diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 2b568e81..771422f7 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-browserify');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify-es');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-browser-sync');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-text-replace');
 
   require('matchdep')
     .filterDev('grunt-*')
@@ -48,6 +49,17 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       }
     },
 
+    replace: {
+      version: {
+        src: ['examples/sw.js'],
+        overwrite: true,
+        replacements: [{
+          from: /image-sequencer-static-v.*/g,
+          to: "image-sequencer-static-v<%= pkg.version %>';"
+        }]
+      }
+    },
+
     uglify: {
       core: {
         src: ['./dist/image-sequencer.js'],
@@ -78,10 +90,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
   /* Default (development): Watch files and build on change. */
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['watch']);
-  grunt.registerTask('build', ['browserify:core', 'browserify:ui', 'uglify:core', 'uglify:ui']);
-  grunt.registerTask('serve', ['browserify:core', 'browserify:ui', 'browserSync', 'watch']);
+  grunt.registerTask('build', ['browserify:core', 'browserify:ui', 'replace:version', 'uglify:core', 'uglify:ui']);
+  grunt.registerTask('serve', ['browserify:core', 'browserify:ui', 'replace:version', 'browserSync', 'watch']);
   grunt.registerTask('compile', ['browserify:core', 'browserify:ui']);
-  grunt.registerTask('production', ['browserify:prodcore', 'browserify:produi', 'uglify:prodcore', 'uglify:produi']);
+  grunt.registerTask('production', ['browserify:prodcore', 'browserify:produi', 'replace:version', 'uglify:prodcore', 'uglify:produi']);
 
   grunt.registerTask('tests', ['browserify:tests']);
 };
diff --git a/examples/demo.css b/examples/demo.css
index 2b9c9f90..71de368a 100644
--- a/examples/demo.css
+++ b/examples/demo.css
@@ -315,8 +315,55 @@ a.name-header{
   color: #444;
 }
 
+#version-number-text {
+  text-align: center;
+  padding-top: 100px;
+  color: gray;
+}
+#version-number-top-right {
+  position: fixed;
+  right: 2%;
+  top: 5%;
+  color: lightgray;
+}
 /* Non float rightward alignment*/
 .right {
   margin-left: auto;
   display: block;
 }
+
+#update-prompt-modal {
+ visibility: hidden;
+ min-width: 250px;
+ margin-left: -125px;
+ background-color: #333;
+ color: #fff;
+ text-align: center;
+ border-radius: 2px;
+ padding: 16px;
+ position: fixed;
+ z-index: 1000;
+ left: 10%;
+ top: 30px;
+}
+#update-prompt-modal.show {
+ visibility: visible;
+ -webkit-animation: fadein 0.5s;
+ animation: fadein 0.5s;
+}
+@-webkit-keyframes fadein {
+ from {
+   opacity: 0;
+ }
+ to {
+   opacity: 1;
+ }
+}
+@keyframes fadein {
+ from {
+   opacity: 0;
+ }
+ to {
+   opacity: 1;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/examples/demo.js b/examples/demo.js
index e6551e92..cce2a12b 100644
--- a/examples/demo.js
+++ b/examples/demo.js
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ var defaultHtmlSequencerUi = require('./lib/defaultHtmlSequencerUi.js'),
   intermediateHtmlStepUi = require('./lib/intermediateHtmlStepUi.js'),
   DefaultHtmlStepUi = require('./lib/defaultHtmlStepUi.js'),
   urlHash = require('./lib/urlHash.js'),
-  insertPreview = require('./lib/insertPreview.js');
+  insertPreview = require('./lib/insertPreview.js'),
+  versionManagement = require('./lib/versionManagement.js');
+
 
 window.onload = function () {
   sequencer = ImageSequencer(); // Set the global sequencer variable
@@ -28,6 +30,17 @@ window.onload = function () {
     }
   };
 
+  versionManagement.getLatestVersionNumber(function(versionNumber) {
+    console.log("The latest NPM version number for Image Sequencer (from GitHub) is v" + versionNumber);
+  });
+  console.log("The local version number for Image Sequencer is v" + versionManagement.getLocalVersionNumber());
+
+  function displayVersionNumber() {
+    $('#version-number-text').text("Image Sequencer v" + versionManagement.getLocalVersionNumber());
+    $('#version-number-top-right').text("v" + versionManagement.getLocalVersionNumber());
+  }
+  displayVersionNumber();
+
   function refreshOptions(options) {
     // Default options if parameter is empty.
     if (options == undefined) options = { sortField: 'text' };
@@ -310,7 +323,7 @@ window.onload = function () {
         step.options.step.imgElement.src = reader.result;
       else
         step.imgElement.src = reader.result;
-      
+
       insertPreview.updatePreviews(reader.result, document.querySelector('#addStep'));
       DefaultHtmlStepUi(sequencer).updateDimensions(step);
     },
diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index 606ad0cb..b92b9022 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   <!-- jspdf to enable save image as pdf -->
   <script src="../node_modules/jspdf/dist/jspdf.min.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
 
