diff --git a/code/ManagedSoftwareUpdate/Info.plist b/code/ManagedSoftwareUpdate/Info.plist
index 6bf9c236..0bee6b30 100644
--- a/code/ManagedSoftwareUpdate/Info.plist
+++ b/code/ManagedSoftwareUpdate/Info.plist
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>1.3.1</string>
+	<string>1.3.2</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>mMSU</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>1.3.1</string>
+	<string>1.3.2</string>
 	<key>NSAppleScriptEnabled</key>
 	<string>YES</string>
 	<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
diff --git a/code/ManagedSoftwareUpdate/ManagedSoftwareUpdate.applescript b/code/ManagedSoftwareUpdate/ManagedSoftwareUpdate.applescript
index 7d17c030..7dfce8d8 100755
--- a/code/ManagedSoftwareUpdate/ManagedSoftwareUpdate.applescript
+++ b/code/ManagedSoftwareUpdate/ManagedSoftwareUpdate.applescript
@@ -300,16 +300,23 @@ on activated theObject
 					set ManagedInstallPrefs to value of property list file ManagedInstallPrefsFile
 					
 					set lastCheckedDate to |LastCheckDate| of ManagedInstallPrefs
+					set lastCheckResult to |LastCheckResult| of ManagedInstallPrefs
 				on error
 					set lastCheckedDate to date "Thursday, January 1, 1970 12:00:00 AM"
+					set lastCheckResult to 0
 				end try
 			end tell
 			if now - lastCheckedDate < 10 then
 				-- managedsoftwareupdate --manual just ran, but there are no updates
 				-- because if there were updates, count of installitems > 0
 				show window "mainWindow"
-				display alert "Your software is up to date." message ¬
-					"There is no new software for your computer at this time." default button "Quit" as informational attached to window 1
+				if lastCheckResult is -1 then
+					display alert "Managed Software Update cannot check for updates right now." message ¬
+						"Managed Software Update cannot contact the update server at this time." default button "Quit" as informational attached to window 1
+				else
+					display alert "Your software is up to date." message ¬
+						"There is no new software for your computer at this time." default button "Quit" as informational attached to window 1
+				end if
 			else
 				-- no items to install, managedsoftwareupdate didn't finish checking recently
 				-- so we are either checking or need to check