diff --git a/src/components/Base.jsx b/src/components/Base.jsx
index aa98d7f..5b81d55 100644
--- a/src/components/Base.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Base.jsx
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ class Base extends Component {
             setInterval(() => {
               // inside the interval we check again if the user disabled the check
               if (this.state.versionCheckDays > 0) {
-                this.versionCheck();
+                // add a 10s debounce on the version check to try and prevent the runaway
+                _.debounce(this.versionCheck(), 10000);
               }
             }, intervalTime);
           } else {