diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeController.cs
index 26bf5e3c38..8f1cc51846 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeController.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
 using Umbraco.Web.Trees;
 using Umbraco.Web.UI.JavaScript;
 using Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors;
+using Umbraco.Web.Models;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
 {
@@ -164,6 +165,29 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
             return JavaScript(ServerVariablesParser.Parse(d));
         }
 
+        [HttpGet]
+        public UpgradeCheckResponse UpdateChecker()
+        {
+            //PP: The statehelper is obsolete, but there are NO directions on what to use instead, so keeping it here...
+            var updChkCookie = new global::umbraco.BusinessLogic.StateHelper.Cookies.Cookie("UMB_UPDCHK", GlobalSettings.VersionCheckPeriod);
+            string updateCheckCookie = updChkCookie.HasValue ? updChkCookie.GetValue() : "";
+
+            if (GlobalSettings.VersionCheckPeriod > 0 && String.IsNullOrEmpty(updateCheckCookie) && Security.CurrentUser.UserType.Alias == "admin")
+            {
+                updChkCookie.SetValue("1");
+
+                var check = new global::umbraco.presentation.org.umbraco.update.CheckForUpgrade();
+                var result = check.CheckUpgrade(UmbracoVersion.Current.Major,
+                                                                             UmbracoVersion.Current.Minor,
+                                                                             UmbracoVersion.Current.Build,
+                                                                             UmbracoVersion.CurrentComment);
+
+                return new UpgradeCheckResponse(result.UpgradeType.ToString(), result.Comment, result.UpgradeUrl);
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
         private IEnumerable<Dictionary<string, string>> GetTreePluginsMetaData()
         {
             var treeTypes = PluginManager.Current.ResolveAttributedTreeControllers();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/UpgradeCheckResponse.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/UpgradeCheckResponse.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b93aeab0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/UpgradeCheckResponse.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Web;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
+{
+    public class UpgradeCheckResponse
+    {
+        [DataMember(Name = "type")]
+        public string Type { get; set; }
+        [DataMember(Name = "comment")]
+        public string Comment { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "url")]
+        public string Url { get; set; }
+
+        public UpgradeCheckResponse() { }
+        public UpgradeCheckResponse(string upgradeType, string upgradeComment, string upgradeUrl)
+        {
+            Type = upgradeType;
+            Comment = upgradeComment;
+            Url = upgradeUrl + "?version=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(UmbracoVersion.Current.ToString(3));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index e81d9f047a..7db7843902 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\Mapping\LogModelMapper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Mapping\MacroModelMapper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Mapping\MemberModelMapper.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Models\UpgradeCheckResponse.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PropertyEditors\ColorListPreValueEditor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PropertyEditors\EmailAddressPropertyEditor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PropertyEditors\ListViewPropertyEditor.cs" />
diff --git a/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs b/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
index 03b4fb530a..8ef67ad7b0 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace umbraco.providers
     /// </summary>
     public class UsersMembershipProvider : MembershipProviderBase
     {
-        public override void Initialize(string name, System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection config)
+        public override void Initialize(string name, System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection config) 
         {
             if (config == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("config");
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) name = "UsersMembershipProvider";
diff --git a/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs b/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs
index c9b97721f4..5f9cda4d5f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ namespace umbraco.providers.members
         /// </returns>
         public override bool ChangePassword(string username, string oldPassword, string newPassword)
         {
+            
             // in order to support updating passwords from the umbraco core, we can't validate the old password
             var m = Member.GetMemberFromLoginNameAndPassword(username, oldPassword);
             if (m == null) return false;