diff --git a/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/VersionInformation.java b/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/VersionInformation.java
index 6abf8f22a..4a4c6a5a5 100644
--- a/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/VersionInformation.java
+++ b/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/VersionInformation.java
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ public class VersionInformation {
     private VersionInformation() {
     }
 
-    private void loadNewVersionFromURL(boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled) {
+    private void loadNewVersionFromURL() {
         lastVersionCachedDate = new Date();
         try {
-            URL url = getURL(allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled);
+            URL url = getURL();
             String lastVersion = (new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                     url.openStream()))).readLine();
             if (projectVersion != null && lastVersion != null) {
@@ -86,13 +86,8 @@ public class VersionInformation {
         }
     }
 
-    private URL getURL(boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled)
-            throws MalformedURLException {
+    private URL getURL() throws MalformedURLException {
         String url = LIBREPLAN_VERSION_URL;
-        if (allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled) {
-            url += "?" + LIBREPLAN_USAGE_STATS_PARAM + "=1";
-            url += "&" + LIBREPLAN_VERSION_PARAM + "=" + projectVersion;
-        }
         return new URL(url);
     }
 
@@ -113,18 +108,14 @@ public class VersionInformation {
 
     public void setProjectVersion(String argVersion) {
         projectVersion = argVersion;
-        loadNewVersionFromURL(false);
+        loadNewVersionFromURL();
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns true if a new version of the project is published.
-     *
-     * @param isCheckNewVersionEnabled
-     *            If true LibrePlan developers will process the requests to check
-     *            the new versions to generate usages statistics
      */
-    public static boolean isNewVersionAvailable(boolean isCheckNewVersionEnabled) {
-        return singleton.checkIsNewVersionAvailable(isCheckNewVersionEnabled);
+    public static boolean isNewVersionAvailable() {
+        return singleton.checkIsNewVersionAvailable();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -132,15 +123,28 @@ public class VersionInformation {
      * Otherwise, during one day it returns the cached value. And it checks it
      * again after that time.
      */
-    private boolean checkIsNewVersionAvailable(boolean isCheckNewVersionEnabled) {
+    private boolean checkIsNewVersionAvailable() {
         if ( !newVersionCached ) {
             long oneDayLater = lastVersionCachedDate.getTime()
                     + DELAY_TO_CHECK_URL;
             if ( oneDayLater < new Date().getTime() ) {
-                loadNewVersionFromURL(isCheckNewVersionEnabled);
+                loadNewVersionFromURL();
             }
         }
         return newVersionCached;
     }
 
+    public static String getLastVersion() {
+        String lastVersion = "";
+        try {
+            URL url = new URL(LIBREPLAN_VERSION_URL);
+            lastVersion = (new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
+                    url.openStream()))).readLine();
+        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return lastVersion;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java
index 90f85d5ff..67cae5955 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.zkoss.zul.Window;
  * Controller to manage UI operations from main template.
  *
  * @author Manuel Rego Casasnovas <mrego@igalia.com>
+ * @author Vova Perebykivskiy <vova@libreplan-enterprise.com>
  */
 @org.springframework.stereotype.Component
 @Scope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE)
@@ -66,13 +67,14 @@ public class TemplateController extends GenericForwardComposer {
 
     private IMessagesForUser windowMessages;
 
+    private String lastVersionNumber = "";
+
     @Override
     public void doAfterCompose(Component comp) throws Exception {
         super.doAfterCompose(comp);
-        if (templateModel.isScenariosVisible()) {
+        if ( templateModel.isScenariosVisible() ) {
             window = (Window) comp.getFellow("changeScenarioWindow");
-            windowMessages = new MessagesForUser(window
-                    .getFellow("messagesContainer"));
+            windowMessages = new MessagesForUser(window.getFellow("messagesContainer"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -219,11 +221,14 @@ public class TemplateController extends GenericForwardComposer {
     }
 
     public boolean isNewVersionAvailable() {
-        if ( !templateModel.isCheckNewVersionEnabled() ) {
-            return false;
+        if ( templateModel.isCheckNewVersionEnabled() ) {
+            if ( VersionInformation.isNewVersionAvailable() ){
+                lastVersionNumber = VersionInformation.getLastVersion();
+                return true;
+            }
         }
 
-        return VersionInformation.isNewVersionAvailable(templateModel.isCheckNewVersionEnabled());
+        return false;
     }
 
     public String getUsername() {
@@ -234,4 +239,9 @@ public class TemplateController extends GenericForwardComposer {
         return user.getUsername();
     }
 
