diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/apps.html b/dashboard/src/views/apps.html
index c7a4b1f99..6cc52f40d 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/apps.html
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/apps.html
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
             </a>
 
             <!-- we check the version here because the box updater does not know when an app gets updated -->
-            <div class="app-update-badge" ng-click="showAppConfigure(app, 'updates')" ng-show="config.update[app.id].manifest.version && config.update[app.id].manifest.version !== app.manifest.version && (app | installSuccess)">
+            <div class="app-update-badge" ng-click="showAppConfigure(app, 'updates')" ng-show="config.update[app.id].manifest.version && config.update[app.id].manifest.version !== app.manifest.version && (app | installSuccess) && !(app.error || app.runState === 'stopped')">
               <i class="fa fa-arrow-up fa-inverse"></i>
             </div>
           </div>