diff --git a/app/public/api/version.php b/app/public/api/version.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2850cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/public/api/version.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once '/var/www/src/bootstrap.php';
+
+$versionFile = '/var/www/cache/guide.version';
+
+ApiResponse::json([
+    'ok' => true,
+    'version' => file_exists($versionFile)
+        ? trim(file_get_contents($versionFile))
+        : '0',
+]);
diff --git a/app/public/assets/js/live-now.js b/app/public/assets/js/live-now.js
index 5abbf4b..5d52f90 100644
--- a/app/public/assets/js/live-now.js
+++ b/app/public/assets/js/live-now.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
 
   const liveNow = new LiveEngine({
     url: '/api/live-now.php',
+    versionUrl: '/api/version.php',
     interval: 30000,
     gridSelector: '[data-live-now-grid]',
     itemKey: item => item.channel_id,
diff --git a/app/public/assets/js/live.js b/app/public/assets/js/live.js
index c73fe51..83f8032 100644
--- a/app/public/assets/js/live.js
+++ b/app/public/assets/js/live.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ window.TVGuideLive = {
 window.LiveEngine = class LiveEngine {
   constructor(options) {
     this.url = options.url;
+    this.versionUrl = options.versionUrl ?? null;
+    this.version = null;
     this.interval = options.interval ?? 30000;
     this.gridSelector = options.gridSelector;
     this.itemKey = options.itemKey;
@@ -49,10 +51,35 @@ window.LiveEngine = class LiveEngine {
     return document.querySelector(this.gridSelector);
   }
 
+  async hasChanged() {
+    if (!this.versionUrl) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    const data = await TVGuideLive.fetchJson(this.versionUrl);
+    const version = String(data.version ?? '0');
+
+    if (this.version === null) {
+      this.version = version;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (this.version !== version) {
+      this.version = version;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
   async refresh() {
     const grid = this.getGrid();
     if (!grid) return;
 
+    if (!(await this.hasChanged())) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     try {
       const data = await TVGuideLive.fetchJson(this.url);
       const items = data.items ?? [];
diff --git a/app/src/Services/XmlTvCacheService.php b/app/src/Services/XmlTvCacheService.php
index c7c9465..541aa96 100644
--- a/app/src/Services/XmlTvCacheService.php
+++ b/app/src/Services/XmlTvCacheService.php
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ class XmlTvCacheService
             $this->cacheFile,
             json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE)
         );
+
+        file_put_contents(
+            dirname($this->cacheFile) . '/guide.version',
+            (string)filemtime($this->cacheFile)
+        );
     }
 
     private function parseTime(string $value): ?DateTime