+    public String getVersionMessage(){
+        return _("A new version ") + lastVersionNumber +
+                _(" of LibrePlan is available. Please check next link for more information:");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/resources/i18n/keys.pot b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/resources/i18n/keys.pot
index 2255f22e5..252da9e64 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/resources/i18n/keys.pot
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/resources/i18n/keys.pot
@@ -5596,10 +5596,12 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Original"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/common/layout/template.zul:179
-msgid ""
-"A new version of LibrePlan is available. Please check next link for more "
-"information:"
+#: libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java:245
+msgid "A new version "
+msgstr ""
+
+#: libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java:246
+msgid " of LibrePlan is available. Please check next link for more information:"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/planner/stretches_function.zul:31
@@ -9311,4 +9313,4 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ConfigurationController.java:247
 msgid "Check fields"
-msgstr ""
\ No newline at end of file
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/common/layout/template.zul b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/common/layout/template.zul
index b87865311..a5449c3a9 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/common/layout/template.zul
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/common/layout/template.zul
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
 <?link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/common/css/perspectives.css"?>
 <?component name="customMenu" inline="true" macroURI="_customMenu.zul"?>
 <?xel-method prefix="project" name="passwd_control" class="org.libreplan.business.common.Configuration"
-signature="java.lang.Boolean isDefaultPasswordsControl()"?>
+        signature="java.lang.Boolean isDefaultPasswordsControl()"?>
 
 <?variable-resolver class="org.zkoss.zkplus.spring.DelegatingVariableResolver"?>
 <?component name="button" extends="button" mold="trendy"?>
 
 <zk>
-<zscript>
-<![CDATA[
+    <zscript>
+        <![CDATA[
     contextPath = Executions.getCurrent().getContextPath();
     templateCtrl = templateController;
     idAdminUser = templateController.getIdAdminUser();
@@ -44,152 +44,149 @@ signature="java.lang.Boolean isDefaultPasswordsControl()"?>
     idOutsourcing = templateController.getIdOutsourcingUser();
     idReports = templateController.getIdReportsUser();
 ]]>
-</zscript>
-
+    </zscript>
 
 <div xmlns:n="http://www.zkoss.org/2005/zk/native" apply="${templateCtrl}" height="100%">
+    <timer repeats="true" running="true" delay="20000" onTimer=""/>
+    <borderlayout height="100%" width="100%">
+        <north border="none">
+            <n:div>
 
-<timer repeats="true" running="true" delay="20000" onTimer=""/>
-<borderlayout height="100%" width="100%" >
-<north border="none">
-<n:div>
+                <n:table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+                    <n:tr>
+                        <n:td valign="center" class="logo-area">
+                            <n:a href="${contextPath}/">
+                                <n:img src="${templateCtrl.companyLogoURL}" if="${templateCtrl.companyLogoURL!=''}" />
+                                <n:img src="${contextPath}/common/img/logo.png" if="${templateCtrl.companyLogoURL==''}" />
+                            </n:a></n:td>
+                        <n:td valign="top">
+                            <n:table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
+                                <n:tr>
+                                    <n:td>
 
-<n:table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
-  <n:tr>
-    <n:td valign="center" class="logo-area">
-        <n:a href="${contextPath}/">
-            <n:img src="${templateCtrl.companyLogoURL}" if="${templateCtrl.companyLogoURL!=''}" />
-            <n:img src="${contextPath}/common/img/logo.png" if="${templateCtrl.companyLogoURL==''}" />
-        </n:a></n:td>
-  <n:td valign="top">
-  <n:table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
-    <n:tr>
-      <n:td>
+                                        <customMenu top_id="customMenu" title="${i18n:_('Main menu')}"/>
 
-        <customMenu top_id="customMenu" title="${i18n:_('Main menu')}"/>
+                                    </n:td>
+                                </n:tr>
+                            </n:table></n:td>
+                    </n:tr>
+                </n:table>
 
-        </n:td>
-    </n:tr>
-  </n:table></n:td>
-  </n:tr>
-</n:table>
+                <n:div class="user-area">
+                    <n:table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
+                        <n:tr>
+                            <n:td class="usuario">
+                                <div if="${templateCtrl.scenariosVisible}">
+                                    ${i18n:_('scenario')}:
+                                    <button onClick="templateCtrl.changeScenario();"
+                                            label="${templateCtrl.scenario.name}" />
+                                    <window id="changeScenarioWindow" visible="false"
+                                            title="${i18n:_('Change scenario')}"
+                                            style="width : 240px;">
+                                        <div id="messagesContainer" />
+                                        <grid>
+                                            <rows>
+                                                <row>
+                                                    <label value="${i18n:_('Select scenario')}" />
+                                                    <bandboxSearch
+                                                            id="scenarioBandboxSearch"
+                                                            finder="ScenarioBandboxFinder"
+                                                            model="@{templateCtrl.scenarios}"
+                                                            selectedElement="@{templateCtrl.scenario}" />
+                                                </row>
+                                            </rows>
+                                        </grid>
+                                        <button onClick="templateCtrl.accept();"
+                                                label="${i18n:_('Accept')}" />
+                                        <button onClick="templateCtrl.cancel();"
+                                                label="${i18n:_('Cancel')}" />
+                                    </window>
+                                </div>
+                            </n:td>
+                            <n:td class="usuario">${i18n:_('user')}: ${templateCtrl.username}</n:td>
+                            <n:td><n:a href="${contextPath}/j_spring_security_logout" class="cerrar_sesion">[${i18n:_('Log out')}]</n:a></n:td>
+                        </n:tr>
+                    </n:table>
+                </n:div>
+            </n:div>
+        </north>
 
