diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7fc4718f0..2f3cdf654 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -593,4 +593,5 @@
 - Fix migration interface issue
 - Allow self hosted Cloudron to login to the Cloudron Store
 - Send mail to self hosted Cloudron admins about OOM and App died errors
+- Fix bug where box update emails are sent repeatedly
 
diff --git a/src/updatechecker.js b/src/updatechecker.js
index cff9906ba..760c14624 100644
--- a/src/updatechecker.js
+++ b/src/updatechecker.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function checkAppUpdates(callback) {
 
     gAppUpdateInfo = { };
     var oldState = loadState();
-    var newState = { box: oldState.box }; // create new state so that old app ids are removed
+    var newState = { };  // create new state so that old app ids are removed
 
     apps.getAll(function (error, apps) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ function checkAppUpdates(callback) {
                 iteratorDone();
             });
         }, function () {
+            newState.box = loadState().box; // preserve the latest box state information
             saveState(newState);
             callback();
         });