diff --git a/forge-gui-android/pom.xml b/forge-gui-android/pom.xml
index af7042e13fb..f60670b1755 100644
--- a/forge-gui-android/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui-android/pom.xml
@@ -425,6 +425,23 @@
                             </dependency>
                         </dependencies>
                         <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>android-additional-asset</id>
+                                <phase>test</phase>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <target>
+                                        <delete file="${basedir}/assets/build.txt"/>
+                                        <copy todir="${basedir}/assets">
+                                            <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/classes">
+                                                <include name="build.txt" />
+                                            </fileset>
+                                        </copy>
+                                    </target>
+                                </configuration>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>run</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>android-release-packaging</id>
                                 <phase>package</phase>
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java
index 40bdd32fd33..ac60390df2f 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class AssetsDownloader {
         final String versionText = isSnapshots ? snapsURL + "version.txt" : releaseURL + "maven-metadata.xml";
         FileHandle assetsDir = Gdx.files.absolute(ASSETS_DIR);
         FileHandle resDir = Gdx.files.absolute(RES_DIR);
-        FileHandle buildTxtFileHandle = Gdx.files.classpath("build.txt");
+        FileHandle buildTxtFileHandle = GuiBase.isAndroid() ? Gdx.files.internal("build.txt") : Gdx.files.classpath("build.txt");
         final SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
         boolean verifyUpdatable = false;
         boolean mandatory = false;
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ public class AssetsDownloader {
                             buildTimeStamp = format.parse(buildTxtFileHandle.readString());
                             buildDate = buildTimeStamp.toString();
                             verifyUpdatable = snapsTimestamp.after(buildTimeStamp);
+                        } else {
+                            //fallback to old version comparison
+                            verifyUpdatable = !StringUtils.isEmpty(version) && !versionString.equals(version);
                         }
                     }
                 } else {