavouros-skel-xfce4" "endeavouros-skel-default" "endeavouros-skel-i3wm")
+makedepends=("git")
 source=("https://github.com/endeavouros-team/${_pkgname}/archive/refs/tags/${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('56b876b48ce67fbb6d8ab52dc13cfbbb6805746748339552c1e510f8592026c8')
+sha256sums=("56b876b48ce67fbb6d8ab52dc13cfbbb6805746748339552c1e510f8592026c8")
 
 package() {
     cd "$_pkgname-$pkgver"
diff --git a/eos-settings-xfce4/PKGBUILD b/eos-settings-xfce4/PKGBUILD
index d61b1a4d..274776e0 100644
--- a/eos-settings-xfce4/PKGBUILD
+++ b/eos-settings-xfce4/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,17 +3,15 @@
 _pkgname=endeavouros-xfce4-theming
 pkgname=eos-settings-xfce4
 pkgver=1.1
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="pre user creation skel setup for xfce4 under EndeavourOS"
 arch=("any")
 url="https://github.com/endeavouros-team/${_pkgname}"
 license=("GPL")
-conflics=('endeavouros-skel-xfce4'
-          'endeavouros-skel-default'
-          'endeavouros-skel-i3wm')
+conflics=("endeavouros-skel-xfce4" "endeavouros-skel-default" "endeavouros-skel-i3wm")
 makedepends=("git")
 source=("https://github.com/endeavouros-team/${_pkgname}/archive/refs/tags/${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('6b9103ddc4550a92318605662860f1d0fa1b6169798debf52bcdbefb5d8ada84')
+sha256sums=("6b9103ddc4550a92318605662860f1d0fa1b6169798debf52bcdbefb5d8ada84")
 
 package() {
     cd "$_pkgname-$pkgver"
diff --git a/eos-update-notifier/PKGBUILD b/eos-update-notifier/PKGBUILD
index e03a19a5..cf6028bb 100644
--- a/eos-update-notifier/PKGBUILD
+++ b/eos-update-notifier/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=eos-update-notifier
 pkgdesc="Software update notifier and 'news for you' for EndeavourOS users."
 pkgver=23
-pkgrel=12
+pkgrel=13
 arch=('any')
 license=('GPL')
 depends=(eos-bash-shared pacman-contrib xdg-utils libnotify)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ source=(
   $_url/$pkgname.service
   $_url/checkupdatesext
 )
-sha512sums=('fd1ce5f2189c4fca2b04c25f89bc17a5eb8f6152987aaf42958a61286407d32d490e9132f69c7b4552378562829659ac99bec6af1ad5b35bc2d1f1fe2ae8ec99'
+sha512sums=('a064ced9673f405248043216566572adb9aa948a4ca5bc15523a38b684ae92cb67f1ff781f3693db4303e1159db4177487936ff6c898d8a7c087b313eb69ebfc'
             '566f6cb295d3bc0af6ee85e33dde9df1a0cde9a043f501c99571db13b26394406a6d8017c7564a3e38ff5365f6dfe1e095b7c1f50674e85b2d9c8ef1a5c822b2'
             'd046e675f98a52b9c310e970c5a0b0bc92b08b60d55b9d39140516977e8a6ceb4b3f9d9b05d12fce377b5744f4563e5e66a86ceecafb57f5bd486f968dc57234'
             '27acf7725d0e760b9dbc9d96e7dabf64339214163615155ae4fe2b4999c741e15590fc708866d830c584e321d7298d0ed5d0566adb6791c09c743289dbbebd6a'
diff --git a/eos-update-notifier/eos-update-notifier b/eos-update-notifier/eos-update-notifier
index a47ee804..c026f574 100755
--- a/eos-update-notifier/eos-update-notifier
+++ b/eos-update-notifier/eos-update-notifier
@@ -454,13 +454,16 @@ Initialize() {    # initialize service and timer for the current user
         test "$fetch_files" = "1" && UseInitialFiles "$configdir" "$progname"
         case "$arg" in
             -conf | --conf)
-                # add any missing setting
-                [ -n "$(grep "^Persistent="   "$timer")" ] || sed -i "$timer" -e "/^\[Timer\]/a \Persistent=$persistent"
-                [ -n "$(grep "^OnCalendar="   "$timer")" ] || sed -i "$timer" -e "/^\[Timer\]/a \OnCalendar=$oncalendar"
-                [ -n "$(grep "^OnStartupSec=" "$timer")" ] || sed -i "$timer" -e "/^\[Timer\]/a \OnStartupSec=$onstartupsec"
+                # add any missing setting under [Timer] (in reverse order)
+                [ -n "$(grep ".*Persistent="   "$timer")" ] || sed -i "$timer" -e "/^\[Timer\]/a \Persistent=$persistent"
+                [ -n "$(grep ".*OnCalendar="   "$timer")" ] || sed -i "$timer" -e "/^\[Timer\]/a \OnCalendar=$oncalendar"
+                [ -n "$(grep ".*OnStartupSec=" "$timer")" ] || sed -i "$timer" -e "/^\[Timer\]/a \OnStartupSec=$onstartupsec"
                 # write new settings
+                case "${onstartupsec,,}" in
+                    ""|false) sed -E -i "$timer" -e "s|.*OnStartupSec=.*|# OnStartupSec=|" ;;
+                    *)        sed -E -i "$timer" -e "s|.*OnStartupSec=.*|OnStartupSec=30sec|" ;;
+                esac
                 sed -i "$timer" \
-                    -e "s|^OnStartupSec=.*|OnStartupSec=$onstartupsec|" \
                     -e 's|^OnCalendar=.*$|OnCalendar='"$oncalendar"'|' \
                     -e "s|^Persistent=.*|Persistent=$persistent|"
                 ;;
@@ -510,14 +513,19 @@ Configure() {
                 *) oncalendar=daily ;;
             esac
             times=$(echo "$times" | sed "s|$oncalendar|^$oncalendar|")
+            # temporarily set this to boolean value:
+            case "${onstartupsec,,}" in
+                ""|false) onstartupsec=false ;;
+                *)        onstartupsec=true ;;
+            esac
             cmd=(
                 eos_yad
                 --form
                 --title="Configure update checking"
                 --text="$progname: configure the schedule of system update checks."
                 --image=preferences-system
-                --field="First check after system startup!See <b>man systemd.time</b> how to set time" "$onstartupsec"
                 --field="Check period!How often checks will be executed":CB "$times"
+                --field="Check always after system startup!Enable/disable update check right after boot":CHK "$onstartupsec"
                 --field="Persistent!If selected and checks are missed, a check will be done at next login":CHK "$persistent"
                 --button=yad-ok
             )
@@ -525,8 +533,8 @@ Configure() {
             retval=$?
             [ "$retval" -eq 0 ] || return 1
 