-  <script src="lib/scrollToTop.js"></script>
+  <!-- <script src="lib/scrollToTop.js"></script> -->
   <script src="../node_modules/selectize/dist/js/standalone/selectize.min.js"></script>
 </head>
 
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
   <link href="./selectize.default.css" rel="stylesheet">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="demo.css">
 
+  <div id="update-prompt-modal">A new version of image sequencer is available. Click <a href="#" id="reload">here</a> to update.</div>
+
   <div class="container-fluid">
 
     <header class="text-center" style="min-width: 450px">
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
         </a>
         by <a href="https://publiclab.org" title="Publiclab Website"><i class="fa fa-globe"></i> Publiclab</a>
       </p>
+      <span id="version-number-top-right"></span>
     </header>
 
     <div id="dropzone" class="dropzone">
@@ -228,6 +231,9 @@
           </p>
         </div>
       </div>
+      <div class="row">
+        <p id="version-number-text">Unable to load version number</p>
+      </div>
     </footer>
 
     <button id="move-up"><i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-o-up"></i></button>
@@ -241,4 +247,4 @@
 
 </body>
 
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/examples/lib/cache.js b/examples/lib/cache.js
index cec27dec..a402e303 100644
--- a/examples/lib/cache.js
+++ b/examples/lib/cache.js
@@ -1,7 +1,41 @@
 var setupCache = function() {
+  let newWorker; // When sw.js is changed, this is the new service worker generated.
+
+  // Toggle a CSS class to display a popup prompting the user to fetch a new version.
+  function showUpdateModal() {
+    $('#update-prompt-modal').addClass('show');
+  }
+
+  /**
+  * When a new service worker has been loaded, the button in the update prompt
+  * modal should trigger the skipWaiting event to replace the current
+  * service worker with the new one.
+  */
+  $('#reload').on('click', function() {
+    newWorker.postMessage({ action: 'skipWaiting' });
+  });
+
   if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
+    // Register the service worker.
     navigator.serviceWorker.register('sw.js', { scope: '/examples/' })
       .then(function(registration) {
+        registration.addEventListener('updatefound', () => {
+          // When sw.js has been changed, get a reference to the new service worker.
+          newWorker = registration.installing;
+          newWorker.addEventListener('statechange', () => {
+            // Check if service worker state has changed.
+            switch(newWorker.state) {
+              case 'installed':
+                if(navigator.serviceWorker.controller) {
+                  // New service worker available; prompt the user to update.
+                  showUpdateModal();
+                }
+                // No updates available; do nothing.
+                break;
+            }
+          });
+        });
+
         const installingWorker = registration.installing;
         installingWorker.onstatechange = () => {
           console.log(installingWorker);
@@ -14,6 +48,17 @@ var setupCache = function() {
       .catch(function(error) {
         console.log('Service worker registration failed, error:', error);
       });
+
+      /**
+      * This is the event listener for when the service worker updates.
+      * When the service worker updates, reload the page.
+      */
+      let refreshing;
+      navigator.serviceWorker.addEventListener('controllerchange', function() {
+        if(refreshing) return;
+        window.location.reload();
+        refreshing = true;
+      });
   }
 
   if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
@@ -34,6 +79,11 @@ var setupCache = function() {
     }
     location.reload();
   });
+
+
+
+
+
 };
 
