diff --git a/bin/updates-available b/bin/updates-available
index 8b3aaaca..c5280d12 100755
--- a/bin/updates-available
+++ b/bin/updates-available
@@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ print_updates() {
 
 cache=/var/run/updates-available
 mycache=$HOME/.screenrc-updates-available
+now=`date +%s`
+cache_timestamp=`stat -c "%Y" $cache 2>/dev/null || echo 0`
+mycache_timestamp=`stat -c "%Y" $mycache 2>/dev/null || echo 0`
+diff=`expr $now - $cache_timestamp`
 u=
-# If global updates-available cache is present, use it.
+# If global updates-available cache is present, and newer than mycache, and
+# within expiration, use it.
 # Only available in Jaunty+.
-if [ -r $cache ]; then
+if [ -r $cache -a $cache_timestamp -gt $mycache_timestamp -a $diff -lt $EXPIRATION ]; then
 	u=`grep -m 1 "^[0-9]" $cache | sed "s/\s.*$//"`
 	s=`grep -m 2 "^[0-9]" $cache | tail -n 1 | sed "s/\s.*$//"`
 	print_updates $u $s
@@ -52,9 +57,7 @@ fi
 # If the user's updates-available cache is present, and less than an hour old,
 # use it.  (The "hour" part should be configurable)
 if [ -r $mycache -a -O $mycache ]; then
-	now=`date +%s`
-	timestamp=`stat -c "%Y" $mycache`
-	diff=`expr $now - $timestamp`
+	diff=`expr $now - $mycache_timestamp`
 	if [ $diff -lt $EXPIRATION ]; then
 		print_updates `cat $mycache`
 	fi
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 85bdb606..b6e15edd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-screen-profiles (1.27) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+screen-profiles (1.27-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
   * Fix for LP: #333189:
     - keybindings/common: add profile reload shortcut, "ctrl-a ~"
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ screen-profiles (1.27) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Fix for LP: #333180
     - screen-profiles: add toggle for auto launch of welcome
     - po/*: updated for the new messages
+  * Fix for LP: #332890
+    - bin/updates-available: prefer /var/run/updates-available over
+      ~/.screenrc-updates-available, if touched more recently
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:02 -0600
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:44:05 -0600
 
 screen-profiles (1.26-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low