diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 16babe83d1..ce90241c12 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Fix FEELS translation for Croatian
 - Fixed weather tests [#1840](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/1840)
 - Fixed Socket.io can't be used with Reverse Proxy in serveronly mode [#1934](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/1934)
+- Fix update checking skipping 3rd party modules the first time
 
 ### Updated
 - Remove documentation from core repository and link to new dedicated docs site: [docs.magicmirror.builders](https://docs.magicmirror.builders).
diff --git a/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js b/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js
index 818697c0d7..4386b146d0 100644
--- a/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js
+++ b/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js
@@ -18,37 +18,30 @@ module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
 	configureModules: function(modules) {
 
 		// Push MagicMirror itself , biggest chance it'll show up last in UI and isn't overwritten
-		// others will be added in front, asynchronously
+		// others will be added in front
+		// this method returns promises so we can't wait for every one to resolve before continuing
 		simpleGits.push({"module": "default", "git": SimpleGit(path.normalize(__dirname + "/../../../"))});
 
+		var promises = [];
+
 		for (moduleName in modules) {
 			if (!this.ignoreUpdateChecking(moduleName)) {
 				// Default modules are included in the main MagicMirror repo
 				var moduleFolder =  path.normalize(__dirname + "/../../" + moduleName);
 
-				var stat;
 				try {
 					//console.log("checking git for module="+moduleName)
-					stat = fs.statSync(path.join(moduleFolder, ".git"));
+					let stat = fs.statSync(path.join(moduleFolder, ".git"));
+					promises.push(this.resolveRemote(moduleName, moduleFolder));
 				} catch(err) {
 					// Error when directory .git doesn't exist
 					// This module is not managed with git, skip
 					continue;
 				}
-
-				var res = function(mn, mf) {
-					var git = SimpleGit(mf);
-					git.getRemotes(true, function(err, remotes) {
-						if (remotes.length < 1 || remotes[0].name.length < 1) {
-							// No valid remote for folder, skip
-							return;
-						}
-						// Folder has .git and has at least one git remote, watch this folder
-						simpleGits.unshift({"module": mn, "git": git});
-					});
-				}(moduleName, moduleFolder);
 			}
 		}
+
+		return Promise.all(promises);
 	},
 
 	socketNotificationReceived: function (notification, payload) {
@@ -58,19 +51,33 @@ module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
 			// if this is the 1st time thru the update check process
 			if (!this.updateProcessStarted) {
 				this.updateProcessStarted = true;
-				this.configureModules(payload);
-				this.performFetch();
+				this.configureModules(payload).then(() => this.performFetch());
 			}
 		}
 	},
 
-	performFetch() {
+	resolveRemote: function(moduleName, moduleFolder) {
+		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			var git = SimpleGit(moduleFolder);
+			git.getRemotes(true, (err, remotes) => {
+				if (remotes.length < 1 || remotes[0].name.length < 1) {
+					// No valid remote for folder, skip
+					return resolve();
+				}
+				// Folder has .git and has at least one git remote, watch this folder
+				simpleGits.unshift({"module": moduleName, "git": git});
+				resolve();
+			});
+		});
+	},
+
+	performFetch: function() {
 		var self = this;
-		simpleGits.forEach(function(sg) {
-			sg.git.fetch().status(function(err, data) {
+		simpleGits.forEach((sg) => {
+			sg.git.fetch().status((err, data) => {
 				data.module = sg.module;
 				if (!err) {
-					sg.git.log({"-1": null}, function(err, data2) {
+					sg.git.log({"-1": null}, (err, data2) => {
 						if (!err && data2.latest && "hash" in data2.latest) {
 							data.hash = data2.latest.hash;
 							self.sendSocketNotification("STATUS", data);