 module.exports = setupCache;
diff --git a/examples/lib/versionManagement.js b/examples/lib/versionManagement.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c922fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lib/versionManagement.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Functions for getting version information.
+ * Note: these functions are not used by the service worker to check for updates;
+ * the service worker updates whenever sw.js has changed.
+ * sw.js is changed when grunt replace:version is run. This task is run during
+ * grunt build, serve, and productions tasks.
+ */
+
+const package = require('../../package.json');
+
+/**
+ * Get the current version number from package.json on the homepage.
+ * @param {function} callback The function that uses the version number.
+ */
+function getLatestVersionNumber(callback) {
+  // Get the homepage reference from the local package.json.
+  var homepage = package.homepage;
+  var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
+  request.onreadystatechange = function() {
+    if (request.readyState == 4 && request.status == 200) {
+      var response = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
+      var latestVersionNumber = response.version;
+
+      // Do something with the version number using a callback function.
+      if (callback)
+        callback(latestVersionNumber);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Get the package.json file from online using a GET request.
+  request.open("GET", homepage + "/package.json", true);
+  request.send();
+}
+
+// Get the version number from the local package.json file.
+function getLocalVersionNumber() {
+  return package.version;
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  getLatestVersionNumber,
+  getLocalVersionNumber
+}
diff --git a/examples/sw.js b/examples/sw.js
index 92b8606f..c52fce9e 100644
--- a/examples/sw.js
+++ b/examples/sw.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-const staticCacheName = 'image-sequencer-static-v3';
-
+const staticCacheName = 'image-sequencer-static-v3.5.1';
 self.addEventListener('install', event => {
   console.log('Attempting to install service worker');
 });
@@ -33,3 +32,10 @@ self.addEventListener('fetch', function(event) {
     })
   );
 });
+
+// When the update modal sends a 'skipWaiting' message, call the skipWaiting method.
+self.addEventListener('message', function(event) {
+  if(event.data.action === 'skipWaiting') {
+    self.skipWaiting();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ea21f3a4..125af3b1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@
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           "dev": true
+        },
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ==",
+          "dev": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -1714,6 +1720,13 @@
         "bin-version": "^3.0.0",
         "semver": "^5.6.0",
         "semver-truncate": "^1.1.2"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "bin-wrapper": {
@@ -3348,6 +3361,13 @@
         "semver": "^5.5.0",
         "shebang-command": "^1.2.0",
         "which": "^1.2.9"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "crypto-browserify": {
@@ -4149,6 +4169,12 @@
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-exists/-/path-exists-3.0.0.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha1-zg6+ql94yxiSXqfYENe1mwEP1RU=",
           "dev": true
+        },
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ==",
+          "dev": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -6995,6 +7021,12 @@
         "which": "~1.3.0"
       }
     },
+    "grunt-text-replace": {
+      "version": "0.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-text-replace/-/grunt-text-replace-0.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-252c5Z4v5J2id+nbwZXD4Rz7FsI=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "gzip-size": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gzip-size/-/gzip-size-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -7500,6 +7532,14 @@
             "resolve": "^1.10.0",
             "semver": "2 || 3 || 4 || 5",
             "validate-npm-package-license": "^3.0.1"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "semver": {
+              "version": "5.7.1",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ==",
+              "dev": true
+            }
           }
         },
         "parse-json": {
@@ -8404,6 +8444,14 @@
           "requires": {
             "pify": "^4.0.1",
             "semver": "^5.6.0"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "semver": {
+              "version": "5.7.1",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ==",
+              "dev": true
+            }
           }
         },
         "pify": {
@@ -8467,6 +8515,14 @@
           "requires": {
             "pify": "^4.0.1",
             "semver": "^5.6.0"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "semver": {
+              "version": "5.7.1",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ==",
+              "dev": true
+            }
           }
         },
         "ms": {
@@ -11070,6 +11126,13 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-9HrZGFVTR5SOu3PZAnAY2hLO36aW1wmA+FDsVkr85BTST32TLCA1H/AEcatVRAsWLyXS3bqUDYCAjq5/QGuSTA==",
       "requires": {
         "semver": "^5.4.1"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "node-bitmap": {
@@ -11125,6 +11188,14 @@
         "semver": "^5.5.0",
         "shellwords": "^0.1.1",
         "which": "^1.3.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ==",
+          "dev": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "node-png": {
@@ -11154,6 +11225,13 @@
         "is-builtin-module": "^1.0.0",
         "semver": "2 || 3 || 4 || 5",
         "validate-npm-package-license": "^3.0.1"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "normalize-path": {
@@ -13220,11 +13298,6 @@
         "sifter": "^0.5.1"
       }
     },
-    "semver": {
-      "version": "5.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RS9R6R35NYgQn++fkDWaOmqGoj4Ek9gGs+DPxNUZKuwE183xjJroKvyo1IzVFeXvUrvmALy6FWD5xrdJT25gMg=="
-    },
     "semver-compare": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver-compare/-/semver-compare-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -13242,6 +13315,13 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-V/Qd5pcHpicJp+AQS6IRcQnqR+g=",
       "requires": {
         "semver": "^5.3.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "send": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 15cc1d05..c8a4b81b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "^1.0.1",
     "grunt-contrib-uglify-es": "^3.3.0",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "^1.1.0",
+    "grunt-text-replace": "^0.4.0",
     "husky": "^3.0.5",
     "image-filter-core": "~2.0.2",
     "image-filter-threshold": "~2.0.1",