-      <n:div class="user-area">
-          <n:table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
-            <n:tr>
-              <n:td class="usuario">
-              <div if="${templateCtrl.scenariosVisible}">
-                ${i18n:_('scenario')}:
-                <button onClick="templateCtrl.changeScenario();"
-                    label="${templateCtrl.scenario.name}" />
-                <window id="changeScenarioWindow" visible="false"
-                    title="${i18n:_('Change scenario')}"
-                    style="width : 240px;">
-                    <div id="messagesContainer" />
-                    <grid>
-                        <rows>
-                            <row>
-                                <label value="${i18n:_('Select scenario')}" />
-                                <bandboxSearch
-                                    id="scenarioBandboxSearch"
-                                    finder="ScenarioBandboxFinder"
-                                    model="@{templateCtrl.scenarios}"
-                                    selectedElement="@{templateCtrl.scenario}" />
-                            </row>
-                        </rows>
-                    </grid>
-                    <button onClick="templateCtrl.accept();"
-                        label="${i18n:_('Accept')}" />
-                    <button onClick="templateCtrl.cancel();"
-                        label="${i18n:_('Cancel')}" />
-                </window>
-              </div>
-              </n:td>
-              <n:td class="usuario">${i18n:_('user')}: ${templateCtrl.username}</n:td>
-              <n:td><n:a href="${contextPath}/j_spring_security_logout" class="cerrar_sesion">[${i18n:_('Log out')}]</n:a></n:td>
-            </n:tr>
-          </n:table>
-        </n:div>
-</n:div>
-</north>
+        <center border="none">
+            <borderlayout width="auto" height="100%">
+                <!-- borderlayout class="main-layout" height="2000px" width="2000px"-->
+                <west class="perspectives-column" width="90px" >
+                    <vbox vflex="1" height="100%">
+                        <hbox id="perspectiveButtonsInsertionPoint" sclass="toolbar-box global-commands" height="30px" width="100%">
+                            <button id="createOrderButton" image="/common/img/ico_add.png" sclass="planner-icon"
+                                    tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Create New Project')}" />
+                        </hbox>
+                        <vbox id="registeredItemsInsertionPoint" width="90px" style="overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:hidden;display:block" vflex="1" />
+                    </vbox>
+                </west>
+                <center self="@{insert(content)}" class="main-area" autoscroll="true" />
 
