diff --git a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Extensions/ArchetypeHelper.cs b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Extensions/ArchetypeHelper.cs
index 837a67b..ddb56cc 100644
--- a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Extensions/ArchetypeHelper.cs
+++ b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Extensions/ArchetypeHelper.cs
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ internal bool IsPropertyValueConverterOverridden(int dataTypeId)
         /// <returns>ArchetypeUpdateNotification.</returns>
         internal ArchetypeUpdateNotification CheckForUpdates()
         {
+            return new ArchetypeUpdateNotification
+            {
+                IsUpdateAvailable = false
+            };
+
             try
             {
                 using (var client = new HttpClient())
diff --git a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Properties/VersionInfo.cs b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Properties/VersionInfo.cs
index ffb4957..180db65 100644
--- a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Properties/VersionInfo.cs
+++ b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Properties/VersionInfo.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 using System.Reflection;
 
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.17.1")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.17.1")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.18.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.18.0")]
diff --git a/app/views/archetype.config.developer.dialog.html b/app/views/archetype.config.developer.dialog.html
index 4b44190..fa58ca2 100644
--- a/app/views/archetype.config.developer.dialog.html
+++ b/app/views/archetype.config.developer.dialog.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <h3><archetype-localize key="developer_options">Developer Options</archetype-loc
             <label for="archetypeOverrideDefaultConverter"><input type="checkbox" id="archetypeOverrideDefaultConverter" ng-model="dialogData.model.overrideDefaultPropertyValueConverter" /><archetype-localize key="overrideDefaultConverter">Override Default Property Value Converter?</archetype-localize><small><archetype-localize key="overrideDefaultConverterDescription">Check this if you wish to use your own custom property value converter.</archetype-localize></small></label>
         </div>
         <div ng-controller="ArchetypeConfigGlobalOptionsController">
-            <label for="archetypeCheckForNewVersion"><input type="checkbox" id="archetypeCheckForNewVersion" ng-model="globalSettings.checkForNewVersion" ng-click="confirmCheckNewVersionChange();" /><archetype-localize key="checkForNewVersion">Automatically check for newer versions?</archetype-localize><small><archetype-localize key="checkForNewVersionDescription">Check this if you wish to be notified when a newer version of Archetype is available. This is a application level setting.</archetype-localize> <a class="manual-link" href="https://github.com/kgiszewski/Archetype/blob/master/Information%20Collection%20Disclosure.md" target="_blank">Information Collection Disclosure</a></small></label>
+            <label for="archetypeCheckForNewVersion"><input type="checkbox" id="archetypeCheckForNewVersion" ng-model="globalSettings.checkForNewVersion" ng-click="confirmCheckNewVersionChange();" /><archetype-localize key="checkForNewVersion">Automatically check for newer versions?</archetype-localize><small><archetype-localize key="checkForNewVersionDescription">This is the last version of Archetype.</label>
         </div>
         <div>
             <label for="archetypeAdvancedOptionsConfigModel"><archetype-localize key="configModel">Config Model</archetype-localize><small><archetype-localize key="configModelDescription">Be careful editing the text below, it controls the schema for this Archetype.</archetype-localize></small></label>
diff --git a/app/views/archetype.config.html b/app/views/archetype.config.html
index d2ae9e3..6ee8018 100644
--- a/app/views/archetype.config.html
+++ b/app/views/archetype.config.html
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ <h2 class="archetype-headline"><img src="../App_Plugins/Archetype/assets/logo_50
         <a class="manual-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79LksNwGjLk" target="_blank">Quick Start Video</a> | 
         <a class="manual-link" href="https://twitter.com/archetypekit" target="_blank">Twitter</a> |
         <a class="manual-link" href="https://github.com/kgiszewski/Archetype" target="_blank">GitHub</a> |
-        <a class="manual-link" href="https://github.com/kgiszewski/Archetype/blob/master/Sponsors.md" target="_blank">Become a sponsor</a> |
         <a class="manual-link donate-link" href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KBKWLURGLGU6L" target="_blank">Donate!</a>
     </p>
     
diff --git a/config/meta.json b/config/meta.json
index 960f8fd..19550ef 100644
--- a/config/meta.json
+++ b/config/meta.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "Archetype",
-	"version": "1.17.1",
+	"version": "1.18.0",
 	"url": "http://github.com/kgiszewski/archetype/",
 	"author": "Kevin Giszewski - Tom Fulton - Lee Kelleher - Matt Brailsford - Kenn Jacobsen - Nicholas Westby - Et. Al.",
 	"authorUrl": "http://github.com/kgiszewski/archetype/",