diff --git a/app/Factory/TransactionJournalFactory.php b/app/Factory/TransactionJournalFactory.php
index 40743d9b21..0ad8ef096d 100644
--- a/app/Factory/TransactionJournalFactory.php
+++ b/app/Factory/TransactionJournalFactory.php
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ class TransactionJournalFactory
         $carbon->setTimezone(config('app.timezone'));
 
         // 2024-11-19, overrule timezone with UTC and store it as UTC.
-        if (FireflyConfig::get('utc', false)) {
+
+        if (FireflyConfig::get('utc', false)->data) {
             $carbon->setTimezone('UTC');
         }
         // $carbon->setTimezone('UTC');
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/Installer.php b/app/Http/Middleware/Installer.php
index 8fc6ee1c77..d5844ae9e6 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/Installer.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/Installer.php
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ class Installer
         // version compare thing.
         $configVersion = (string)config('firefly.version');
         $dbVersion     = (string)app('fireflyconfig')->getFresh('ff3_version', '1.0')->data;
+        if(str_starts_with($configVersion, 'develop')) {
+            Log::debug('Skipping version check for develop version.');
+            return false;
+        }
         if (1 === version_compare($configVersion, $dbVersion)) {
             app('log')->warning(
                 sprintf(
diff --git a/app/Services/Internal/Update/JournalUpdateService.php b/app/Services/Internal/Update/JournalUpdateService.php
index d2813a350d..3488032962 100644
--- a/app/Services/Internal/Update/JournalUpdateService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Internal/Update/JournalUpdateService.php
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class JournalUpdateService
 
                 $value->setTimezone(config('app.timezone'));
                 // 2024-11-22, overrule timezone with UTC and store it as UTC.
-                if (FireflyConfig::get('utc', false)) {
+                if (FireflyConfig::get('utc', false)->data) {
                     $value->setTimezone('UTC');
                 }