-<center border="none">
-    <borderlayout width="auto" height="100%">
-    <!-- borderlayout class="main-layout" height="2000px" width="2000px"-->
-    <west class="perspectives-column" width="90px" >
-        <vbox vflex="1" height="100%">
-            <hbox id="perspectiveButtonsInsertionPoint" sclass="toolbar-box global-commands" height="30px" width="100%">
-                <button id="createOrderButton" image="/common/img/ico_add.png" sclass="planner-icon"
-                     tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Create New Project')}" />
-            </hbox>
-            <vbox id="registeredItemsInsertionPoint" width="90px" style="overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:hidden;display:block" vflex="1" />
-        </vbox>
-    </west>
-    <center self="@{insert(content)}" class="main-area" autoscroll="true" />
+            </borderlayout>
+
+        </center>
+        <south border="none" if="${templateCtrl.userAdmin}">
+            <n:table width="100%">
+                <n:tr class="footer">
+                    <n:td  valign="center">
+                        <n:div if="${project:passwd_control()}" id="warningDefaultPasswdadmin"
+                               class="footer-messages-area"
+                               style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdAdminVisible}">
+                            <div>
+                                <n:span>${i18n:_("The admin's account password remains the default one. This is insecure")}.</n:span>
+                                <n:a class="command" href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idAdminUser}">[${i18n:_('Change the password')}]</n:a>
+                            </div>
+                        </n:div>
+                        <n:div if="${project:passwd_control()}" id="warningDefaultPasswdOthers"
+                               class="footer-messages-area"
+                               style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdVisible}">
+                            <div>
+                                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idWsreader}"
+                                     id="warningDefaultPasswdWsreader"
+                                     style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdWsreaderVisible}">[wsreader]</n:a>
+                                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idWswriter}"
+                                     id="warningDefaultPasswdWswriter"
+                                     style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdWswriterVisible}">[wswriter]</n:a>
+                                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idWssubcontracting}"
+                                     id="warningDefaultPasswdWssubcontracting"
+                                     style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdWssubcontractingVisible}">[wssubcontracting]</n:a>
+                                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idManager}"
+                                     id="warningDefaultPasswdManager"
+                                     style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdManagerVisible}">[manager]</n:a>
+                                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idHresources}"
+                                     id="warningDefaultPasswdHresources"
+                                     style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdHresourcesVisible}">[hresources]</n:a>
+                                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idOutsourcing}"
+                                     id="warningDefaultPasswdOutsourcing"
+                                     style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdOutsourcingVisible}">[outsourcing]</n:a>
+                                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idReports}"
+                                     id="warningDefaultPasswdReports"
+                                     style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdReportsVisible}">[reports]</n:a>
+                                <n:span class="footer-messages-area">
+                                    ${i18n:_('default password was not changed')}.
+                                </n:span>
+                            </div>
+                        </n:div>
+                        <n:div if="${templateCtrl.newVersionAvailable}" id="warningNewVersion"
+                               class="footer-messages-area">
+                            <div>
+                                <n:span>
+                                    ${templateCtrl.versionMessage}
+                                    <n:strong><n:a href="http://www.libreplan.com/download/" target="_blank">http://www.libreplan.com/download/</n:a></n:strong>
+                                </n:span>
+                            </div>
+                        </n:div>
+                    </n:td>
+                    <n:td height="40" align="right" valign="bottom">
+                    </n:td>
+                </n:tr>
+            </n:table>
+        </south>
 
     </borderlayout>
-
-</center>
-<south border="none" if="${templateCtrl.userAdmin}">
-<n:table width="100%">
-  <n:tr class="footer">
-    <n:td  valign="center">
-        <n:div if="${project:passwd_control()}" id="warningDefaultPasswdadmin"
-            class="footer-messages-area"
-            style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdAdminVisible}">
-            <div>
-                <n:span>${i18n:_("The admin's account password remains the default one. This is insecure")}.</n:span>
-                <n:a class="command" href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idAdminUser}">[${i18n:_('Change the password')}]</n:a>
-            </div>
-        </n:div>
-        <n:div if="${project:passwd_control()}" id="warningDefaultPasswdOthers"
-            class="footer-messages-area"
-            style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdVisible}">
-            <div>
-                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idWsreader}"
-                    id="warningDefaultPasswdWsreader"
-                    style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdWsreaderVisible}">[wsreader]</n:a>
-                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idWswriter}"
-                    id="warningDefaultPasswdWswriter"
-                    style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdWswriterVisible}">[wswriter]</n:a>
-                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idWssubcontracting}"
-                    id="warningDefaultPasswdWssubcontracting"
-                    style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdWssubcontractingVisible}">[wssubcontracting]</n:a>
-                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idManager}"
-                    id="warningDefaultPasswdManager"
-                    style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdManagerVisible}">[manager]</n:a>
-                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idHresources}"
-                    id="warningDefaultPasswdHresources"
-                    style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdHresourcesVisible}">[hresources]</n:a>
-                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idOutsourcing}"
-                    id="warningDefaultPasswdOutsourcing"
-                    style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdOutsourcingVisible}">[outsourcing]</n:a>
-                <n:a href="${contextPath}/users/users.zul#edit%3D${idReports}"
-                    id="warningDefaultPasswdReports"
-                    style="display:${templateCtrl.defaultPasswdReportsVisible}">[reports]</n:a>
-                <n:span class="footer-messages-area">
-                    ${i18n:_('default password was not changed')}.
-                </n:span>
-            </div>
-        </n:div>
-        <n:div if="${templateCtrl.newVersionAvailable}" id="warningNewVersion"
-            class="footer-messages-area">
-            <div>
-                <n:span>
-                    ${i18n:_("A new version of LibrePlan is available. Please check next link for more information:")}
-                    <n:strong><n:a href="http://www.libreplan.com/download/" target="_blank">http://www.libreplan.com/download/</n:a></n:strong>
-                </n:span>
-            </div>
-        </n:div>
-    </n:td>
-    <n:td height="40" align="right" valign="bottom">
-    </n:td>
-  </n:tr>
-</n:table>
-</south>
-
-</borderlayout>
-
 </div>
 
 </zk>