-            onstartupsec=$(echo "$result" | cut -d'|' -f1)
-            oncalendar=$(  echo "$result" | cut -d'|' -f2)
+            oncalendar=$(  echo "$result" | cut -d'|' -f1)
+            onstartupsec=$(echo "$result" | cut -d'|' -f2)
             persistent=$(  echo "$result" | cut -d'|' -f3 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
             ;;
         1)
@@ -697,13 +705,16 @@ Main()
     local EOS_UPDATE_NOTIFIER_CONF=/etc/$progname.conf
     #local NOTIFIER_LOG_FILE=/tmp/$progname.log
 
-    local oncalendar="$(  grep "^OnCalendar="   $configdir/$progname.timer 2>/dev/null | cut -d '=' -f 2)"
-    local onstartupsec="$(grep "^OnStartupSec=" $configdir/$progname.timer 2>/dev/null | cut -d '=' -f 2)"
-    local persistent="$(  grep "^Persistent="   $configdir/$progname.timer 2>/dev/null | cut -d '=' -f 2)"
+    local oncalendar="$(  grep ".*OnCalendar="   $configdir/$progname.timer 2>/dev/null | cut -d '=' -f 2)"
+    local onstartupsec="$(grep ".*OnStartupSec=" $configdir/$progname.timer 2>/dev/null | cut -d '=' -f 2)"
+    local persistent="$(  grep ".*Persistent="   $configdir/$progname.timer 2>/dev/null | cut -d '=' -f 2)"
 
     [ -n "$oncalendar" ]   || oncalendar=daily
-    [ -n "$onstartupsec" ] || onstartupsec=30sec
     [ -n "$persistent" ]   || persistent=false
+    case "${onstartupsec,,}" in
+        ""|false) onstartupsec="" ;;
+        *)        onstartupsec=30sec ;;
+    esac
 
     mkdir -p "$configdir"
 
@@ -723,7 +734,7 @@ Main()
                 return
                 ;;
             -show-timer | --show-timer)
-                RunInTerminal "systemctl --user status eos-update-notifier.timer | cat -"
+                RunInTerminal "systemctl --user status eos-update-notifier.timer"
                 return
                 ;;
             --changelog)