diff --git a/src/components/dialog/content/VersionMismatchWarning.vue b/src/components/dialog/content/VersionMismatchWarning.vue
index 0465e6dca7..4efcaf4df3 100644
--- a/src/components/dialog/content/VersionMismatchWarning.vue
+++ b/src/components/dialog/content/VersionMismatchWarning.vue
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
     v-if="versionStore.shouldShowWarning"
     severity="warn"
     icon="pi pi-exclamation-triangle"
-    class="my-2 mx-2"
-    :closable="true"
+    class="my-2 mx-2 version-warning-fix"
     :pt="{
       root: { class: 'flex-col' },
-      text: { class: 'flex-1' }
+      text: { class: 'flex-1' },
+      icon: { class: 'flex items-start mt-1' }
     }"
     @close="handleDismiss"
   >
@@ -77,3 +77,10 @@ const handleUpdate = () => {
   )
 }
 </script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.version-warning-fix :deep(.p-message-icon) {
+  align-self: flex-start;
+  margin-top: 0.125rem;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/stores/versionCompatibilityStore.ts b/src/stores/versionCompatibilityStore.ts
index 236d31b9ff..a23ba980fc 100644
--- a/src/stores/versionCompatibilityStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/versionCompatibilityStore.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ export const useVersionCompatibilityStore = defineStore(
     const settingStore = useSettingStore()
 
     const isDismissed = ref(false)
-    const dismissedVersion = ref<string | null>(null)
+    const dismissedVersion = ref<string | null>(
+      settingStore.get('Comfy.VersionMismatch.DismissedVersion') ?? null
+    )
 
     const frontendVersion = computed(() => config.app_version)
     const backendVersion = computed(
diff --git a/src/views/GraphView.vue b/src/views/GraphView.vue
index 73dea2212a..2de7eeed78 100644
--- a/src/views/GraphView.vue
+++ b/src/views/GraphView.vue
@@ -217,9 +217,6 @@ onMounted(() => {
   } catch (e) {
     console.error('Failed to init ComfyUI frontend', e)
   }
-
-  // Initialize version compatibility checking (fire-and-forget)
-  void versionCompatibilityStore.initialize()
 })
 
 onBeforeUnmount(() => {
@@ -257,6 +254,7 @@ const onGraphReady = () => {
       // Explicitly initialize nodeSearchService to avoid indexing delay when
       // node search is triggered
       useNodeDefStore().nodeSearchService.searchNode('')
+      void versionCompatibilityStore.initialize()
     },
     { timeout: 1000 }
   )