diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/VerifySecurityAlerts.php b/app/Console/Commands/VerifySecurityAlerts.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9e4cc736e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/VerifySecurityAlerts.php
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Console\Commands;
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Storage;
+
+/**
+ * Class VerifySecurityAlerts
+ */
+class VerifySecurityAlerts extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * The name and signature of the console command.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'firefly-iii:verify-security-alerts';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Verify security alerts';
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new command instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function handle(): int
+    {
+        // remove old advisory
+        app('fireflyconfig')->delete('upgrade_security_message');
+        app('fireflyconfig')->delete('upgrade_security_level');
+
+        // check for security advisories.
+        $version = config('firefly.version');
+        $disk    = Storage::disk('resources');
+        if (!$disk->has('alerts.json')) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        $content = $disk->get('alerts.json');
+        $json    = json_decode($content, true, 10);
+
+        /** @var array $array */
+        foreach ($json as $array) {
+            // overrule array:
+            if ($version === $array['version'] && true === $array['advisory']) {
+                // add advisory to configuration.
+                app('fireflyconfig')->set('upgrade_security_message', $array['message']);
+                app('fireflyconfig')->set('upgrade_security_level', $array['level']);
+
+                // depends on level
+                if ('info' === $array['level']) {
+                    $this->info($array['message']);
+                    return 0;
+                }
+                if ('warning' === $array['level']) {
+                    $this->warn('------------------------ :o');
+                    $this->warn($array['message']);
+                    $this->warn('------------------------ :o');
+                    return 0;
+                }
+                if ('danger' === $array['level']) {
+                    $this->error('------------------------ :-(');
+                    $this->error($array['message']);
+                    $this->error('------------------------ :-(');
+                    return 0;
+                }
+
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/Range.php b/app/Http/Middleware/Range.php
index 3afa83902a..4a64f3989d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/Range.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/Range.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Range
         // send error to view if could not set money format
         if (false === $moneyResult) {
             Log::error('Could not set locale. The following array doesnt work: ', $localeArray);
-            app('view')->share('invalidMonetaryLocale', true); 
+            app('view')->share('invalidMonetaryLocale', true);
         }
 
         // save some formats:
@@ -133,5 +133,14 @@ class Range
     {
         $pref = app('preferences')->get('list-length', config('firefly.list_length', 10))->data;
         app('view')->share('listLength', $pref);
+
+        // share security message:
+        if (
+            app('fireflyconfig')->has('upgrade_security_message')
+            && app('fireflyconfig')->has('upgrade_security_level')
+        ) {
+            app('view')->share('upgrade_security_message', app('fireflyconfig')->get('upgrade_security_message')->data);
+            app('view')->share('upgrade_security_level', app('fireflyconfig')->get('upgrade_security_level')->data);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Support/FireflyConfig.php b/app/Support/FireflyConfig.php
index b5b72516a3..9eb829bd22 100644
--- a/app/Support/FireflyConfig.php
+++ b/app/Support/FireflyConfig.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class FireflyConfig
             Cache::forget($fullName);
         }
         try {
-            Configuration::where('name', $name)->delete();
+            Configuration::where('name', $name)->forceDelete();
         } catch (Exception $e) { // @phpstan-ignore-line
             // @ignoreException
         }
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class FireflyConfig
     public function set(string $name, $value): Configuration
     {
         try {
-            $config = Configuration::whereName($name)->first();
+            $config = Configuration::whereName($name)->whereNull('deleted_at')->first();
         } catch (QueryException | Exception $e) { // @phpstan-ignore-line
             $item       = new Configuration;
             $item->name = $name;
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ class FireflyConfig
 
             return $item;
         }
+
         if (null === $config) {
             $item       = new Configuration;
             $item->name = $name;
             $item->data = $value;
             $item->save();
-
             Cache::forget('ff-config-' . $name);
 
             return $item;
diff --git a/config/filesystems.php b/config/filesystems.php
index 4cc98ad6d5..10dbdfacbe 100644
--- a/config/filesystems.php
+++ b/config/filesystems.php
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ return [
             'driver' => 'local',
             'root'   => base_path('resources/stubs'),
         ],
+        'resources'    => [
+            'driver' => 'local',
+            'root'   => base_path('resources'),
+        ],
 
         'public' => [
             'driver'     => 'local',
diff --git a/database/migrations/2016_06_16_000000_create_support_tables.php b/database/migrations/2016_06_16_000000_create_support_tables.php
index 4d158e268f..44dd6a2947 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2016_06_16_000000_create_support_tables.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2016_06_16_000000_create_support_tables.php
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ class CreateSupportTables extends Migration
                     $table->softDeletes();
                     $table->string('name', 50);
                     $table->text('data');
-                    $table->unique(['name']);
                 }
             );
         }
diff --git a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
index 3bb3d3fd60..f044ddbbaa 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ return [
     'flash_info'                                          => 'Message',
     'flash_warning'                                       => 'Warning!',
     'flash_error'                                         => 'Error!',
+    'flash_danger'                                        => 'Danger!',
     'flash_info_multiple'                                 => 'There is one message|There are :count messages',
     'flash_error_multiple'                                => 'There is one error|There are :count errors',
     'net_worth'                                           => 'Net worth',
diff --git a/resources/views/v1/partials/flashes.twig b/resources/views/v1/partials/flashes.twig
index 4331be30c5..b5c907ce6d 100644
--- a/resources/views/v1/partials/flashes.twig
+++ b/resources/views/v1/partials/flashes.twig
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
     </div>
 {% endif %}
 
+{# MANDATORY UPDATE MESSAGE #}
+{% if upgrade_security_message and upgrade_security_level %}
+    <div class="alert alert-{{ upgrade_security_level }} alert-dismissible" role="alert">
+        <strong>{{ ('flash_'~upgrade_security_level)|_ }}</strong> <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle"></i> {{ upgrade_security_message }}
+    </div>
+{% endif %}
+
 {# SUCCESS MESSAGE (ALWAYS SINGULAR) #}
 {% if session_has('success') %}
     <div class="alert alert-success alert-dismissible" role="alert">