diff --git a/BrewBar/BrewBarApp.swift b/BrewBar/BrewBarApp.swift
index 28fa121..efe2a96 100644
--- a/BrewBar/BrewBarApp.swift
+++ b/BrewBar/BrewBarApp.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
 
     var statusItem: NSStatusItem!
     var statusMenuItem: NSMenuItem!
+    var outdatedItem: NSMenuItem!
     var outdatedSubmenu: NSMenu!
     var versionItem: NSMenuItem!
 
@@ -53,9 +54,10 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
 
         menu.addItem(NSMenuItem(title: "🔄 Refresh", action: #selector(refreshAction), keyEquivalent: "r"))
         menu.addItem(NSMenuItem(title: "📦 Upgrade All", action: #selector(upgradeAll), keyEquivalent: "u"))
-        let outdatedItem = NSMenuItem(title: "📋 Outdated", action: nil, keyEquivalent: "")
+        outdatedItem = NSMenuItem(title: "📋 Outdated", action: nil, keyEquivalent: "")
         outdatedSubmenu = NSMenu()
         outdatedItem.submenu = outdatedSubmenu
+        outdatedItem.isHidden = true // shown once a fetch finds outdated packages
         menu.addItem(outdatedItem)
         menu.addItem(NSMenuItem(title: "📜 Logs", action: #selector(showLogs), keyEquivalent: "l"))
 
@@ -292,11 +294,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
 
     func updateOutdatedMenu(with lines: [String]) {
         outdatedSubmenu.removeAllItems()
-
-        if lines.isEmpty {
-            outdatedSubmenu.addItem(NSMenuItem(title: "✅ All up to date", action: nil, keyEquivalent: ""))
-            return
-        }
+        outdatedItem.isHidden = lines.isEmpty
 
         for formula in lines {
             let item = NSMenuItem(title: formula, action: #selector(upgradeSingle(_:)), keyEquivalent: "")